対イラク武力行使

The director then told the rest of the crew. Within moments, what had
been a set full of fun and laughter quickly became one full of fear.

監督が撮影スタッフにその報せを伝えます。
楽しい笑いで一杯だった撮影現場は一瞬にして恐怖に包まれました。


"It'd very hard to do comedy in such circumstances," Abdel-Sattar said.
The cast and crew were told to go home,
and ABC News' crew was not far behind them.

こういう情況でコメディをつくるのは、とても大変だとオーデイさんは言います
出演者とスタッフは皆、解散を命じられました。


Why would Hameed be killed?
There doesn't need to be a reason for such things in Iraq these days.
But this could be another case of sectarian violence. Theoretically,
Iraqi TV is thought to be supportive of Shiite political parties.

アムジャドさんは何故殺されたのでしょう。
最近のイラクでは殺人に理由は必要ありません。


Earlier in the week, an anchor on the Sunni-leaning Baghdad Television
channel was assassinated as well.
By the time the ABC News staff got back to the bureau, Iraqi TV had put
a black band of mourning in the top, left corner on its screen in
memoriam to Hameed.

支局に戻ると、イラクのテレビ局は、既にアムジャドさんを追悼して
画面の左上に黒い喪章をつけて放送していました。


And there went the effort to show comedians trying to make Iraqis
smile again.
It ended with the funeral of the man who helped put the story together-
a horrible, gruesome, perfect metaphor for day-to-day life in postwar
Iraq.

イラク人を笑わせようというコメディアン達への取材は、
取材の手助けをしてくれた男性の葬儀の映像と共に終わってしまいました。
これも残酷で悲惨なイラクの日常を如実に語る出来事でした」