伊拉克发生汽车炸弹案 10人死亡

时间：2013-03-18 08:06:51

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A car bomb near the city of Basra in southern Iraq has killed 10 people and wounded many others, local police say.

伊拉克南部巴士拉附近发生一起骑车炸弹爆炸案，造成10人死亡、多人受伤。

Ten years after the US-led invasion, violence is once again on the rise in Iraq

The blast happened near a bus station in Garmat Ali, 18km (11 miles) north of Basra. Earlier, another bomb to the west of the city wounded two people.

Basra is Iraq's main port and has a predominantly Shia Muslim population.

The bombing come days before the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, when Basra was occupied by UK forces.

Attacks in Basra are relatively¹ rare compared to other regions of Iraq.

Violence in central and western Iraq has increased in recent weeks amid continuing protests by members of the Sunni minority against the Shia-led government.

Sunni militants² - some with links to Al Qaeda - often target government officials and buildings, as well as members of the Shia majority.

On Thursday more than 20 people were killed in a series of bomb and gun attacks in the capital Baghdad.

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1 relatively
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。 The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

2 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
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The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。