伊拉克人

Mr Crocker's claim to see a spirit of sectarian reconciliation bubbling just beneath the surface of Iraq's stalemated politics was even less convincing.

克罗克有关伊拉克政治僵局中迸发出教派和解火花这一说法则更难让人信服。

They were arrested in July after straying over the Iranian border from Iraq.

这3人是在7月份从伊拉克迷途步入伊朗边境而被捕的。

And nobody, of course, is tabulating stats on the Iraqis and Afghans.

没有人，当然是塔布拉丁统计对伊拉克人和阿富汗人。

Though many Democrats are angered by such wriggles, the candidates are wise not to box themselves into a corner on Iraq (as, alas, they almost have on NAFTA and free trade).

虽然许多民主党人对这样的政治摇摆感到不满，其实候选人是不想在伊拉克问题上把自己逼入墙角（像在北美自由贸易区和自由贸易问题上他们就差点陷入困境）。

Though many Democrats are angered by such wriggles, the candidates are wise not to box themselves into a corner on Iraq .wise

似乎漏译。草译为：尽管很多民主党人对这种回避的做法很是愤怒，但候选人在伊拉克问题上不愿把自己逼入死角是相当明智的。

In Iraq some 3,000 people, most of them civilians, are dying every month.

在伊拉克，每个月大约有3000人丧失，他们中的大多数是平民。

With the threat of Turkish military action still imminent, Iraq\'s newly prosperous Kurds have begun to express new ambivalence about their support for their anti-Turkish guerrilla cousins holed up in the mountains.

面对仍然可能马上到来的土耳其越界军事打击威胁，伊拉克刚刚走向繁荣的库尔德人开始对向他们藏在大山中的反土耳其的游击队兄弟提供支持感到矛盾。

And Pentagon officials say the remotely piloted planes, which can beam back live video for up to 22 hours, have done more than any other weapons system to track down insurgents and save American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

五角大楼的官员说，遥控驾驶的飞机，它可以传送回实时视频长达22个小时，已经超过了的其他任何武器系统，用于在伊拉克和阿富汗追捕叛乱分子以及挽救美国人的生命。

Last week, the Web log posted a critical message from a career diplomat in Iraq who accused opponents of directed assignments of being spoiled elitists and suggested they are "wimps and weenies."

上个星期，这个日志贴出了一个在伊拉克的职业外交官的批评信息，他指责那些定向派遣的反对者们是被宠坏了的精英，并且暗示他们是&懦夫和无足轻重的人&。

President Bush wants Democrats in Congress to approve money to fund the Iraq war "without strings" before leaving town for the Christmas holidays. Bush warns that doing nothing will mean an accounting nightmare for the Pentagon and affect the military's ability to do its job.

布什总统希望国会的民主党人在圣诞节前通过无条件支持伊拉克战争该项议案，他强调如果没有通过就会使五角大楼陷入噩梦般的困境，甚至影响到军队的作战能力。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。