Nov. 13, 2006 issue - Ever since the radical Mahdi Army leader Moqtada al-Sadr joined the Iraqi government, his power on the streets has been slipping. Now U.S. and Iraqi officials worry that even more violent men might be taking up his mantle. One name has come up again and again: Abu Deraa, sometimes called "the Shiite Zarqawi." Abu Deraa and the death squad he runs have been waging a campaign of Shia terror across the city. He is suspected of torturing and killing scores of Sunnis in a bloody wave of ethnic cleansing in neighborhoods across Baghdad. U.S. officials believe Abu Deraa is responsible for the capture of a U.S. Army translator who disappeared two weeks ago while leaving the fortified Green Zone and remains missing.

　　什叶派的扎卡维

　　据11月13日出版的《新闻周刊》报道：自从激进的迈赫迪军领导人穆克塔达·埃尔-萨德尔加入伊拉克政府后，他对街头的控制力下降了。现在美国和伊拉克官员担忧的是，会有更多极端的人继承他的衣钵。有一个名字不断出现：阿布·德拉，有时也被叫做“什叶派的扎卡维”。阿布·德拉和他领导的敢死队已经在这个城市发动了一场什叶派恐怖活动。他被怀疑在巴格达居民区内发生的血腥种族清洗浪潮中折磨并杀死了许多逊尼派穆斯林。美国官员认为，阿布·德拉对一名美军翻译两周前的失踪负有责任，当时他正离开这个设防的绿色地带。那名翻译至今下落不明。