2020年MPA考试英语外刊阅读（四）

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits from 100 countries, has died at 48. His death was announced on Sunday by President Trump, who said al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during a raid this weekend in northwestern Syria by United States Special Forces. Mr. Trump said preliminary tests had confirmed his identity.

Al-Baghdadi was the world's most-wanted terrorist chieftain, the target of a $25 million bounty from the American government. His death followed a yearslong, international manhunt that consumed the intelligence services of multiple countries and spanned two American presidential administrations.

The son of a pious Sunni family from the Iraqi district of Samarra, al-Baghdadi parlayed religious fervor, hatred of nonbelievers and the power of the internet into the path that catapulted him onto the global stage. He commanded an organization that, at its peak, controlled a territory the size of Britain from which it directed and inspired acts of terror in more than three dozen countries.

选自：The New York Times(纽约时报)

作者：Rukmini Callimachi and Falih Hassan

原文标题：Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48

参考翻译

伊斯兰国狡猾而神秘莫测的黑衣领袖阿布·巴克·巴格达迪，死于48岁。他将一个日渐衰弱的叛乱组织转变成全球恐怖主义网络，吸引了来自100个国家的成千上万的新兵。特朗普总统于周日宣布他死亡，巴格达迪本周末在美国特种部队对叙利亚西北部的一次突袭中引爆了一件自杀背心。特朗普说，初步测试已经证明了他的身份。

巴格达迪(Al-Baghdadi)是世界上第一通缉的恐怖头目，美国政府悬赏2500万美元追杀他。他死前很长段时间全球都在对他进行搜捕，并且这个搜捕动用了多个国家的情报部门，横跨了两个美国总统任期。

巴格达迪来自伊拉克萨马拉地区一个虔诚的逊尼派家庭，他把宗教狂热，对非信徒的仇恨和互联网的力量汇聚在一起，使他登上了全球舞台。他指挥领导着一个组织，该组织，在鼎盛时期控制着一个英国大小的领土面积，而从该领土指挥并启发了在36个以上国家的恐怖行动。

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