2006年VOA标准英语-Study: Iraqi Insurgents' Web Skills Boost
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Meredith Buel
Washington
09 March 2006
An Iraqi man walks past unexploded ordnance 1 next to the wreckage 2 of a car bomb blast, in Baghdad,Iraq
The International Crisis Group (ICG), a non-governmental organization that analyzes 3 international conflict zones, says insurgents 5 in Iraq are finding better ways to communicate and are gaining confidence in their ability to fight against U.S.-led coalition 6 forces. The information comes in a new report that analyzes websites, films and magazines produced by insurgents in Iraq.
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The report by the International Crisis Group (ICG), focuses on communications and propaganda efforts by insurgent 4 groups in Iraq, and what it says are their efforts to maximize support among Sunni Arabs that form the backbone 7 for the opposition 8 to the U.S.-led occupation.
The director of ICG's Middle East and North Africa program, Rob Malley, says the Internet has become a valuable tool for armed militant 9 groups in Iraq.
"If you think about how the insurgents today communicate with one another, it is very much through the Internet, through chat rooms, because they don't have other means of communication," he explained. "It is not easy for them to meet. It is not easy for them to have live, in-person gatherings 10. So what they do is that they communicate in the only way they know how."
Malley says the insurgency 11 is no longer a scattered 12, chaotic 13 phenomenon.
He says the groups are well organized, produce regular publications and react rapidly to political developments.
"You see a marked improvement in their communication, a real multi-media communications strategy," he explained. "When they go out now for a sniper attack they often bring their camera crew with them. They bring a media team so that immediately posted on the Internet they have a report of their attack, with details so they can substantiate 14 it and gain credibility."
The co-author of the report, senior analyst 15 Peter Harling, lived in Iraq between 1998 and 2003.
He says insurgent groups and the U.S. military focus efforts to sway public opinion on vastly different audiences.
"At the level of discourse 16 and propaganda, winning hearts and minds, the U.S. government has been focusing far more on its own home audience than on the insurgents' target audience, which is the reservoir of volunteers fighting against U.S. forces," he noted 17.
The ICG report says Iraqi insurgent groups are acutely aware of public opinion and increasingly mindful of their image.
The report says the groups, for the most part, have abandoned some gruesome and locally controversial practices such as beheading hostages and attacking voters going to the polls.
Rob Malley of the ICG says insurgents are increasingly optimistic.
"At this point we are facing an insurgency that is gaining in confidence, that is gaining in unity 18, that is gaining in uniformity in a way, and that is able to play the political game it appears, given its capacity to renew itself, to replenish 19 its resources, to replenish its ranks, playing the political game far better than most people would assume," added Mr. Malley.
The ICG report says the emergence 20 of a better organized and coordinated 21 insurgency has profound implications for policy-makers.
The report says countering the insurgency requires taking its discourse seriously, reducing its legitimacy 22, and increasing the Iraqi people's confidence in their new government.
- She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.战争期间她在一家兵工厂工作。
- Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce,ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.军队很缺鞋和衣服，武器供应和药品就更少了。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- This approach analyzes management by studying experience usually through cases. 这个学派通常从实例获得经验，用以分析管理。 来自辞典例句
- The econometrician analyzes statistical data. 经济计量学者要分析统计材料。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- 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
- 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。
- The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
- The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- 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。
- His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
- During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
- The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
- There is little scientific evidence to substantiate the claims.这些主张几乎找不到科学依据来证实。
- These theories are used to substantiate the relationship between the phenomenons of the universe.这些学说是用来证实宇宙现象之间的关系。
- 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。
- We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
- He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- I always replenish my food supply before it is depleted.我总是在我的食物吃完之前加以补充。
- We have to import an extra 4 million tons of wheat to replenish our reserves.我们不得不额外进口四百万吨小麦以补充我们的储备。
- The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
- Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
- Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。