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By Michael Bowman
Washington
05 April 2007

U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Robert Gates says restricting U.S. military operations in Iraq could unleash 2 massive bloodshed among the country's warring factions 3. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where leaders of the opposition-led Congress are threatening to cut off most forms of military spending in Iraq if President Bush does not agree to a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from the country.






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Robert Gates (l) and Gen. Peter Pace brief reporters at the Pentagon, 05 Apr 2007



Secretary Gates issued the latest verbal salvo in an increasingly fierce power struggle between America's executive and legislative 4 branches of government over the future of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.


Speaking on a domestic radio program Thursday, Gates warned of "ethnic 5 cleansing 6 inside Baghdad or in Iraq more broadly," if U.S. troops curtail 7 operations in the strife-ridden nation.


Speaking with reporters at the Pentagon hours later, the secretary used somewhat milder language, but his point was the same.


"I believe that if we were to precipitously withdraw from Baghdad at this point, there would be a dramatic increase in sectarian violence," he said.


Gates said, prematurely 8 winding 9 down U.S. military operations would allow bands of murderers to roam free in Iraq.


"Those who are being tortured and being killed are being killed by death squads 10," he said. "By hit squads. This is not a large number of people turning out onto the streets and killing 11 each other."


"These are targeted killings 12 by relatively 13 small numbers of people, in an attempt to stoke the sectarian violence, and, frankly 14, to make the Baghdad security plan fail - by hampering 15 the reconciliation 16 process," he added.


The Pentagon says it needs a new infusion 17 of funds within weeks to continue the war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both houses of the Democratic Party-controlled Congress have passed emergency spending bills that provide the money, but also establish dates for withdrawing U.S. forces.


President Bush says he will veto any bill that sets a timetable for a troop pullout. Democratic leaders have responded by pressing for even-starker legislation that would cut off funding for most forms of military operations in Iraq.


Many Democrats 18 say U.S. efforts in Iraq have failed. But President Bush maintains that his current plan, increasing the number of U.S. troops in Baghdad and one of Iraq's violence-plagued provinces, is beginning to show some positive signs.


Appearing next to Secretary Gates was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace.


The general said the troop build-up is on schedule, and will be completed by June. Secretary Gates said he is hopeful that the security plan for Iraq will succeed, thereby 20 bolstering 21 Iraq's fledging government. But he added, "there is a great reluctance 22 to engage in 'happy talk.'"




n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
vt.发泄,发出;解带子放开
  • They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
  • Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今,大坝不时地改变水位,从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
vt.截短,缩短;削减
  • The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
  • The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。
adv.过早地,贸然地
  • She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产,肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了,不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
n.(军队中的)班( squad的名词复数 );(暗杀)小组;体育运动的运动(代表)队;(对付某类犯罪活动的)警察队伍
  • Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。 来自辞典例句
  • Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。 来自辞典例句
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的现在分词 )
  • So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
  • Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义,出售二氧化碳,进行科学辩论,这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。
n.和解,和谐,一致
  • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
  • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
n.灌输
  • Old families need an infusion of new blood from time to time.古老的家族需要不时地注入新鲜血液。
  • Careful observation of the infusion site is necessary.必须仔细观察输液部位。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
adv.因此,从而
  • I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市,因此对它不怎么熟悉。
  • He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民,因而得到了投票权。
v.支持( bolster的现在分词 );支撑;给予必要的支持;援助
  • Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象? 来自辞典例句
  • He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
  • The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
  • He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。
学英语单词
abnormal polychromate
accelerator anode
arms control
automatic closed-loop control system
balistoides viridescens
become of age
bellus
boychild
Budapest Zoo
call the attention of to
caster sugar
causability
champignons
channel grant high
chenopodium album l. var. centrorubrum mak.
CHOA
compound norgestrel tablets
cowbells
cuplikest
demyelinating encephalopathy
displacement engine
EKV
embryologists
exposure control stripe
filtration underground
fluorescent tracer technique
four parameter model
funday
fused-impurity phototransistor
ginned cotten
gotbaum
have no further use for
heavy water(d2o)
helices
high impedance tube
host bus
hymograph
Import List from Cells
inobservation
interrupted shingle layup
iskyan
lead the way
looseth
low-thoughted
lunar long period tide
matrimonial age
maxiscooter
McBurney incision
meatloaves
methylclhlorofonmate
misopedia
multi-stage stressing
nadiumotherapy
nephrocystosis
nessel
nonconsumably melted
oxaloacetic acids
Pacific Communications Network
Patricksburg
PC-PFC
physical I/O address
Pocomam
portable belt conveyer
positron annihilation
postillate
prothetic
pulse-converter system of turbocharging
pycnodysostosis
quesadilla
rangemaster
regional motor transportation enterprise
repocketed
repunctuation
response coefficient
Rhododendron dasycladoides
rotary flow
rouennaiss
rules of false position
see good to do sth
self detaching hook
SHCO
single-shear double rivet joint
sphaerocarpaceaes
stably parallelizable
straight fender
surrosion
the enemy from within
the population
thrs
timber floor base
transconductance bridge
trencher-men
tricked-out
two-color diagram
unterminated
upright lock
vertical opener
virtualised
well balanced
wet seal holder
woodlot
xiphonite