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原文：

 A U.S. strike in Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking leader of an Iran-backed militia involved in recent attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon has confirmed.

 The strike targeted Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi, also known as Abu Taqwa, the leader of the Harakat al-Nujaba militia group, Defense Department spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. The attack also killed another militia member.

 "It is important to note that the strike was taken in self defense and that no civilians were harmed and that no infrastructure of facilities were struck," Ryder added.

 The strike comes amid fears that mounting regional tensions fueled by the Israel-Hamas War could spill over into surrounding countries. It also coincides with a push by Iraqi officials for US-led coalition forces to leave the country.

 Officials from the Popular Mobilization Force, or PMF, a coalition of militias that is nominally under the control of the Iraqi military, were first to announce that its deputy head of operations in Baghdad, who they identified as Abu Taqwa, had been killed "as a result of brutal American aggression."

 That group, one of the militias within PMF, was designated a terrorist organization by Washington in 2019.

中譯：

 美國防部證實，美軍週四對巴格達的空襲，已擊斃一名涉及最近在伊拉克和敘利亞攻擊美軍，由伊朗支持的民兵組織高階領導人。

 國防部發言人空軍少將賴德向記者表示，此次空襲鎖定「真主黨高貴者運動」民兵組織領導人塞迪，也就是眾所周知的阿布塔瓦克；另一名民兵成員也同時遭到擊斃。

 賴德少將說：「特別要指出的是，此次攻擊是出於自衛，並未造成平民受傷，也未攻擊基礎設施。」

 此次攻擊發生的時間，正值國際憂心以色列與哈瑪斯戰爭造成地區緊張情勢升高而波及周遭國家，以及伊拉克官員要求以美軍為首的聯軍離開伊拉克之際。

 名義上由伊拉克軍隊掌控的「人民動員」民兵組織首次宣布，在伊拉克作戰的副指揮官阿布塔瓦克，遭到美軍攻擊而犧牲。

 美國在2019年已將這個隸屬於「真主黨高貴者運動」的民兵組織，列為恐怖組織。