Bomber Kills 5 U.S. Soldiers on a Patrol in Iraq’s Capital
By ERICA GOODE and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: March 11, 2008
BAGHDAD — A man walked up to a group of American soldiers on foot patrol in an upscale shopping district in central Baghdad on Monday and detonated the explosives-filled vest he was wearing, killing five soldiers and wounding three others and an Iraqi interpreter who accompanied them.
It was the deadliest single attack on American soldiers in Baghdad since the height of the troop buildup here last summer. Nine Iraqi civilians were also wounded in the blast, according to officials at Yarmuk Hospital, where the victims were taken.
Reports from Iraqi witnesses suggest that the soldiers may have let down their guard because of the relative quiet of the last few months, leaving the safety of their Humvees and chatting with residents and shopkeepers.
Hours later, a car bomb exploded outside a hotel in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya, killing two people and wounding 30 in the first significant attack in that city in several years.
翻译:
BAGHDAD — A man walked up to a group of American soldiers on foot patrol in an upscale shopping district in central Baghdad on Monday and detonated the explosives-filled vest he was wearing, killing five soldiers and wounding three others and an Iraqi interpreter who accompanied them.
一名男子于本周一在巴哥达市中心的高级购物区冲进了一队美国巡逻士兵的队伍中，并引爆了他所穿的背心中填满的爆炸物，造成一名士兵死亡，三名士兵和一名陪同的伊拉克翻译人员受伤
It was the deadliest single attack on American soldiers in Baghdad since the height of the troop buildup here last summer. Nine Iraqi civilians were also wounded in the blast, according to officials at Yarmuk Hospital, where the victims were taken.
这是自从去年夏季军队建立以来发生的死亡最严重的个人攻击事件。据救治幸存者的Yarmuk医院的工作人员说：九名伊拉克居民在爆炸中受伤，
Reports from Iraqi witnesses suggest that the soldiers may have let down their guard because of the relative quiet of the last few months, leaving the safety of their Humvees and chatting with residents and shopkeepers.
有伊拉克目击者称这些士兵可能由于连月来的相对安静放松了警惕，离开了他们的安全地带，与当地居民和店主谈话。
Hours later, a car bomb exploded outside a hotel in the northern Kurdish city of , killing two people and wounding 30 in the first significant attack in that city in several years.
几小时后，一辆装有停在旅馆外装有炸弹的汽车在北部库尔德人的城市Sulaimaniya爆炸，造成两人死亡，三十人受伤，这是近几年来这个城市发生的最大规模的爆炸。
