11-23-06

武装分子袭击伊拉克卫生部 (Gunmen attack Iraqi Health Ministry)

伊拉克当局说，30多名武装分子袭击了巴格达的卫生部大楼，和安全部队发生激烈冲突。

伊拉克官员说，袭击者向大楼发射迫击炮弹，卫生部的工作人员看来被困在了大楼里。目前还没有人员伤亡情况的报导。

与此同时，美国军方说，伊拉克部队在联军顾问协调下对巴格达市萨达尔城区发动突袭，试图抓获一个绑架和谋杀集团的头目。军方的声明说，据信这名头目知道10月遭绑架的一名美军士兵的下落。

伊拉克的目击者说，萨达尔城区有4人被美军打死。美军没有对这一报导做出评论。

此外，美国副总统切尼的办公室否认有关切尼在巴格达与美军部队共度感恩节的报导。

Iraqi authorities say more than 30 gunmen have attacked the Health Ministry building in Baghdad, sparking fierce clashes with security forces

Officials say the attackers fired mortar rounds at the building and that ministry workers appeared to be trapped inside. There are no immediate reports of casualties.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military says Iraqi forces, along with Coalition advisers, conducted a raid in Baghdad's Sadr City district to capture a kidnapping and murder cell leader. A military statement says the cell leader is believed to have knowledge of the whereabouts of a U.S. soldier kidnapped in October.

Iraqi witnesses say four people were killed by U.S. forces in Sadr City. The U.S. military has not commented on the report.

Separately, Vice President Dick Cheney's office is denying reports that he is in Baghdad to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops.

美国人欢度感恩节 (Americans Mark Thanksgiving Holiday)

美国人星期四庆祝一年一度的感恩节，回顾生活中值得感恩的点点滴滴。

自林肯总统1863年签署公告后，美国人就开始在每年11月庆祝这一节日。罗斯福总统1942年正式签署议案确定11月的第4个星期四为感恩节。

已知的最早感恩节庆祝发生在1621年。当时来自英国的殖民者或清教徒在现在的麻萨诸塞州和美洲原著民共享丰收大餐。

纽约市将举行著名的梅西感恩节盛大游行。数百万美国人开车或乘飞机与亲友团聚。节日期间，人们通常会烹调以烤火鸡为主菜的大餐。

Americans are celebrating the annual Thanksgiving holiday Thursday, to reflect on one's blessings.

The nation has observed the November holiday since a proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill in 1942 officially designating the fourth Thursday in the month as Thanksgiving Day.

The earliest known Thanksgiving took place in 1621, when British colonists, or pilgrims, shared a bountiful harvest Native Americans in what is now the state of Massachusetts.

New York City will hold its famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, while millions of Americans have traveled by car and airplane to spend the holiday with family and friends. Cooking a large meal, often with turkey as a main dish, is a traditional part of the holiday.