"We take guards with us with Kalashnikovs, but the most difficult part is the road between [the capital] Baghdad to the marsh," said Alwash. "Once I'm inside the marshes it's relatively safe."

“我们靠枪杆子来进行保卫，不过最危险的部分是在巴格达和湿地间的公路上，”阿瓦什说到，“一旦我进入湿地后就比较安全了。”

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March 25, 2003. Caught in the teeth of a sandstorm, troops from the 1st Marine Division rest, as their truck stops on the road north to Baghdad.

2003年3月25日。 第1水师不顾沙尘暴，坐着他们的在路北部的卡车从补给站到巴格达。

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In the days in Baghdad, we went to the Road and Bridge Department for numberless times.

在巴格达的那些日子里，去路桥司打交道的次数真可以说数不胜数。

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While some claim this step would legitimate and facilitate redress of the danger posed by Saddam's weapons of mass destruction -- as one put it "The road to Baghdad is through New York" -- the reality is very different: The road to the Security Council is a dead end, and is favored by many precisely for that reason.

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Overall, though, on the high road to Baghdad, so far so good.

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The main road leading to Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque, an important place of worship for Sunnis, was also blocked.

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