伊斯兰国武装分子突袭伊拉克城镇
Isis militants have stormedthe town of Rutba in the west of Iraq, just two days after the jihadi forceshocked the country with a surprise attack on the northern city of Kirkuk.
“伊斯兰国”(ISIS)武装分子突袭了伊拉克西部城镇鲁特巴(Rutba)，仅两天前，这股圣战力量对伊北部城市基尔库克(Kirkuk)发动的突然袭击震惊了这个国家。
The recent attacks come as theIraqi military, Kurdish peshmerga forces and allied militia push forward in ajoint offensive under the air cover of the US-led international coalition torecapture Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city.
最近这两次突袭发生之际，伊拉克军队、库尔德“自由斗士”(Peshmerga)武装以及一些民兵组织正在美国领导的国际盟军的空中掩护下发起联合进攻，试图夺回伊拉克第二大城市摩苏尔。
The fight is expected to bethe biggest battle yet in a two-year struggle against Isis, and the biggestmilitary operation in Iraq since the 2003 US invasion.
这场战斗将成为打击伊斯兰国的两年斗争中最大规模的战役，也是自2003年美国入侵伊拉克以来最大规模的军事行动。
These surprise Isis assaultshighlight how vulnerable Iraq will be to attack even as it wrests back the last10 per cent of its territory still under the control of the Islamistinsurgents, who swept through northern Iraq in the summer of 2014 after itsstunning capture of Mosul.
伊斯兰国此轮突袭凸显了伊拉克对这些突然袭击有多么脆弱，即便该国正在夺回仍在伊斯兰主义叛乱分子控制下的最后10%领土。2014年夏季，伊斯兰国武装在令人震惊地攻占摩苏尔之后，横扫了整个伊拉克北部地区。
The attacks on Kirkuk andRutba also appear to be an attempt to draw away Iraqi forces — and localattention — just as the military gets within 10km of Mosul city limits. Iraqisecurity officials say militants co-ordinated with sleeper cells to launch theovernight attack on Rutba, which lies on an international highway around 110kmfrom the Jordanian border.
通过对基尔库克和鲁特巴发动袭击，伊斯兰国似乎试图在伊军挺进至摩苏尔市10公里范围之际分散其注意力。伊拉克安全官员称，武装分子在潜伏小组的配合下对鲁特巴发动夜袭，距离约旦边境约110公里的一条国际高速公路经过该镇。
Pro-Isis media said the jihadiforce sent a suicide bomber into Rutba and had seized half the city. A localIraqi security official also confirmed that as much as half of Rutba could bein Isis hands and said military reinforcements had been sent in but would beunable to repel the militants until dawn.
亲伊斯兰国媒体表示，圣战力量向鲁特巴派遣了一名自杀炸弹袭击者，并已占领该镇的一半。伊拉克一名地方安全官员也证实，鲁特巴可能已有一半落入伊斯兰国之手，并表示已派遣增援部队，但可能无法在黎明前击退武装分子。
Some local media outlets saidthe jihadi fighters had taken over some of Rutba’s mosques, announcing theirreturn on loudspeakers. Security has been visibly tighter in many cities ofIraq and some towns have imposed curfews, said Faisal al-Essawi, mayor ofAmriyat al-Fallujah, near Baghdad.
当地一些媒体表示，圣战力量接管了鲁特巴的一些清真寺，在扩音器中宣告他们的回归。巴格达附近Amriyat al-Fallujah市的市长费萨尔.艾萨维(Faisal al-Essawi)表示，伊拉克许多城市的安保措施明显加强，部分城镇已实行宵禁。
