U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Nears 2004 Level

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Two more U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq as the year wound down Friday, putting the American military death toll at 841 so far – just five short of 2004’s lost lives despite political progress and dogged efforts to quash the insurgency.

Violence continued on Saturday with gunmen raiding a house near Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad, and killing five members of a Sunni family, army Col. Hussein Sheyaa said. A roadside bomb also exploded in Baghdad, killing five policemen, 1st Lt. Nadum Nuaman said.

美联社伊拉克巴格达消息：2名甚至更多的美军战士在新年即将到来的星期五被炸身亡，使得2005年美军在伊拉克的牺牲人数达到841名，仅仅比2004年少5名。

美军发言人Hussein Sheyaa 说，持枪的暴乱者周六继续袭击了巴格达南部30公里的Iskandariyah的一间房子，并打死了这个家庭的5名成员。另据1st Lt. Nadum Nuaman 的消息，在巴格达一条道路边的炸弹导致5名警察死亡。（江峡 翻译）

Millions of Iraqis Vote in Relative Peace

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)Millions of Iraqis,   from tribal sheiks to entire families with children in tow, turned out Thursday to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election – among the freest ever in the Arab world. So many Sunni Arabs voted that ballots ran out in some places. The strong participation by Sunnis, the backbone of the insurgency, bolstered U.S. hopes that the election could produce a broad-based government capable of ending the daily suicide attacks and other violence that have ravaged the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

数百万的伊拉克人民在相对和平的环境中投票选举 

美联社 伊拉克 巴格达消息：数百万的伊拉克人民，从部落领袖到带着孩子的普通家庭，本周四在和平稳定的环境中选择他们的国会议员，这是阿拉伯世界中最大的自由。

很多阿拉伯宗教领袖也出现在投票点投出了他们的选票，他们的广泛参与和随时发生暴动的可能，促使美国希望此次选举能够产生一个宽泛的代表民意的政府，以便有能力消除自从萨达姆政权倒台以来不断发生自杀性爆炸袭击和其他的对国家产生破坏性的叛乱。（江峡 翻译）

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