Middle East Update中东更新

The US and its allies want the UN Security Council to ban the sale of missile and atomic technology to Iran and end most UN help for its nuclear programs — moves diplomats said, are narrowly focused in hopes of winning Russian and Chinese backing for sanctions.美国及其盟国希望联合国安理会禁止出售导弹和原子弹技术给伊朗和完大部分联合国帮助其核计划-动作外交官说，是狭隘地集中在希望赢得俄罗斯和中国的支持制裁。

An al Qaeda operative wanted in connection with the 1998 US Embassy bombings was killed in April in Pakistan, American officials have confirmed.基地组织执行通缉涉嫌与1998年美国大使馆爆炸案丧生于4月份在巴基斯坦，美国官员已经证实。

BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 — The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that he may call for more troops to be sent to Baghdad, possibly by increasing the overall US presence in Iraq, as rising bloodshed pushes Iraqi and American deaths to some of their highest levels of the war.新华社巴格达10月24日-最高指挥官，美国在伊拉克周二说，他可能会要求更多的部队被派到巴格达，可能是通过增加美国国内总驻留在伊拉克，因为越来越多的流血推动伊拉克和美国死亡，他们的一些最高级别的战争。

Gunmen in Baquba ambushed two busloads of Iraqi police recruits on October 22, killing at least 13 and kidnapping dozens of others, security officials said.枪手在巴古拜伏击两辆大巴把伤员送往伊拉克警察招募10月22日，打死至少13名和绑架数十名其他人，负责安全事务的官员说。

A senior State Department diplomat apologized on October 22 for having told the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera on Saturday that there is a strong possibility history will show the United States displayed “arrogance” and “stupidity” in its handling of the Iraq war.美国国务院一位高级外交官表示道歉10月22日因告诉阿拉伯卫星网络半岛电视台上周六说，是有一个坚强有力的可能性，历史将显示美国表现出"傲慢"和"愚蠢" ，在处理伊拉克战争。

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in a bid for political survival, struck an alliance on October 23, with a hard-liner who has called for stripping Israeli Arabs of citizenship, executing lawmakers for talking to Hamas and bombing Palestinian population centers.以色列总理埃胡德奥尔默特，企图以此为政治生存空间，击中了一个联盟于10月23日，用硬班轮运输的人已要求剥以色列阿拉伯人的国籍，执行立法者来说话了哈马斯和轰炸巴勒斯坦人口中心。

One in five Americans believes the United States is winning the war in Iraq, according to a poll.每5个美国人相信，美国正在赢得这场战争，在伊拉克，根据一项民意调查。 The number has dropped by half since December.这个数字已经下降了一半， 12月以来。

Police and members of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia fought in another southern Iraq town on October 21, leaving nine people dead.警队成员和反美什叶派萨德尔的民兵战斗在另一个伊拉克南部城市， 10月21日，造成9人死亡。

Police and members of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia fought in another southern Iraq town on October 21, leaving nine people dead.警队成员和反美什叶派萨德尔的民兵战斗在另一个伊拉克南部城市， 10月21日，造成9人死亡。

17 Iraqis were killed on October 21 in a town south of Baghdad, when mortar bombs and 5 suicide bombers were exploded I n crowded areas. 17名伊拉克人死亡， 10月21日，在一个小镇，位于巴格达以南的时候，迫击炮弹和5个自杀炸弹袭击者在爆炸含量人烟稠密的地方。