Bush Speech to Outline Iraq Sovereignty Strategy

 

Laurie Kassman

President Bush is giving the first of five weekly addresses to map out his administration's strategy for handing over limited sovereignty in Iraq. In Iraq, the latest opinion surveys show Iraqis are anxious to take control of their own lives.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan says President Bush will outline a strategy for handing over sovereignty to Iraq. "He will talk about the political front. He will talk about the election front. The president will talk about how we are working to eliminate the security threats in Iraq and he will talk about our efforts to reconstruct Iraq's infrastructure¹."
Mr. Bush's speech is the first of five weekly addresses he will make on Iraq, leading up to the June 30 transfer of power. The goals he outlines will mirror the U.S. and British-proposed U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing² the transfer of sovereignty.
Germany's U.N. representative, Gunter Pleuger, says the U.N. resolution should make it clear that Iraqis are gaining control over their political future. "It is important that resolution will make clear that we have a new start in Iraq, a political process, the restoration of sovereignty to Iraq, and we will have to make sure process provides Iraqi ownership for the political process as well as for the process of economic reconstruction," he said.
Most Iraqis are impatient for the transfer of sovereignty to be completed as hostility³ has increased toward occupation forces.
One third of Iraqis responding to a public opinion poll to be published later this week say they strongly support a radical⁴ anti-coalition⁵ Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr. They view him as a nationalist for fighting against the coalition forces occupying Iraq.
But, Coalition spokesman Dan Senor says Iraqis also fear chaos⁶ if the coalition forces left too soon. "If I sum up what we see over and over in the polls, it's [good] to be free, sorry to be occupied, please don't go," he said.
The draft U.N. resolution would give responsibility for security to a multinational⁷ force under unified⁸ command. But the draft is not clear about how much authority Iraq's interim⁹ government would have over the forces.
In other developments, U.S. General Mark Kimmitt says an investigation¹⁰ is under way into last week's air strike in a remote area of the country near the Syrian border.
A homemade video obtained by a U.S. TV service showing scenes of celebration appears to support residents' claims that U.S. forces attacked a wedding party. U.S. forces say they were targeting foreign fighters.
"There are inconsistencies. We are doing an investigation," he said. "But at this point we have seen nothing that have caused us to change our minds. So that's why we need to get as much evidence as possible, hand it to the investigators¹¹ and let's see where the investigation takes us."
In the Shiite holy city of Najaf, U.S. forces clashed again with militia¹² loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr. But nearby Karbala was quiet after al-Sadr fighters appeared to have abandoned their positions there.

注释：
map out 安排，计划
take control of 支配，控制
mirror [5mirE] vt. 反映
endorse¹³ [in5dC:s] v. 认可，支持
Gunter Pleuger 德国驻联合国代表冈特·普洛伊格。
restoration [5restE5reiFEn] n. 恢复
radical [5rAdikEl] adj. 激进的，极端的
Moqtada al-Sadr 什叶派第一领导人，穆克塔达·萨德尔。
chaos [5 keiCs] n. 混乱
sum up 概括，总结
General Mark Kimmitt 马克·金米特准将，美军驻伊战地指挥官。
remote [ri5mEut] adj. 遥远的，偏僻的
homemade [5hEJm5meId] adj. 自制的
inconsistency [9InkEn5sIstEnsI] n. 矛盾
militia [mi5liFE] n. 民兵
Karbala [5kB:bElE] n. 卡尔巴拉（伊拉克中部一城市）

1 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

2 endorsing   

v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
• Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网

3 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

4 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。

5 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。

6 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

7 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

8 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

9 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 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》

12 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

13 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。