siege 圍攻

siege
繁：圍攻
简：围攻

3/22夜間強力轟襲後，美英軍隊首次對巴格達進行白天轟炸，展開「震慄行動」（Shock and Awe）；地面部隊圍攻巴斯拉（Basrah）。傳土耳其部隊進入伊拉克北方。

美國為何非推翻海珊政權不可？（2003年3月28日）。新台灣新聞週刊，取自 http://www.newtaiwan.com.tw/bulletinview.jsp?bulletinid=10400

During the attack on insurgents here — the largest urban assault in Iraq since the siege of Fallujah in November — the only significant clashes came in the early days, when thousands of American and Iraqi troops stormed the city and U.S. jets waged a relentless bombing campaign.

Informants Decide Fate of Iraqi Detainees. (2005, September 13). Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091202040.html