巴士拉

President Bush says Iraq's military operations in Basra are a good test for the country.

布什总统说，伊拉克在巴士拉的军事任务对整个国家来说是一个很好的考验。

We were taken to the British base in Basra airport.

我们被带到英国基地的巴士拉机场。

They are using force to do this and want to draw in the British in Basra.

他们是使用武力为此，要在借鉴英国在巴士拉。

That's after days of fighting between Iraqi forces and Shiite militias in Basra .

这是发生在伊拉克军方和穆斯林什叶派在巴士拉的交战之后。

With the withdrawal of Britain's last combat troops from Basra, that is no longer the case.

但是随着英国最后一支作战部队从巴士拉撤出，情况就不一样了。

That's after days of fighting between Iraqi forces and Shiite militias in Basra.

该行动是在位于巴士拉的伊拉克政府军和什叶派民兵组织的冲突持续了数天之后开始的。

The group also took control of several other areas in the city of Kurt between Baghdad and Basra.

这些力量同时也控制了巴格达和巴士拉之间的Kurt市的许多地方。

The group was also took control of several areas in the city of Kurt between Baghdad and Basra.

该组织还控制着在巴格达和巴士拉之间的库尔特市的一些地区。

In the southern city of basra, they faced artillery and machine-gun fire.

在南部城市巴士拉，他们遭遇了火炮和机枪火力。

Basra is Iraq's largest Shi'ite Arab city as well as the chokepoint of the southern Iraqi oil industry. If the central government is to survive it will need to reduce any groups that challenge its authority, particularly in the vicinity of Basra. That includes Shi'ite militias as well as foreign fighters, Ba'athist restoriationists, and Sunni militias.

伊拉克大多数人属于阿拉伯穆斯林什叶派，而巴士拉是伊拉克最大的什叶派阿拉伯城市，以及伊拉克南部石油工业的咽喉如果中央政府想要生存，它需要减少挑战其权威的任何团体，特别是在巴士拉附近的，包括什叶派民兵以及外国战士，复兴党分子和逊尼派民兵的武装。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。