9-15-2005

巴格达自杀炸弹袭击炸死22警察 (Suicide bombing in Baghdad Kill 22 Policemen)

伊拉克官员说，星期四巴格达发生三起自杀式炸弹爆炸，至少22名警察和几位平民丧生。他们说，两枚炸弹在巴格达南部的杜拉区相隔几分钟爆炸，炸死至少七名警察。就在几个小时前，同一地区发生的一起自杀式汽车炸弹导致至少15名警察和五名平民丧生。

星期三，巴格达发生了死伤惨重的爆炸，150多人在反叛分子制造的一连串袭击中丧生，其中包括几名自杀炸弹杀手。

扎卡维领导的伊拉克基地组织声称对袭击负责，说这是为了报复美国和伊拉克军队对特拉法尔镇的进攻。一个伊斯兰网站播放的录音还宣布对伊拉克什叶派穆斯林“全面开战”。录音里的声音被认为是扎卡维。

Iraqi officials say at least 22 policemen and several civilians were killed in three suicide bombings in Baghdad Thursday. They say two bombers struck within minutes of each other, killing at least seven policemen in a southern (Dura) district of Baghdad. Just hours earlier, at least 15 policemen and five civilians were killed in a suicide car bombing in the same district.

Wednesday in the Iraqi capital, more than 150 people were killed in a string of insurgent attacks, including several suicide car bombings.

Al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying it was in response to the offensive mounted by U.S. and Iraqi forces in the town of Tal Afar. In an audiotape posted on an Islamist web site, a speaker identified as Zarqawi, also declared "all-out war" on Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq.

人权组织吁北京释放在押劳工运动人士 (Human Rights Group Urges Beijing to Release Jailed Activists)

一个人权组织呼吁北京释放两名由于领导了中国最大劳工抗议活动之一而被监禁的的两名劳工运动人士。香港的中国劳工通讯星期四敦促中国允许姚福信和肖云良保外就医。这两个人2003年被逮捕，被指控在中国东北的辽阳市组织抗议活动而犯有颠覆罪。集会是表示抗议成千上万国有企业的工人下岗。

中国劳工通讯说，姚福信由于最近发作了心脏病，视力和听力有严重问题，还说他的肾脏、胃和肝都有病。这个人权组织说，它担心如果不进行适当治疗，这两个人恐怕难以活到刑满日期。他们的刑满日期分别是2006年和2009年。

A human rights group is calling on Beijing to release two labor activists jailed for leading one of China's biggest labor protests. The Hong Kong-based China Labor Bulletin Thursday urged China to release Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang on medical parole. The men were arrested in 2003 on charges of subversion for organizing rallies in the northeastern city of Liaoyang protesting the layoffs of thousands of state workers.

China Labor Bulletin says Yao Fuxin has serious vision and hearing problems due to a recent heart attack. And it says he is suffering from kidney, stomach, and liver problems. The human rights organization says it fears, without proper treatment, the men will not survive until their scheduled release dates, in 2006 and 2009.