出国旅游许多伊拉克人遥不可及梦想

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Travel is still far away for many in Iraq出国旅游——许多伊拉克人遥不可及的梦想。

Iraqi Airways resumed international commercial flights for the first time in 14 years, flying between Amman, Baghdad and Damascus, although with few passengers on board.(AFP )。

'If I could just get my passport, I'd be the happiest woman in the universe,' says Anwar, 24.。

The right to travel was one of the most enticing of the freedoms Iraqis looked forward to after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.。

Under Saddam, getting permission to travel could take up to a year and was mostly reserved for privileged members of the government or their families.。

Since they became available June 22, about 500,000 passports have been issued. But harried clerks can't keep up with demand and every day there are long lines and frustrated people.。

Baghdad's gleaming international airport terminal has been renovated by U.S. taxpayers at a cost of nearly $39 million dollars. But more than a year after the fall of Saddam, only a couple charter flights use the airport. And even the civilian planes use evasive tactics to avoid surface-to-air missiles when landing.。

Iraqi Airways had planned to resume flying this Saturday from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria. Saturday's flight would have been the nation's first international commercial flight since 1990, when U.N. sanctions were imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait.。

The airline remains grounded, unable to secure airspace permission from the U.S.-led coalition.。

上星期的一天,卢马·安瓦尔和她的母亲凌晨3点就来到了护照申领办公室。

这还不够早,前面的队伍还是很长,她们排了12个小时的队后。

这已经是安瓦尔母女第三次申请为安瓦尔办理护照了,然后再飞往底特律去见她的未婚夫,她还得再排队等一天,安瓦尔打算先开车去安曼(约旦首都),但是要想拿到护照。

24岁的安瓦尔说：“如果能拿到护照的话,我就是世界上最幸福的女人了,”。

萨达姆·侯赛因政权倒台后,获得(出境)旅游的权利成为伊拉克人最向往的自由之一。

申请旅游护照需要长达一年的时间,而且绝大多数情况下只有政府官员及其家庭成员才有出国旅游的特权,在萨达姆政权统治时期。

普通人也可以申请护照了,到目前为止大约发放了50万个护照,从6月22日起,但是忙得焦头烂额的职员仍不能满足人们大量的需求,每天都有人排长队,也有很多人失望而归。

只有一对包机使用了这个机场,灯光点点的巴格达国际机场候机大厅装修一新,美国公民为此花费了近3900万美元,但是萨达姆政权倒台一年多以来,即使是民用飞机在着陆时也采用躲闪策略避免地对空导弹的袭击。

联合国对伊拉克实行制裁以来,从1990年伊拉克入侵科威特,周六的航班是伊拉克第一次商业性质的国际航班,伊拉克航空公司原计划从周六(9月18日)起恢复巴格达到约旦安曼和叙利亚大马士革的航班。

然而,到目前为止,航班仍未起飞,它还没有获得以美国为首的联军批准的空中许可权。

Vocabulary:。

harried: to be disturbed or distressed by or as if by repeated attacks; harass(受掠夺的、受折磨的)。

terminal: a place or set of buildings for the use of passengers joining or leaving a bus, ship etc., at the beginning or end of its journey(侯机厅、乘客集散站)。

(实习编辑：夏根建)。