双语时事：伊拉克叛军进逼首都巴格达

2014-06-24 14:10:15来源：可可英语

　　Amid mounting concern in the west and the region at the rapid turn of events, the US was examining air strikes and other forms of direct military action against the insurgents. The White House, however, is deeply reluctant to become involved again in the Iraq war.

　　在西方越来越担忧、而地区形势快速变化之际，美国正研究对叛军发起空袭和其他形式的直接军事行动。不过，白宫很不愿意再度卷入伊拉克战争。

　　President Barack Obama refused to rule out any potential responses to the violence.

　　美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)拒绝排除对暴力作出潜在回应。

　　“What we’ve seen over the last couple of days indicates Iraq’s going to need more help” from the US and from the international community, he said in the Oval Office. The White House had been working “around the clock” on options for how to respond, he said.

　　“我们在过去两天看到的事态表明，伊拉克将需要(美国乃至国际社会的)更多帮助，”奥巴马在白宫椭圆办公室表示。他说，白宫正在“昼夜”努力，研究各种回应方案。

　　Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, called for a volunteer army to fight the invading insurgents, and a powerful Shia cleric urged the creation of a militia to defend southern Iraqi holy sites from Isis and its allies, which were fighting for control of Samarra and other Sunni towns on the road south from Mosul to Baghdad.

　　伊拉克总理努里•马利基(Nouri al-Maliki)号召成立一支义军抗击步步进逼的叛乱分子。一名有影响的什叶派神职人员则呼吁成立一支民兵部队，保卫伊拉克南部圣地不受Isis及其盟友的侵犯。目前Isis的武装分子正在攻打萨迈拉(Samarra)和其它逊尼派城镇，意图沿着公路从摩苏尔南下，直取巴格达。

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