VOA常速英语:U.S. Airstrike Kills AQAP Leader

Next an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.
接下来，是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。
A U.S. airstrike this month killed an al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula senior leader in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate, according to U.S. Central Command. Abu Khattab al Awlaqi, the emir for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula was killed along with two of his group’s associates.
本月，美国一场空袭在也门舍卜沃省击毙了一名阿拉伯半岛基地组织高级领导人，该消息由美国中央司令部发出。阿拉伯半岛基地组织的埃米尔阿布·卡哈塔卜在此次行动中被击毙，一同被消灭的还有该组织其他两名成员。
Al Awlaqi was responsible for planning and conducting terrorist attacks against civilians. He had significant influence overout al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s terrorist stronghold, had ties and access to the group’s other senior leaders, and was implicated in planning and leading efforts to foment instability in southern Yemen.
阿布·卡哈塔卜曾经策划、并实施过针对平民的恐怖袭击。他在阿拉伯半岛基地组织的所有据点内都颇具影响力，和该组织其他高级领导人联系密切，并且还策划领导了让南也门动乱的行动。
In coordination with the government of Yemen, U.S. forces are conducting sustained counterterrorism operations in Yemen against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to degrade the group’s ability to hold territory and coordinate external terror attacks. Senior leaders from the terrorist group seek safe haven in places like Shabwah governorate to plot attacks against the U.S., its interests, and its friends and allies across the world.
在与也门政府进行的协调中，美军正在也门进行持续的反恐行动、打击阿拉伯半岛基地组织，从而削弱该组织占据领土、协调外部恐袭的能力。该恐怖组织的高级领导人在舍卜沃省等地寻求避风港，从而暗算美国、损害其利益、袭击美国在全球的朋友和盟友。
Al Awlaqi’s death removes a trusted and experienced terrorist leader from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s ranks.
此次击毙阿布·卡哈塔卜，使得阿拉伯半岛基地组织失去了一个颇受信赖的、经验老道的恐怖分子头目。
In recent years, the terrorist group has taken advantage of ungoverned spaces in Yemen to plot, direct, and inspire terror attacks against the U.S., its citizens, and allies around the world. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and its predecessors attacked the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa in 2008, attempted to down Northwest Airlines 253 on Christmas Day 2009, and conspired to send explosive-laden parcels to Chicago in 2010.
近年来，该恐怖组织一直在利用也门不受管控的地区，来策划、领导和鼓动针对美国、美国公民、以及美国在全世界盟友的恐怖袭击。阿拉伯基地组织及其前身2008年袭击了美国位于萨那的大使馆，2009年圣诞节企图击落西北航空253号班机，2010年时还密谋将装满炸药的包裹寄到芝加哥。
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has also used its English-language magazine, Inspire, to encourage attacks against the West, and has been linked to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, 2009 Fort Hood shooting, and other lone-wolf attacks in the U.S. and Europe.
阿拉伯半岛基地组织还利用其英文杂志《Inspire》，来激发鼓动对西方进行袭击，并且和2013年波士顿马拉松爆炸案、2009年胡德堡枪击案、以及美国和欧洲其他袭击案件有关联。
U.S. forces conducted this strike with the full support of the government of Yemen. Together with its Arab allies, the U.S. will continue to fight terrorist organizations like al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
在也门政府的全力支持下，美军进行了此次空袭。同其阿拉伯盟友一起，美国将继续打击类似阿拉伯半岛基地组织一类的恐怖组织。