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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
'Capability' Brown
Abernethy biscuits
abiotic factors
Achilles tendon reflex time
Aconitum dolichostachyum
Alburno, Mt.
alkaline-manganese cell
amaranthus hypochondriacuss
amphibole-schist
annelidous
avalokiteshvaras
baby massage
bear mt.
bed-curtains
bipolarities
birth-to-death
bogie bracket
borromeos
bypass pair
chromatography
circumscribed
clip vector at clipping edge
Columbia Heights
culicoides (oecacta) charadraeus
cut-throat
cycloidal system gear
decibel based on one milliwatt
dorian orders
energy of rotation
enlargings
error diagnostic time-sharing
expensive clay
fixtures
freedite
FSA
gardenvariety
genus pleurotuss
Glisson's capsule
Gordius
granodiorite-porphyry
heedlessly
hegarties
Hesteyri
hooked sole plate
hypercatalectic
ideal mixture
ijmuidens
immersionists
income tax accounting
incorporated association of preparatory schools (iaps)
jisr ash shughur
knockout drops
kotowed
La Chimba
La Cuesta
larussa
loop system transmission line
lysaghts
M-space
macrographia
market charge
matray
miscomfort
neoliths
no-throw
noblesse obliges
North Caucasus
not suffer fools gladly
nutri-system
orthocephaly
orthogonal descriptor
Paxeladine
pentacube
physical injury
picture background
Post and Telegraph Department
pot fire
pressure domes
Primobolan-depot
receiving opening
record circuit
refurnishes
reserve for repairs
Roche lobes
saprolites
Satanas
scottville
second condition of average
secondary product of weathering
singular direct product
speed on load
staggerest
standard terminal arrival route (star)
takin' a
tool making lathe
total tosser
totally bounded uniform space
unchid
uncoated tinplate base
well-separated resonances
white pulp