美國爲伊拉克政府重建展開遊說

John Kerry, the US secretary of state, started a week-long tour of the Middle East and Europe yesterday to try to win support for the creation a new government in Iraq capable of bridging the sectarian tensions threatening to tear the country apart.

美國國務卿約翰•克里(John Kerry)昨日開始對中東和歐洲進行爲期一週的訪問，以求爭取各方支持，在伊拉克建立一個有能力彌合可能撕裂該國的教派衝突的新政府。

Mr Kerry will be seeking political cover from allies in the Gulf for possible US military action against Sunni militants in northern Iraq, while also trying to convince them that Washington does not plan to cede more ground in Iraq to Iran.

對於美國可能對伊拉克北部遜尼派武裝分子採取軍事行動，克里將從海灣盟國那裏尋求政治掩護，同時他還將試圖讓他們相信，美國不計劃在伊拉克問題上向伊朗作出更多讓步。

The diplomatic push follows President Barack Obama’s announcement on Thursday that the US would send 300 “military advisers” to Iraq and is considering “targeted air strikes” against the insurgents but is also pushing for political reform in Baghdad to engage disaffected Sunni.

在克里此次出訪之前，美國總統巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)上週四宣佈，美國將向伊拉克派出300名“軍事顧問”，並考慮針對叛軍實施“有針對性的空襲”，但同時將推動伊拉克的政治改革，要求該國政府與不滿的遜尼派接觸。

Mr Kerry arrived in Egypt yesterday for the first leg of his trip, just as Sunni militants gained control of a town close to the Jordanian border. “This is a critical moment,” Mr Kerry said following a meeting with Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s president, calling the militants a “threat not only to Iraq but to the entire region”.

克里昨日抵達此行的首站埃及，與此同時，遜尼派武裝分子佔領了一個接近約旦邊境的小鎮。克里在與埃及總統阿卜杜勒•法塔赫•西西(Abdel Fattah al-Sisi)會面後表示：“這是一個關鍵時刻，”他稱這些武裝分子“不僅是對伊拉克的威脅，而且是對整個地區構成的威脅”。

In a television interview, Mr Obama said the insurgents were “destabilising the country” and that the fighting could “spill over into some of our allies like Jordan and that they are engaged in wars in Syria”.

奧巴馬在接受電視採訪時表示，叛亂分子正在“破壞伊拉克的穩定”，戰火可能“蔓延到約旦等我們的盟國”。