康斯坦丁·托罗平（KONSTANTIN TOROPIN）、米歇尔·L·普莱斯（MICHELLE L. PRICE） 华盛顿——一名美国官员周四表示，美军正派遣大约9000名士兵随同一支舰艇编队前往中东。在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普再次警告称可能对伊朗发动新的打击之际，美军正在加强其军事存在。
KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon.
他还表示，初步迹象表明，伊朗与周三一名副驾驶刺伤机长并试图撞毁一架飞往以色列航班的事件有关联。
He also said early indications suggest that Iran is linked to the co-pilot who stabbed his captain and tried to crash an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday.
在白宫与记者的交谈中，当被记者问及幕后袭击者与德黑兰之间是否有任何联系时，特朗普提到了这种联系。
In an exchange with reporters at the White House, Trump raised the connection when asked by a reporter if there were any links between the pilot behind the attack and Tehran.
“根据我目前听到的消息，我认为答案是‘是的’，但我们现在正在进一步调查，”特朗普在没有提供细节的情况下说道。特朗普还警告称，如果证实与伊朗有关联，美国将予以报复。
“I would say the answer, based on what I’m hearing, is ‘yes,’ but we’re working on it right now,” Trump said, without offering details. Trump also warned that if the link is established to Iran, the United States would retaliate.
“哦，他们会遭到沉重打击，别担心，”特朗普说。“你去问问他们就知道了。他们清楚发生了什么。他们会遭到非常沉重的打击。”与此同时，这支正在驶往中东的舰艇编队搭载了7000多名水兵和2000名海军陆战队员。
“Oh they’ll be hit, very hard, don’t worry,” Trump said. “You just ask them. They know what happened. They’ll be hit very hard.”Meanwhile, the group of ships now en route to the Middle East together carry over 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines.
其中包括最近与“乔辛”号（USS Chosin）巡洋舰一同部署的“西奥多·罗斯福”号（USS Theodore Roosevelt）航母打击群，以及包含“约翰·P·穆尔塔”号（USS John P. Murtha）和“安克雷奇”号（USS Anchorage）两栖登陆舰的“马金岛”号（USS Makin Island）两栖戒备群。
It includes the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, which recently deployed with the cruiser USS Chosin, and the USS Makin Island amphibious readiness group, which includes the USS John P. Murtha and USS Anchorage amphibious landing ships.
据一位不愿透露姓名以讨论敏感军事行动的美联社官员透露，这可能意味着最早在10月底，该地区就会出现三艘航母。
It could mean that three carriers are in the region as early as the end of October, according to the U.S. official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations.
鉴于中东地区已部署的人员，此举将使美国在该地区的海军兵力达到异常高的水平，拥有超过2万名水兵和海军陆战队员以及数百架飞机。今年4月，美国海军曾在中东部署了三个航母打击群，这是自2003年以来的首次。
Given the personnel already in place in the Middle East, the move would bring the U.S. naval presence to an unusually high number of more than 20,000 sailors and Marines and hundreds of aircraft. The Navy previously had three carrier strike groups in the Middle East in April for the first time since 2003.
目前，美国海军的“乔治·H·W·布什”号（USS George H.W. Bush）和“乔治·华盛顿”号（USS George Washington）以及“Boxer”两栖作战群都部署在该地区。“乔治·华盛顿”号通常被部署在太平洋，但这次被调往中东，目的是替换“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号（USS Abraham Lincoln）——由于该舰的长期部署任务，其船员已在海上连续工作了260多天。
The carriers USS George H.W. Bush and the USS George Washington are in the region now, along with the USS Boxer amphibious readiness group. The Washington is typically deployed to Pacific Ocean but it was moved to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose arduous deployment resulted in the crew being at sea for more than 260 days straight.
在周四接受《时代》杂志（Time Magazine）采访时，特朗普提到了进一步采取军事行动的可能性，表示在美国11月3日的选举之后，他“有可能”增加对伊朗的轰炸力度。
Trump, in a Time magazine interview published Thursday, also raised the prospects of new strikes, saying it is “possible” that he will ramp up bombing in Iran after the Nov. 3 elections in the United States.
当被追问具体战略细节时，特朗普表示无法进一步透露：“我不能告诉你具体会轰炸哪些目标，因为这涉及到军事机密。”
When pressed, Trump said he could not go further in detailing his strategy. “I can’t tell you that because look, you know, you’re asking, where are you going to bomb?”
在周一的采访中，特朗普还明确表示拒绝伊朗提出的最新停火提议，称：“一年前我都不会批准这样的提议。”他以伊朗提出的“开放霍尔木兹海峡”（Hormuz Strait，这条重要的能源运输通道）为例，但认为该提议“还不够充分”。
Trump said. He said in the interview, conducted Monday, that he rejected the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran because “things that I wouldn’t have approved a year ago I wouldn’t have today.”Trump cited as an example an offer from Iran to “open up” the Strait of Hormuz, the key energy shipping corridor, but said the overall proposal was “not good enough.”
当被问及这场日益不受欢迎的战争是否会影响共和党在11月大选中的胜算时，特朗普起初回答“有可能”，但随后补充说：“这反而会对共和党有利，因为伊朗不可能拥有核武器。”他还表示：“全世界100%的人都反对伊朗拥有核武器。”
Asked if the increasingly unpopular war would threaten Republican Party chances in November, Trump at first responded, “It’s possible.”But then he added, “It should help, because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”The president said “100% of the people” oppose Iran having nuclear attack capabilities “including worldwide.”
“如果你这样表达的话，确实会对共和党有利；但如果不这么说，反而可能产生负面影响。”
“So, when you say it that way, It would help,” Trump added. “If you don’t say that, it could hurt.”
本报道由美联社（Associated Press）的Seung Min Kim、Will Weissert和Aamer Madhani共同撰写。
Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert and Aamer Madhani contributed to this report.