For Americans and Iraqis alike：對美國人和伊拉克人而言

Cops won't confirm whether there's a link to the al Qaeda terror group...|警察不愿證實是... | For Americans and Iraqis alike...|對美國人和伊拉克人而言... | ...today's violent demonstrations...|今天的暴力...

durable a. longlasting：耐用得,持久得

drastic a. strong, sudden, and often violent or severe 激烈得,猛烈得 | durable a. longlasting 耐用得,持久得 | encroach v. take more than what is right, usual or natural; invade 侵犯,侵占,吞食

and the muscles tense and spasm like you're lifting three times your body weight：肌肉緊張痙攣得像你把自己舉起來三次

Secretions spit out of every gland,|... | and the muscles tense and spasm like you're lifting three times your body weight.|肌肉緊張痙攣得像你把自己舉起來三次 | It's violent, it's ugly, and it's messy....