土耳其首都發生爆炸襲擊

　　10月14日VOA聽力：土耳其都城產生爆炸打擊

　　To avoid fueling even more tension, Turkey’sgovernment imposed a media blackout banning theseimages of the moment the two bombs exploded at arally in which Kurds and progressives for called forequality and peace.

　　By the pre-dawn hours Sunday, after the dead andinjured had been carried away, the investigation continued into who carried out the massacreand why.

　　After the bombing, protests,including this one in Istanbul.

　　Those who try to mute people’s will have launched a war and what happened in Ankara wasanother front line. People were saying no to war and persisting in their calls for peace and theytried to silence them with bombs. So we are here, shouting them back, telling them people willnot be deterred by their bombs.

　　Across Europe, leaders condemned the attacks, and NATO is pledging to stand united in thefight against terrorism. The growing instability in Turkey is another headache for the alliance.

　　Turkey is a NATO member, and last week the alliance pledged to support the country in the faceof incursions by Russian warplanes into its air space.

　　We are in constant dialogue and assessing the situation with Turkey, but the main thing is wehave the ability to reinforce, they have a strong army and we have a rock solid commitmentto protect and defend them.

　　After the attacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences, solidarity, and help.

　　We should unite our efforts in a struggle against this evil. I want to express my deepcondolences to Turkish people, the Turkish president. What happened in Turkey is animpudent act of terrorism.

　　But any involvement by Russia in Turkey could further complicate matters for the NATO andthe West, which depend on Turkey’s strategic position in the Middle East for everything fromthe use of its air bases to its hosting of millions of refugees most of them from the conflicts inneighboring Syria and Iraq.

　　No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings in Ankara, but they are a sign of theturbulence the country is facing at a crucial time in the region.

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