2006年VOA标准英语-Saddam Hussein Defiant During Opening of Second
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（八月）
By VOA News
21 August 2006
watch Trial report
Saddam Hussein gestures during first day of trial, Monday Aug. 21, 2006
The second trial of ousted 1 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein opened Monday in Baghdad on charges of genocide for a violent campaign against minority Kurds nearly two decades ago.
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A defiant 2 Saddam refused to state his name or enter a plea to the charges. The chief judge entered a plea of not guilty for him.
Saddam and his six co-defendants are charged in connection with Operation Anfal, an Iraqi military campaign that prosecutors 4 said killed more than 180,000 Kurds in 1987 and 1988. The slaughter 5 began after Kurds were accused of aiding Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
Among Saddam's co-defendants is Ali Hassan al-Majid, who became known as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly ordering poison gas attacks against the Kurds.
Saddam erupted in anger during the proceedings 6 when the prosecutor 3 said Kurdish women were raped 7 in prison during the campaign.
Anfal survivors 8 say entire Kurdish areas in northern Iraq were razed 9 during the campaign of retaliation 10. They say prohibited chemical agents were used, and thousands of young Kurdish men disappeared.
Saddam is awaiting a verdict from his first trial, which began last year. He could face a death sentence if found guilty of ordering the killing 11 of nearly 150 Shi'ite villagers following an assassination 12 attempt against him. The verdict is expected in mid-October.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
- With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
- He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
- Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
- Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。