美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-05-08

 On the day that President Obama once again said the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons would be a game changer after a week of weighing U.S. military action or directly supporting opposition¹. A U.S.ally Israel, has apparently² hit Syria from the air. Barbara Starr broke the story, joins us now with what her sources are telling her. Barbara what would you know?

 

Good evening, Anderson. Two U.S. officials are telling me that now tonight U.S. and western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data indeed showing that Israel did conduct air strike into Syria. This kind of classified information usually radar³ communication intercepts⁴ that sort of thing. Here's what is so interesting. In the Thursday-Friday time frame, 16 Israeliwar planes were registered by the Lebanese as flying in the Lebanese airspace.It is believed that Israelis conducted this from Lebanese air space that didn't go ahead and try penetrate⁵ into Syria. Officials say they don't think that this was directly against a chemical weapons facility, but much more likely against some type of weapons storage site, the very type of site that Israeli have vowed⁶ to hit. Anderson. 

 

Ok, couples of things weapons storage site,does that mean chemical weapons storage site or conventional weapons or do wenot know?

 

I think it's exactly the right thing for us to look out here. What Israeli have said and I want to read our owned SaraSidner got a statement this evening from them is quote we will do whatever is necessary to stop transfer weapons from Syria to terrorist organizations. Wehave done it in the past and we will do it if necessary in the future. The Israelis are going to strike apparently have again, they did one of several month ago,when they see the Syrian regime transfer weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon to try and get their weapons out of Syria, move them into Lebanon, move them intopotentially into terrorist hands. The Israeli policy is that's when they will strike and by all counts. That's exactly what they have done Anderson.

 

So, it's very possible this had as much to do with Hezbollah as it did with Syria? 

Well, it is the Israeli worry that the seweapons that Syria is trying to get to as in their view as safe place and keep them out of opposition hands. The Syrians believe getting them to Hezollah is a safe route. The Israeli say no way we are not going to tolerate that.

 

And again, just be clear, if they didn't penetrate Syrian air space with jets, you say the jets were over Lebanese airspace. So, we are talking about some sort of missiles fired from aircraft? 

 

By all counts, that's what it would have taken, some sort of weaponry, probably. If the Israelis have plenty of precision guided munitions⁷ they would have known exactly what they were hitting at and fired from their very capable fighter force, Anderson. 

 

OK. Barbara, appreciate the breaking news.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 intercepts   

（数学）截距( intercept的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It intercepts a portion of the light impinging on the photocell. 它遮住一部分照射在光电管上的光。
• The pelletfilter intercepts the particulate matter. 颗粒过滤器将颗粒物进行拦截。

5 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。

6 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

7 munitions   

n.军火，弹药；v.供应…军需品

参考例句：

• The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
• He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。