伊反叛分子打死五名美国军人 (Iraq Insurgents Kill 5 US Service Members)

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星期四(062206)
伊反叛分子打死五名美国军人 (Iraq Insurgents Kill 5 US Service Members)

伊拉克反叛分子打死五名美国军人。美国官员说，四名海军陆战队员星期二巴格达以西的安巴尔省发生的两起不同袭击事件中死亡。还有一名美国士兵星期三在巴格达以南的路边炸弹爆炸中丧生。

另一方面，萨达姆.侯赛因的首席辩护律师说，萨达姆和七名同案被告开始绝食，抗议他们的辩护律师缺乏安全保障。星期三，枪手绑架了萨达姆律师团的高级成员奥贝迪，将他杀死。美国国务院的一名发言人谴责这起谋杀事件，但是表示这名被杀律师拒绝美国提供安全保护的提议。

在巴格达以北的塔吉，星期三晚上被枪手绑架并一直扣押的工厂工人数目仍然不清楚。星期三的媒体报导说，一个前军方工厂的85名工人被绑架，但是一些伊拉克官员说，被绑架的人数更接近30，许多人已经被释放。

Insurgents in Iraq have killed five U.S. service members. U.S. officials say four Marines died in two separate attacks on Tuesday in Anbar province, west of Baghdad. The fifth American victim died in a roadside-bomb south of Baghdad on Wednesday.

In another development, the chief lawyer for Saddam Hussein says Saddam and several other defendants have begun a hunger strike to protest the lack of security for their defense lawyers. On Wednesday, gunmen kidnapped Khamis al-Obaidi, a top member of Saddam's legal team, and killed him. A U.S. State Department spokesman condemned the murder, but said the slain lawyer had turned down American offers of protection.

In Taji, north of Baghdad, the number of factory workers still being held by gunmen who seized them Wednesday is unclear. Media reports on Wednesday said about 85 workers at a former military plant were abducted. But some Iraqi officials say the number was closer to 30 and that many have been released.