VOA标准英语2009年-Two Suicide Bombers Strike AU Peacekeeper
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(九月)
By Alan Boswell
Nairobi
17 September 2009
A Somali woman is rushed into a local hospital after several mortar 1 rounds killed several people in Mogadishu, 17 Sep 2009
Two suicide bombings have rocked the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, killing 2 the second-in-command and injuring the head general. The UN says at least 30 personnel were injured and being evalcuated for treatment. An Islamist militant 3 group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Two vehicles entered and then exploded in the African Union peacekeeping force compound, sending a heavy trail of black smoke into the skyline of the capital city.
Among the dead is the top Burundian military officer in Somalia and deputy commander of the peacekeeping force, General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza. The head military official, Ugandan General Nathan Mugisha, was injured in the attack.
The peacekeeping force is composed of about 5,000 Ugandan and Burundian troops. At least nine peacekeepers were killed, and some reports have indicated that Somalis may be among the dead as well.
An eyewitness 4 at the Mogadishu airport, which is situated 5 next to the AMISOM base, says the two cars entered the compound and then exploded near the petrol station located in the base. The two cars reportedly carried the United Nations insignia on their sides.
The eyewitness says the two vehicles first attempted to enter through the airport, but were refused access by security guards. He said the cars then drove over to the AMISOM entry way.
A security officer has reported that vehicles were allowed inside because the guard at the AMISOM gate assumed they were with the United Nations.
Heavy mortar exchanges have since erupted in the Bakara market area of Mogadishu, killing a number of civilians 6 and wounding many more.
A spokesman for the al Shabab terrorist group claimed the suicide attack was in retaliation 7 for the killing of a wanted senior al-Qaida operative in the region.
Kenyan Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who was hiding with the Islamic militant group in southern Somalia, was killed Monday in a U.S.-led military operation.
Suicide bombings are historically an alien practice in Somali culture, but al-Shabab has begun to seriously integrate the tactic 8 as it increasingly seeks to link its campaign with other radical 9 Islamic movements around the world.
The al-Qaida linked Kenyan killed Monday was wanted by the United States for his alleged 10 role in the bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in a popular tourist destination of the coast of Mombasa. He is also believed to have been involved in a botched attempt to shoot down an Israeli charter jet leaving the Mombasa airport the same day.
Meanwhile, the terrorist group released a set of demands for the release of a French hostage who was acting 11 as a security advisor 12 to the Mogadishu government. The terms include demands that all AMISOM forces be pulled out of Somalia.
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- 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。
- 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。
- The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
- He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
- 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。
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
- She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。
- 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。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。