died of
his wounds in a British hospital. Three hundred and thirty-four British personnel have died in the Afghan conflict since the US-led invasion almost nine years ago.
The young Japanese motorcycle racer, Shoya Tomizawa, has been killed during a support race for the San Marino Grand Prix in Italy. Nineteen-year-old Tomizawa was fatally injured after falling off his bike at high speed and being hit by two other riders. The defending MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi, who saw the crash on television, said it was
terrifying
.
BBC News
一些自杀式爆炸者袭击了巴格达一座伊拉克军事基地,就在美国正式结束驻伊拉克作战任务几天之后,使美国军队再次卷入战斗。好战持枪分子和爆炸者的袭击造成至少12人死亡,20多人受伤。两名袭击者得以进入基地,伊拉克一名军官称,美国军队收到求助加入枪战。巴格达,Gabriel Gatehouse报道。
美国人一直表示,仍然留守伊拉克的大约50,000军队出于自卫有权开火。但是在这种他们经常提供空中掩护和其他形式的专门技术的行动中,美国人如此积极地参与则不同寻常。现在似乎他们有一点过分,似乎只要美国人仍然留在伊拉克,他们就是伊拉克人可以求助的对象。而且这种袭击经常发生,所以我们可以假设,将来,从现在到明年年底的最后撤退日期之前,伊拉克人将再次向美国军队求助。