巴格达，10月14日——军方称，周三在北部城市基尔库克附近，一枚针对伊拉克陆军车辆的路边炸弹炸死了一名陆军准将及一名士兵。这是本月该地区发生的第二起针对伊拉克安全部队的袭击事件。
BAGHDAD, Oct 14 - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army vehicle killed an Iraqi army brigadier and a soldier near the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the military said, in the second attack on Iraqi security forces in the area this month.
据军方声明，该炸弹击中了一支正在执行搜查任务的巡逻队。事发地点位于基尔库克以南约80公里处，前一天伊拉克战机曾对该地的一处伊斯兰国据点实施打击。
The bomb struck an army patrol conducting a search operation at an Islamic State hideout that Iraqi warplanes had targeted a day earlier, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Kirkuk, according to a military statement.
此次袭击还导致另外两名士兵受伤。就在本月5日，伊斯兰国武装分子在基尔库克西南部发动袭击，持机枪与狙击步枪的枪手攻击了一处联邦警察据点，造成一名警察死亡、四人受伤。
The attack, which wounded two other soldiers, follows an October 5 assault claimed by Islamic State militants southwest of Kirkuk, in which one federal policeman was killed and four others wounded when gunmen armed with machineguns and sniper rifles attacked a federal police position.
此次事件发生在美国军队于9月30日完全撤出伊拉克、结束在该国的军事任务仅数周之后。
The latest incident occurred just weeks after US forces completed their withdrawal from Iraq on September 30, ending their military mission in the country.
伊拉克官员指出，伊斯兰国仍保有能够实施突袭式袭击的潜伏分子，这引发了人们的担忧：即便伊拉克持续开展反恐行动，这些武装分子仍可能趁机利用安全漏洞发动袭击。
Iraqi officials have said Islamic State retains sleeper cells capable of carrying out hit-and-run attacks, raising concerns that the militants could seek to exploit security gaps despite continued Iraqi counter-insurgency operations.
亲伊朗的伊拉克民兵组织支持者对美军撤出表示庆祝；部分分析人士认为，今年2月美以两国对伊朗实施空袭后冲突不断升级，此次撤军或将进一步增强这些民兵组织的势力。
Supporters of pro-Iranian Iraqi militia groups celebrated the pullout and some analysts said it could empower them in the spreading conflict begun by U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Iran in February.