But Iraq is first and foremost an Arab state.

但是伊拉克首先是一个阿拉伯国家。

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They constitute the first cholera cases detected in Iraq in 2008.

这是伊拉克2008年首次发现的霍乱病例。

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Such is the continuing rancour about the decision to invade Iraq in the first place that it is almost impossible to debate this question dispassionately.

首先民众怨恨入侵伊拉克决定愈演愈烈，致使几乎不可能冷静地讨论这个问题。

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Michael Johnston is twenty-seven. He was first deployed to Iraq in two thousand three at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

The first item always on that was the overnight casualty report from Iraq and Afghanistan, and I would often come and see that had been circled by the president or that he would be reflecting on that.

上面的第一条永远是,这一晚在伊拉克和阿富汗,士兵的伤亡报告，我来的时候会看到那条消息,被布什总统圈了出来,他看着报告会陷入沉思。

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Other experts say glass making first started four to five thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and Syria.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Third, we would welcome the return of Unscom and the International Atomic Energy Agency back into Iraq to pursue their mandate from the United Nations, provided that Iraq first takes concrete, affirmative and demonstrable actions to show that it will fully cooperate with the inspectors.

BBC: Clinton's statement on end of strikes: Full text

"The Afghan war is almost as unpopular as the Iraq war has been for the past four years, " Holland said, noting that support for the war in Iraq first dropped to 39 percent in June 2005 and has generally remained in the low to mid-30s since.

CNN: Poll: Support for Afghan war at all-time low

We will be their ally, but the responsibility of charting the future of Iraq, first and foremost, belongs to the Iraqis.

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