2006年VOA标准英语-Islamist Forces Continue Making Gains in Somali
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By Pearse Lynch
Nairobi
16 August 2006
Islamist forces in Somalia continue to expand the territory under their control, taking a key port in central Somalia. The Islamists have also claimed that as many as 100 troops from the interim 1 government have defected to their side.
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Islamic militiamen in Mogadishu
Islamic militias 2 reportedly met no resistance as they moved to secure the port town of Hobyo, 500 kilometers north of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The Islamists took control of the ports of Harardhere and Eldher during the weekend.
Since gaining control of the capital, Mogadishu, in early June, the Islamists now control large parts of the South, central and coastal 3 regions of the Horn of Africa country.
Najum Mushtaq, a Kenyan-based analyst 4 on Somalia, says the Islamists are fighting wisely. They have seized the most strategic areas of the country without having to do much fighting.
"They have not shown any military imprudence or widened the conflict they have resisted that temptation," said Mushtaq.
But Mushtaq says the Islamists are experiencing resistance in the autonomous 5 Puntland region. He says this is evidence that, so far, the Islamists have been unable to exert influence outside of areas controlled by the Hawiye clan 6. The leadership of the Islamists is almost all Hawiye.
Mushtaq says the Islamists have a long way to go before realizing their goal of transcending 7 clan barriers and creating a unified 8 Somali national identity. He says their growth can be mostly attributed to clan loyalties 9.
"It is not purely 10 a military assault," he said. "It is basically a very well rehearsed method that they establish a court to dispense 11 justice, bring order. So far the areas in which, their clan people live have been very receptive to their ideas. Even these new coastal towns they are Hawiye."
International analysts 12 say that the rapid expansion of the area under the Islamists control is further eroding 13 the authority of the secular 14 interim government. The interim government, which is based in the town of Baidoa, about 250 kilometers west of Mogadishu, is backed by regional power Ethiopia, which has vowed 15 to protect the government with force from Islamic aggression 16.
The interim government and the government of Ethiopia continue to deny that Ethiopian troops are in Somalia, despite numerous eyewitness 17 accounts that Ethiopian forces are deployed 18 in and around Baidoa.
The Arab League had been hoping to host talks in Sudan between the interim government and Islamic leaders, but it announced Tuesday that they would be delayed Islamic leaders says they will not attend the talks until Ethiopian troops leave the country.
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
- The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
- This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
- She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
- The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以,中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
- She felt herself transcending time and space. 她感到自己正在穿越时空。
- It'serves as a skeptical critic of the self-transcending element. 它对于超越自身因素起着一个怀疑论批评家的作用。
- The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
- The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
- an intricate network of loyalties and relationships 忠诚与义气构成的盘根错节的网络
- Rows with one's in-laws often create divided loyalties. 与姻亲之间的矛盾常常让人两面为难。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
- This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。
- Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
- The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱,可自行适当分配。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
- Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是,久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结,就不必惧怕外来侵略。
- Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
- The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
- He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。