Iraqi PM orders security review 伊拉克总理命令安全检查
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Iraq's prime minister has ordered a security review after the deadliest series of attacks in the country this year left 95 people dead in Baghdad.

伊拉克总理命令对最近一系列致死攻击进行安全检查,今年巴格达已经有95人死亡。

Wednesday
Wednesday's attacks killed 95 and injured more than 500

Nouri Maliki called Wednesday's bombings "a desperate attempt to derail(出轨) the political process" in Iraq.

They included two truck bombings close to government ministries1 located in a part of the capital which has generally not been targeted in recent months.

Iraqi forces took control of security in Baghdad from US troops in late June.

Though violence in the country has fallen since the peaks of 2006 and 2007, it continues to be the target of frequent bomb attacks.

Mr Maliki blamed the latest strikes on al-Qaida in Iraq and loyalists of the late president, Saddam Hussein, who was toppled(推翻,向前倒) after US-led forces invaded in 2003.

He said Iraqi security forces were "very capable of confronting terrorists", but acknowledged that a security review was necessary.

"The criminal operations that happened today no doubt call for a re-evaluation of our plans and our security methods to face the terrorist challenges," he said in a statement.

The prime minister also said insurgents2(叛乱分子) had taken advantage of government efforts to restore normalcy by removing concrete(水泥,混凝土) blast walls(防爆墙) from main roads in Baghdad.

"These attacks represent a reaction to the opening of streets and bridges and the lifting of barriers inside the residential3 areas," he said.

An Iraqi army spokesman said two al-Qaeda members had been arrested in Baghdad in connection with the attacks.

There have so far been no claims of responsibility for the bombings.

Crater4

The biggest explosion on Wednesday happened close to the foreign ministry5, just outside the high-security Green Zone.

It was powerful enough to break windows at the parliament building inside the zone, which houses government and diplomatic buildings.

It also left a crater(弹坑,火山口) 3m (10ft) deep and 10m (33ft) in diameter(直径), with the smouldering(闷烧,低温干馏) wreckage6(破坏,残骇) of cars scattered7 around the site of the explosion.

Minutes earlier, there had been another blast close to the finance ministry in another hitherto(到目前为止,迄今) relatively8 safe area of the city.

At least four other explosions went off in other parts of Baghdad, including the southern district of Bayaa. Several mortars9 also fell inside the Green Zone itself.

An interior ministry official said more than 560 people had been injured in the attacks, which appeared to have been co-ordinated.

UN attack anniversary

While Baghdad is often hit by bombings, it is unusual for them to penetrate10 such well-fortified areas of the city.

Since Iraqi forces took over responsibility for security in the city in late June, most attacks have targeted poor Shia neighbourhoods, says the BBC's Natalia Antelava in Baghdad.

Wednesday's bombings confirmed some people's worst fears over the withdrawal11 of US troops from cities across Iraq, our correspondent says.

Baghdad security spokesman Maj Gen Qassim al-Moussawi said the attacks represented a security breach12 for which Iraqi forces had to take most of the blame.

"We must face the facts. We must admit our mistakes, just as we celebrate our victories," he was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.

The US government condemned13 the bombings, but a spokesman said the overall number of attacks in Iraq was "at or near an all-time low".

The violence came exactly six years after one of the first major attacks in Iraq after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

On 19 August 2003, the UN headquarters in Baghdad was hit by a suicide truck bomb, killing14 22 people in what was the most deadly attack up until that point since the US-led invasion earlier that year.

Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in the violence that followed.

The anniversary was chosen for the UN's inaugural15(开幕的) World Humanitarian16 Day, in an effort to increase support for aid workers.



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1 ministries 80c65392682fb821af91521513be1259     
(政府的)部( ministry的名词复数 ); 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期
参考例句:
  • Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
  • The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
2 insurgents c68be457307815b039a352428718de59     
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
3 residential kkrzY3     
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
参考例句:
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
4 crater WofzH     
n.火山口,弹坑
参考例句:
  • With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
  • They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。
5 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
6 wreckage nMhzF     
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏
参考例句:
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
7 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
8 relatively bkqzS3     
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。
9 mortars 2ee0e7ac9172870371c2735fb040d218     
n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 );砂浆;房产;研钵
参考例句:
  • They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗? 来自教父部分
10 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解
参考例句:
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
11 withdrawal Cfhwq     
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
参考例句:
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
12 breach 2sgzw     
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
参考例句:
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
13 condemned condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
  • The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。
14 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
15 inaugural 7cRzQ     
adj.就职的;n.就职典礼
参考例句:
  • We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
  • Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
16 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
参考例句:
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
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