9-8-2005

驻伊美军飞机空袭被怀疑是恐怖分子的藏身地 (US Planes Strike Suspected Terrorist Hideout in Iraq)

在伊拉克的美国军方说，美军战机轰炸了靠近叙利亚边界的伊拉克西部地区一处被怀疑是基地组织藏身处的地点。

星期四早晨的这次空袭就是针对被美国军方称为“一个已知的炸弹制造小组的头目”，据信他还参与了该地区的部落战斗。现在还不清楚这个人是否被证实已经在侯赛巴赫镇附近的空袭中丧生。

另外，据报导，被营救的美国人质罗伊.哈卢姆斯健康状况良好，预计几天之内可以返回美国。美国军方说，军方在从一名伊拉克囚犯那里获悉哈卢姆斯的关押地点3个小时之内就于星期三展开行动成功将他解救。

The U.S. military in Iraq says its warplanes have bombed a suspected al-Qaida safe house in the western part of the country, near the Syrian border.

The air strike, early today (Thursday), specifically targeted what the military said was a "known bomb-making cell leader" (Abu Mohammad) who was also believed to have participated in tribal fighting in the area. It was not clear if he was confirmed killed in the strike near the town of Husaybah.

In other news, rescued American hostage Roy Hallums is reported in good health and is expected to return to the United States within days. The U.S. military says within three hours of obtaining information on where he was being held from an Iraqi detainee they launched a successful mission Wednesday to free him.

新奥尔良警察继续撤离居民 (Police Continue New Orleans Evacuations)

警察和国民警卫队正在受飓风袭击的新奥尔良灾区挨家挨户查找没有执行该市市长强制撤离命令的人。

卡特里娜飓风摧毁了为保护这个地势低洼城市而建的堤防10天之后，新奥尔良市一多半地区仍然浸泡在水里。

尽管有关当局一再警告积水被污染、已经发生多起火灾、以及基本物资短缺，但是，几千名居民仍然拒不理睬撤离命令。

官方公布的路易斯安那州和密西西比州卡特里娜飓风的死亡总人数仍然低于300人，不过有关当局认为，随着新奥尔良市积水被清干，更多尸体被发现，死亡人数会大幅度上升。

Police and National Guard troops are going door-to-door in hurricane-stricken New Orleans in a search for people who have not complied with the mayor's mandatory evacuation order.

More than half the city remains underwater 10 days after Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees designed to keep the low-lying city dry.

Several thousand residents have defied the order to leave despite repeated warnings about contaminated floodwaters, numerous fires, and a shortage of basic supplies.

The overall official death toll from Katrina remains under 300 in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, but authorities are prepared for the number to soar as the New Orleans floodwaters recede and more bodies are found.