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By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
27 February 2007


Vice 1 President Dick Cheney escaped any injury following a suicide bomb attack outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan that killed at least 12 people, and the number of dead could go higher. The Afghan government says as many as 23 people were killed. VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports from Islamabad that the vice president went on to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to review his country's deteriorating 2 security situation.


The explosion went off Tuesday morning just outside the main gate of Bagram Air Base, about 60 kilometers north of the Afghan capital, Kabul. U.S. officials say Vice President Dick Cheney was safely inside the heavily guarded military base at the time.


The vice president told reporters he heard a "loud boom" before officials moved him to a nearby bomb shelter. He said the Taleban was clearly trying to send a message with the attack and challenge the Afghan government's authority.


 
Relatives carry the dead body of an Afghan man who was killed during a suicide attack at the Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, 27 Feb 2007
An American and a South Korean soldier were among those confirmed dead, but Senior Master Sergeant 3 Richard Simonson says most of the victims were local Afghans.


"Medical personnel are treating the injured at medical facilities here at Bagram airfield 4 at this time," he said. "The incident has no impact on the vice president and the incident is under investigation 5."


The Taleban quickly announced responsibility for the attack and said the U.S. leader was the intended target.


The blast occurred at the first of at least three separate checkpoints protecting Bagram, which houses roughly 10,000 U.S. and coalition 6 forces.


 
Dick Cheney center, arrives for a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul, 27 Feb. 2007
Cheney left the airfield about two hours after the explosion and went to scheduled talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. The two men met privately 7 for about 45 minutes before joining advisers 8.


U.S. and Afghan officials are increasingly concerned about a major Taleban offensive expected in the next few weeks.


Taleban spokesmen say they are planning a massive wave of violence throughout Afghanistan as soon as the weather improves and snow begins to melt.


Cheney also made an unannounced visit to Pakistan Monday amid reports that both Taleban and al-Qaida insurgents 9 have established a series of bases along the Afghan border.


Cheney reportedly warned Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that U.S. funding to Islamabad could be in jeopardy 10 unless his forces help improve regional security.


On Monday, Britain said it would send an additional 1,400 troops to Afghanistan to help repel 11 any offensive.


There are already about 45,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, including more than 27,000 U.S. forces and 5,000 from Great Britain.



n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )
  • The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
  • I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚,大家情绪低落,各个工厂越搞越坏。
n.警官,中士
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹?
n.飞机场
  • The foreign guests were motored from the airfield to the hotel.用车把外宾从机场送到旅馆。
  • The airfield was seized by enemy troops.机场被敌军占领。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
顾问,劝告者( adviser的名词复数 ); (指导大学新生学科问题等的)指导教授
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
n.危险;危难
  • His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
  • It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻,上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。
v.击退,抵制,拒绝,排斥
  • A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
  • Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。
学英语单词
aethylenum(ethylene)
alfred korzybskis
angle-brace
asterinella hiugensis hino et hidaka
Baliem
bell telephone manufacturing company(btmc)
beraza
big box store
bondoukou
cetane number
chanteius contiguus
claims and compensation
clerk typist
clinically
colligatus
command file processor
cone grinding
cone loudspeaker
conjunctivitis medicamentosa
dedendums
descriptive-geometry
design approval drawing
diagonal and longitudinal built
diethylenetriamines
differential geometry of surfaces
digital proofing
dynastid
easy-to-read
end-result
evulsed
Falla
fast discrete cosine transform
feather out
Fritillaria biflora
genital scale
Gobat, Albert
gold coin society
hydrogenating
hypermacho
inositol monophosphate
Jambone
jitter legs
Katharomete
Ku-su
language for your remote instruction by computer
magnetic convergence circuit
manifiesta
massman
mazarr
molybdophosphoric acid
mycillin
neurosteroid
Newfoundl.
oil-in-water drilling fluid
Opeth
percipiency
phosphaethanolamine
photo-oxidative degradation
picture distortion
Pinus gerardiana
point circle
pressure retaining parts
pretersensual
promoting
provect
Request/Response Unit
resterilizations
Rhogas japonicus
ring tones
role norm
rousted
rubidic
sanitational
scattering radiation
schmearing
sectional wind
senate race
slip-off slope bank
sonde error
special drawbar trailer
spindle stock
stelliform
tax paid in kind
thermal underwear
thiessens
trachycystis flagellaris lindb
triosephosphate isomerase
triplicated plot test
two-row transplanter
unallowable instruction digit
Vasil'yevskiy Mokh
Vittangi
vl-mount
voluntary body
vote the mixed ticket
war footing
waste(matter)
wattkin
work station data management
world vessel traffic service guide
wrap factor
Wronskian