中英双语新闻 伊斯兰国激进组织一名最高宗教权威人物在摩苏尔被击毙

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Iraqi forces say that one of the highest religious authorities in Islamic State Group has been killed in Mosul.An Iraqi commander said Abdullah al-Badrani, also known as Abu Ayoub al-Atar died in an air strike by the US-led coalition¹ on Thursday.Badrani is thought to be a key member of IS in Mosul.

American's top military commander in Afghanistan says the decision to drop a powerful bomb on Islamic State militants² was based purely³ on tactical considerations.General John Nicholson said the US armed force's most powerful non-nuclear bomb had been the right weapon. IS has denied suffering casulties.

Several thousand people have been evacuated⁴ from four beseiged towns in Syria. They are the first of up to 30 thousands people due to be moved. Inhabitants from two government held towns in opposition⁵ territory in the province of Idlib arrived near the city of Aleppo. A similar operation took place in two rebel-held towns west of Damascus.

At least 6 people were killed and 10 injuired when part of a huge rubbish dump collapsed⁶ onto about 40 homes on Sri Lankan capital Colombo. Troops and emergency workers are digging through rotten gabbage and searching for anyone trapped by the 19 meter high mound⁷ of rubbish.

German media are reporting that a study commissioned by investigators⁸ has flagged up significant doubt that letters found in the aftermath of Tuesday's bombing of a German football team's bus were written by radical⁹ Islamists. They have said political extreamists or violent football fans could also be responsible for the attack on the Borussia Dortmund bus.

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伊拉克军队表示，伊斯兰国激进组织一名最高宗教权威人物在摩苏尔被击毙。一名伊拉克指挥官表示，Abdullah al-Badrani，又名Abu Ayoub al-Atar，在周四美国领导的盟军发动的空袭中死亡。Badrani被认为是摩苏尔IS关键人物。

美国驻阿富汗高级军事指挥官表示，向伊斯兰国激进组织投掷强力炸弹的决定纯粹是出于战略考虑。约翰·尼科尔森(Gen. John Nicholson)将军表示，美国陆军最强力的核弹是正确的武器。IS否认有人员伤亡。

几千人从叙利亚四个被围困的城市撤离。他们是决定离开的近3万人中的首批。来自伊德利卜省叛军领土两个政府控制城镇的居民已经抵达阿勒颇附近。类似的行动在大马士革西部叛军控制城镇也在上演。

在斯里兰卡首都科伦坡，一座巨大的垃圾场坍塌，砸中大约40个住户，造成至少6人死亡，10人受伤。军队和急救人员正在腐烂的垃圾堆里挖掘，搜索被困在19米高的垃圾堆下的幸存者。

德国媒体报道称，调查人员授权进行的一项研究严重质疑周二德国足球队乘坐的巴士遭遇爆炸后发现的信件是激进伊斯兰分子书写的。他们说，政治极端分子或暴力球迷都有可能是袭击多特蒙德足球俱乐部巴士的幕后黑手。

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

6 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

7 mound   

n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。

8 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。