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英语课
By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
14 November 2007

The head of a Mogadishu-based group that promotes human rights and democracy tells VOA that Somalis in the capital are fleeing by the thousands every day, largely to escape being used as human shields and becoming victims of revenge attacks in the escalating 1 war between Islamist-led insurgents 3 and Somali and Ethiopian troops. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has details from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi.


Speaking to VOA by telephone from an undisclosed location, the head of the Somali Center for Peace and Democracy, Ibrahim (one name), says combatants in the battle for control of Mogadishu are turning villages and neighborhoods into graveyards 4 for men, women, and children.


Among the insurgents violating human rights, Ibrahim singles out the fighters of the militant 5 al-Qaida-linked Islamic group called the Shabbab, which has been waging a fierce guerrilla war against Somalia's internationally recognized, but weak, transitional federal government and tens of thousands of Ethiopian soldiers in the country protecting it.


The insurgency 6 began shortly after Ethiopian troops entered Somalia last December to help the interim 7 government oust 8 Somali Islamists from power.


But Ibrahim says the joint 9 force of Ethiopian troops and forces loyal to the transitional federal government are just as responsible for a growing list of human-rights violations 10, atrocities 11, and abuses against civilians 12 in the city.


"The two fighting groups, they have used all of their power to not just kill each other, but to kill everyone," he said. "The Shabbab, they have no specific place to fight from. They are trying to mix themselves with normal civilians and they fight back in crowded places where there are families. And then, the Ethiopians and the TFG forces take action. They indiscriminately fire shells and launch every available weapon they have."


The Somali activist 13 goes further, accusing Ethiopian and Somali troops of committing war crimes that he says have increased in number and scale since Ethiopia and the Somali government launched a renewed offensive against the insurgents last week.


Ibrahim says he has evidence of Ethiopians and Somali soldiers killing 14 civilians living in areas of insurgent 2 activity and wiping out entire families. He adds that one such massacre 15 took place in a neighborhood in south Mogadishu just a few days ago.


"The Ethiopians and the TFG took control of that area and they occupied that area for one night and one day. When people went there to check the village, they witnessed that everyone in the village was dead, including elderly women, men, children," added Ibrahim. "No one was left alive."


 


In an interview with VOA earlier this week, the senior adviser 16 to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi vehemently 17 denied that Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu are deliberately 18 targeting civilians.


Ibrahim says human-rights abuses and atrocities carried out by governments supported by the United States and other western nations are strengthening anti-West sentiment in Somalia and giving moral authority to radical 19 Islamists.


On Tuesday, the U.N. envoy 20 to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said the fighting in Mogadishu has caused the worst humanitarian 21 crisis in Africa. He suggested that people accused of committing human-rights violations in Somalia should be brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague and held accountable.




v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
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。
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
墓地( graveyard的名词复数 ); 垃圾场; 废物堆积处; 收容所
  • He takes a macabre interest in graveyards. 他那么留意墓地,令人毛骨悚然。
  • "And northward there lie, in five graveyards, Calm forever under dewy green grass," 五陵北原上,万古青蒙蒙。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
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。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • 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
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
  • The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
  • It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
vt.剥夺,取代,驱逐
  • The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
  • The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。
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。
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
n.邪恶,暴行( atrocity的名词复数 );滔天大罪
  • They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
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。
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
n.劝告者,顾问
  • They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
adv. 热烈地
  • He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈,以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
  • Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
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