12月7日，伊拉克北部重镇摩苏尔又有两座教堂遭到轰炸，再次为下个月的大选蒙上阴影。至此，美国在对伊战争中的死亡人数已达到1000人。外电报道如下：Gunmen bombed two churches in the tense Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, fueling fears of ethnic¹ and sectarian unrest ahead of an election next month.

The insurgent² war of attrition against U.S. forces and their Iraqi proteges claimed another American life in Baghdad, taking the U.S. combat death toll³ to 1,000 since last year's invasion.

Unrest表示“不安的状态，动荡局面”，例如：social unrest（社会动荡）；campus unrest（大学学潮，学生运动）；financial unrest（金融动荡）；monetary unrest（货币动荡）。