the United States and our allies have prevailed.

美国和我们的盟国获得胜利
Seven years after the invasion,

战后七年
Seven years of bloody occupation,

经历了七年血雨腥风
And the battle for Iraq is yet to be won.

伊战仍然没能取得完全胜利
Life in the streets appears at least to continue peacefully,

虽然大街上一片和平景象
But an undercurrent of violence hides just beneath the surface.

但和平之下隐藏了一股暴力的暗流
With the U.S. pull-out scheduled for the end of the year,

美国已经决定在年底撤军
many Iraqis I've spoken to are worried.

很多和我交谈过的伊拉克人都表示很担心
They believe that hard-line sectarian groups

他们认为强硬的宗派组织
are preparing to take advantage of

准备利用撤离后的真空期
the void created by withdrawal.

扩张势力
Just last month in this market, a bomb attack...

就在上个月这个市场遭受了炸弹袭击