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英语课

By Sean Maroney
Islamabad
25 September 2009
 


 
Pakistani authorities say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 12 people believed to be militants 2 in a remote border region of Pakistan. 


Security officials say Thursday's missile strike hit a house in the North Waziristan tribal 3 region near the Afghan border.


Authorities have not identified those killed, but the missile reportedly targeted militants loyal to Afghan Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani.


The area is believed to be a stronghold for Haqqani's network, which is blamed for attacks in Afghanistan against the Afghan government and foreign troops.


U.S. unmanned aircraft, known as drones, are believed to have fired more than 40 missiles in recent months at suspected al-Qaida and Taliban militants in the region.


Officials say such strikes are believed to have killed several high-level militant 1 commanders, including former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.


But former security chief of Pakistan's tribal regions, Mahmood Shah, says that regardless of any success, such strikes undermine Pakistan's government.


"The Americans, if they want to be good to Pakistan, they need to transfer the [drone] technology to Pakistan," Shah said.


Shah says the Pakistani military has been successful in its own fight against the Taliban. Five months ago, the military launched a major offensive in and around Swat Valley to the north, and Shah says he expects Pakistani forces to strike in South Waziristan soon.


 
Pakistan's military spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas (File)
Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas tells VOA that the operation would strike at the heart of Baitullah Meshud's network, now reportedly run by Hakimullah Mehsud


"This is the network which is the center of gravity in the area," Abbas said. "It has a huge presence of foreigners, foreign militants in the area, which are also giving training to the locals."


Meanwhile in Afghanistan, U.S. military officials say insurgent 4 attacks killed five American troops in areas bordering Pakistan.



adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
adj.叛乱的,起事的;n.叛乱分子
  • Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说,他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
  • The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
学英语单词
adversary inspection
al-faisal
ambe
Ammannia baccifera
annual rate of profit
availabilities
baby's-breath
base ost
beer-cellar
benefit of inventory
bentsides
Bertrandville
BigLaw
bills of rights
breviaries
brymer
Buxus mollicula
cavazos
channel hopping
Class Days
confocal ellipsoid
crinoid
DAW (dry active waste)
dead to sb's feeling
deflourish
delayed blanking signal
descaling agent
dorsal ramus (or dorsal branch)
drop-error
elatum
electrokinetically
Elsholtzia saxatilis
envyfreeness
ergostanol
export-based
extension of algebra
fell home
filling-water monitoring
fix-point induction method
fling away on
flotation concentraction method
gemingas
general specifications
glance sideways
grassing up
Haliri
handyman
hexylthiophenes
itai-itai diseae
konarite (connarite)
launch games
live-steam
local oscillation frequency
Lyon-Horgan's operation
maximum limit of size
moisture-density relationship
moon blindnesses
mountain arc
N-acetyl-dl-methionine
neuropathic
northern suburbs
Norzine
one last time
out-of-balance voltage
palpatopercussion
paramphistome
Patrinia speciosa
period of element in group
pneumatic system for drilling-production equipment
public liability insurance
pyloric
recreational geography
region of runoff
remondite-(Ce)
sacko
Sao Tome
schiffner
search coil
shell still
singular orbit
skin layer
slag patch
solution procedure
sopherics
spare memory cell
spie-woman
spilling
Stepnoy
supra-national authority
Suzukia luchuensis
symmetric(al)
tear his away
teardowns
total capacity of resin
true blackberries
ultracrisp
watneys
whacked off
wilkeite
wygeon
yoderite