美國軍隊空襲費盧傑 重創ISIS極端分子
U.S.-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja last Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed.
美國官員上週三接受《路透社》採訪時表示，以美國爲首的聯軍用飛機轟炸了被伊斯蘭國佔領的城市費盧傑，初步估計至少有250名武裝分子被殺，至少40輛汽車被毀。If the figures are confirmed, the strikes would be among the most deadly ever against the jihadist group. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the operation and noted preliminary estimates can change.
如果該數字屬實，那麼這將是針對極端分子有史以來最有效的一次打擊。這位官員在不透漏姓名的前提下，描述了這次行動，並指出初步的估計可能會發生變化。The strikes, which the officials said took place south of the city, where civilians have also been displaced, are just the latest battlefield setback suffered by Islamic State in its self-proclaimed "caliphate" of Iraq and Syria.
該官員表示，這次進攻發生在城市的南部，那裏的平民已經被轉移。這次是伊斯蘭國在伊拉克和敘利亞自行宣佈成立的"哈里發"的最新打擊。
The group's territorial losses are not diminishing concerns about its intent and ability to strike abroad though. Turkey pointed the finger at Islamic State on Wednesday for a triple suicide bombing and gun attack that killed 41 people at Istanbul's main airport.
該恐怖組織的領地損失並不能使我們降低警惕，它仍有意圖和能力在國外展開恐怖活動。日前，伊斯坦布爾最大的機場就發生了一起造成42人死亡的三重自殺式炸彈槍擊襲擊，土耳其政府將矛頭指向伊斯蘭國。CIA chief John Brennan told a forum in Washington the attack bore the hallmarks of Islamic State "depravity" and acknowledged there was a long road ahead battling the group, particularly its ability to incite attacks.
中情局局長約翰·布倫南接受華盛頓當地一家論壇採訪時表示，本次打擊表明了伊斯蘭國的"墮落"，並承認打敗這個組織的路還很長，特別是它有着煽動攻擊的能力。"We've made, I think, some significant progress, along with our coalition partners, in Syria and Iraq, where most of the ISIS members are resident right now," Brennan said. "But ISIS' ability to continue to propagate its narrative, as well as to incite and carry out these attacks – I think we still have a ways to go before we're able to say that we have made some significant progress against them."
"在敘利亞和伊拉克有很多ISIS成員，但我認爲，我們已經與盟友取得了一些顯著的進展，"布倫南說。"但是ISIS仍有繼續宣傳其事蹟的能力，還有它煽動和發動襲擊的能力。我想在達到我們所說的顯著進展前，我們可能還有一段路要走。"
