One reason is that al-Qaeda, though weaker in Iraq, has created a new sanctuary in Pakistan's tribal belt.

理由一，基地的势力虽然在伊拉克有所削弱，但却在巴基斯坦的部落带里建立了新的避难所。

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The televised bidding, launched today at Baghdad's al-Rasheed hotel, marked the first time since 1972 that foreign energy companies had been allowed to consolidate their influence in Iraq.

今天在巴格达拉希德大饭店举行的这次电视直播的竞标标志着自1972年外国能源公司可以巩固他们在伊拉克的影响以来的头一次。

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Like millions of others, 37-year-old Wafaa al Nuaimi fled Iraq in the hopes of giving her three children a chance at a better life.

象上百万的其他难民一样，37岁的瓦夫埃 阿 努阿米怀揣着给三个孩子过上更好的生活创造一个更好的条件的希望逃离了伊拉克。

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While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaida in Iraq as well as Sunni militants.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has insisted,repeatedly, that Iraq's security forces are capable of imposing law and order.

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Hadi al-Marai,who head Iraq's Press Freedom and Observation center says the outcome could have been worse.

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The results should spell out the status of the Sunni Arab "Awakening" movement -- which opposes al Qaeda in Iraq -- and the popularity of the Shiite factions, such as those backing al-Maliki, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.

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Whether he is in Iraq or Syria, allegations that he is collaborating with al-Qaida terrorists in Iraq make sense given that Absi was formerly allied with Abu Musab Zarkawi, who led al-Qaida forces in Iraq until he was killed by US forces in June 2006.

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Al-Masri is an Egyptian who replaced Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as head of al Qaeda in Iraq after al-Zarqawi's death in a U.S. airstrike last June.

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