索马里青年党袭击在索马里的埃塞俄比亚军事基地

AS IT IS 2016-06-10 Al-Shabab Attacks Military Base in Somalia 索马里青年党袭击在索马里的埃塞俄比亚军事基地

The militant¹ group al-Shabab attacked a military base in central Somalia early Thursday.

Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops turned back the militants² after an attack near Halgan village, according to Somali officials and residents.

The African Union force in Somalia said soldiers killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants who attacked the base.

The base is about 260 kilometers north of Mogadishu.

Al-Shabab's official radio, Andalus, reported different information than Somali officials. Andalus claimed the group killed 43 Ethiopian troops in the attack and destroyed the military base.

Residents said a suicide car bomb first exploded outside the main entrance of an Ethiopian base in the village. That was followed by attacks from militants who were heavily armed.

The village chairman, Guhad Abdi Warsame, said the militants made two attacks. The main attack was against the Ethiopian base housing section of the African Union’s AMISOM force. The second attack centered on a Somali government base.

Warsame said troops in both bases fought and forced the militants to retreat. He said militants attempted another attack, but it was also halted.

Residents said at least five civilians³ were killed during the battle.

During the past year, al-Shabab has attacked and overtaken three main AMISOM military bases. In the attacks, the group has killed 176 soldiers and civilians from Burundi, Uganda and Kenya.

The AU force has been stationed in Somalia since 2007 to fight al-Shabab.

The militant group, which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida, wants to overthrow⁴ the Somali government and turn Somalia into a strict Islamist state.

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retreat – v. to move back to get away from danger or attack

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• 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。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• 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。

4 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。