VOA标准英语2009年-Suicide Truck Bomb Kills 23 in Northern Ir
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(九月)
Iraqi officials say a truck bomb has killed at least 20 people and wounded 27 others in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq.
An Iraqi man sits in the ruins of a Kurdish village after a predawn suicide truck bombing in Wardek, southeast of Mosul in northern Iraq, 10 Sep 2009
Authorities say the blast tore through Wardak village before dawn, killing 1 people as they slept in their homes. Several houses collapsed 2, trapping and injuring other victims.
Police say they prevented a second suicide bomber 3 attack, shooting and killing an assailant before he could strike.
The Kurdish village lies east of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province. It is one of the last regions where insurgents 4 still have a firm position, after being forced out of other areas by Iraqi and U.S. troops.
Tensions between ethnic 5 Kurds and Arabs are on full display in such towns as Wardak. Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government would like to extend its control in the oil-rich region, while Baghdad wants to keep it under the central government.
International Crisis Group political analyst 6 Peter Harling says there is a wide range of possible motives 7 for the attacks, but unresolved issues between Arabs and Kurds are an underlying 8 cause of problems.
"The exact distribution of lands, of resources, and of power along these lines is an issue which has been left completely unattended since 2003," he said. "And I think the Iraqi government, Iraq as a whole and the U.S. are now paying the price for that."
The Damascus-based political analyst, says the constitutional and territorial 9 issues involved require more compromise than either the central government or Kurdish side has yet to show.
"A solution is to bring in outside leverage 10, but that would mean the U.S. working hand-in-hand with other players that have leverage in Iraq, and I do not see that happening anytime soon," he added. "Anyway, not before some progress is made, for example, with Syria and America, and more importantly in the American-Iranian relationship.
The issues are likely to play an important part in national elections set for early next year.
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
- This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。