奥巴马突访伊拉克 奥巴马, 伊拉克

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Obama makes unannounced visit to Iraq
奥巴马突访问伊拉克

President's clandestine trip to Baghdad comes hours after deadly bombing

奥巴马突访伊拉克：这次奥巴马突然访问伊拉克并不在他为其5天的欧洲行程当中。





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美国总统奥巴马7日突然飞抵巴格达，对伊拉克进行事先未宣布的访问。这是奥巴马上任以来首次访问伊拉克。奥巴马当天结束了在土耳其的访问，在事前没有任何通知的情况下飞往伊拉克。

　　美国白宫发言人吉布斯随后表示，奥巴马将前往驻伊美军基地会见官兵，并通过电话与伊拉克领导人交谈。吉布斯透露，之所以只给伊拉克领导人打电话而不是亲自见面是因为当地的飞行能见度太差，奥巴马不方便乘坐直升机。

　　吉布斯还说，奥巴马这时候访问伊拉克有“很多重要的原因”，“但其中最根本的一点就是总统想看望那些正肩负为国效力光荣职责的男女，并且和他们相处一段时间”。

　　奥巴马此前曾表示，美军从伊拉克撤出“必须用一种足够谨慎的方式进行，必须避免伊拉克的安全形势崩溃并重新陷入暴力”。

　　另据报道，美国官员说，土耳其上周破获一起图谋刺杀美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马的阴谋，一名叙利亚男子涉案被捕。

　　奥巴马5日晚抵达土耳其首都安卡拉。土耳其是奥巴马上任后访问的首个伊斯兰国家。沙特《祖国报》报道说，一名叙利亚男子涉嫌图谋在奥巴马到访土耳其期间实施刺杀行动，3日遭逮捕。嫌疑人持有卡塔尔半岛电视台新闻工作证。他供认，自己与3名同伙试图在奥巴马定于6日晚出席的会议上用刀实施刺杀。但半岛电视台称不认识这名男子。白宫官员拒绝就刺杀阴谋发表评论。

BAGHDAD - On a trip shrouded in secrecy, President Barack Obama flew into Iraq on Tuesday for a brief look at a war he opposed as a candidate and now vows to end as commander in chief.

Obama flew into the country hours after a car bomb exploded in a Shiite neighborhood of the capital city, a deadly reminder of the violence that has claimed the lives at least 4,266 members of the U.S. military since March 2003.

The visit came at the conclusion of a long overseas trip that included economic and NATO summits in Europe and
Shortly before leaving Turkey, the president held out Iraq as an example of the change he seeks in policies inherited from former President George W. Bush.

"Moving the ship of state takes time," he told a group of students in Istanbul. He noted his long-standing opposition to the war, yet said, "Now that we're there," the U.S. troop withdrawal has to be done "in a careful enough way that we don't see a collapse into violence."

In office only 11 weeks, Obama has already announced plans to withdraw most U.S. combat troops on a 19-month timetable. The drawdown is to begin slowly, so American forces can provide security for Iraqi elections, then accelerate in 2010. As many as 50,000 troops are expected to remain in the country at the end of the 19 months to perform counterterrorism duties.

Security concerns
Tuesday's trip was Obama's third to Iraq, and his first since taking office. He met with U.S. commanders and troops last summer while seeking the presidency.

Because of security concerns, the White House made no advance announcement of the visit, and released no details for his activities on the ground.

It was the last stop of an eight-day trip to Europe and Turkey during which Obama sought to place his stamp on U.S. foreign policy after eight years of the Bush administration.

He and other world leaders pledged cooperation to combat a global recession, and he appealed with limited success for additional assistance in Afghanistan, a war he has vowed to intensify. The new president drew large crowds as he offered repeated assurances that the United States would not seek to dictate to other countries.

"I am personally committed to a new chapter of American engagement. We can't afford to talk past one another, to focus only on our differences, or to let the walls of mistrust go up around us," Obama said before leaving Turkey. The visit to a nation that straddles Europe and Asia was designed to signal a new era. He had pledged as a candidate to visit a majority-Muslim nation in his first 100 days in office.