VOA常速英语2007-US Military Says 6 Terrorists Killed in Iraq
时间：2019-02-08 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Irbil, Iraq
06 October 2007
The U.S. military says coalition 1 forces have killed six more terrorists in Iraq. They also deny that an air attack on Friday hit innocent civilians 2. VOA's Jim Randle reports from northern Iraq.
In an e-mailed message to journalists, military officials said four of the militants 3 were hit by an operation targeting an associate of al-Qaida in Iraq, south of Baghdad.
Two others died in a separate raid near Samarra, northwest of Baghdad.
Nine suspects were captured in these raids, and 21 more were detained in other actions across the country.
The U.S. military also denied reports that 25 people who died in a U.S. military operation on Friday were innocent civilians.
The operation took place near Baquba, northeast of the capital.
The military says it has confirmed the dead were members of an extremist group accused of smuggling 4 weapons from Iran.
Some Iraqi authorities and local villagers have said civilians were among the dead.
In the meantime, Iraq's National Security Adviser 5 Mowaffak al-Rubaie strongly denounced the idea of launching an attack on neighboring Iran from Iraqi soil. The Arabic language interview, recorded on Friday, was aired on Iraqi television Saturday.
He also asked Iraq's neighbors, presumably Iran, to stop supporting militia 6 groups inside Iraq.
In a separate newspaper interview published in the Washington Post, Rubaie said Iran has significantly increased its involvement in Iraq, supplying more sophisticated weaponry to groups that attack U.S. forces.
He said Iraqi forces are catching 7 only a small number of the Iranian agents and arms shipments flowing into Iraq.
Iran has denied meddling 8 in Iraq's affairs, and Washington has said it is pursuing a diplomatic course to resolve its differences with Iran.
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
- Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。