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Prepared by Pinsent Masons LLP for the China International Contractors Association 品诚梅森律师事务所向中国对外承包工程商会提供 The Iraqi Turmoil: Practical Advice for Chinese Construction Contractors 就伊拉克的混乱局势给中国承包商的实用性建议 July 2014 2014 年7 月 Introduction 引言 The security situation in Iraq has rapidly deteriorated in recent weeks. Battles between the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and the Iraq government began after the withdrawal of US troops in 2011 but since 2014 the intensity and scale of the battles has increased dramatically. Around 10 June 2014, ISIS seized the northern Iraqi town of Mosul, Iraqs second-largest city and ISIS then moved on to capture a string of towns stretching south towards Baghdad and continued to expand their control across the country. ISIS is now in control of most areas in western and northern Iraq. 近几周来，伊拉克安全局势持续恶化。自美军 2011 年从伊拉克撤军后，“伊拉克和黎凡 特伊斯兰国” （简称ISIS ）与伊拉克政府就开始交战；但自2014 年，两方冲突的强度和 规模迅速增大。2014 年 6 月 10 日前后，ISIS 占领了伊拉克第二大城市- 北部重镇摩苏 尔，随后，ISIS 向南往巴格达的方向进攻并又占领了一批城镇，逐渐扩大其在伊拉克境内 的控制范围。如今ISIS 控制了伊拉克西部和北部的大部分地区。 ISIS reportedly announced that it has plans to establish an Islamic state. On 3 July 2014, the leader of Iraqs autonomous Kurdish region asked the national assembly of Iraq to plan a referendum on Kurdish independence. It is difficult at this stage to say with any certainty how the current situation is going to develop, however a military coup, full-scale civil war, and even international military intervention are all possible scenarios. 据有关报导，ISIS 曾宣称其计划建立伊斯兰国。2014 年 7 月 3 日，伊拉克库尔德自治区 领导人要求伊拉克国民议会筹划关于库尔德独立的公投。在目前的阶段，很难预测未来的 局势走向，然而，军事政变、全面内战乃至于国际军事干预都是可能会发生的情况。 There are over 60 Chin