Middle East Update中東更新

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.美國及其盟國希望聯合國安理會禁止出售導彈和原子彈技術給伊朗和完大部分聯合國幫助其核計劃-動作外交官說，是狹隘地集中在希望贏得俄羅斯和中國的支持制裁。

An al Qaeda operative wanted in connection with the 1998 US Embassy bombings was killed in April in Pakistan, American officials have confirmed.基地組織執行通緝涉嫌與1998年美國大使館爆炸案喪生於4月份在巴基斯坦，美國官員已經證實。

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.新華社巴格達10月24日-最高指揮官，美國在伊拉克週二說，他可能會要求更多的部隊被派到巴格達，可能是通過增加美國國內總駐留在伊拉克，因為越來越多的流血推動伊拉克和美國死亡，他們的一些最高級別的戰爭。

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.槍手在巴古拜伏擊兩輛大巴把傷員送往伊拉克警察招募10月22日，打死至少13名和綁架數十名其他人，負責安全事務的官員說。

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.美國國務院一位高級外交官表示道歉10月22日因告訴阿拉伯衛星網絡半島電視台上週六說，是有一個堅強有力的可能性，歷史將顯示美國表現出"傲慢"和"愚蠢" ，在處理伊拉克戰爭。

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.以色列總理埃胡德奧爾默特，企圖以此為政治生存空間，擊中了一個聯盟於10月23日，用硬班輪運輸的人已要求剝以色列阿拉伯人的國籍，執行立法者來說話了哈馬斯和轟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個美國人相信，美國正在贏得這場戰爭，在伊拉克，根據一項民意調查。 The number has dropped by half since December.這個數字已經下降了一半， 12月以來。

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.警隊成員和反美什葉派薩德爾的民兵戰鬥在另一個伊拉克南部城市， 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.警隊成員和反美什葉派薩德爾的民兵戰鬥在另一個伊拉克南部城市， 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，在一個小鎮，位於巴格達以南的時候，迫擊砲彈和5個自殺炸彈襲擊者在爆炸含量人煙稠密的地方。