VOA标准英语2008年-Somali Hardliners Reject Peace Pact

By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
10 June 2008

Hardline Somali opposition¹ leaders, who refused to take part in U.N.-led peace talks in Djibouti, have rejected a cease-fire deal signed Monday between Somalia's interim² government and another group of more moderate opposition figures. The Eritrea-based hardliners say Somalia's year-and-a-half-old insurgency³ will not end as long as Ethiopian troops remain in the country. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has details from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi.

The acting⁴ chairman of the hardline faction⁵ of the opposition Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia tells VOA that his faction does not recognize the authority of Somalia's transitional federal government or the ARS members, who agreed Monday to end hostilities⁶ within 30 days and called for the rapid deployment⁷ of U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia.
　

Ethiopian soldiers walk past a technical vehicle of the Islamic Courts movement in Mogadishu, 18 Jan 2007

Calling the peace pact⁹ nothing more than a Western-backed ploy⁸ to protect Ethiopian troops in Somalia, Zacharia Mohamed Haji Abdi says the war against the transitional federal government and its Ethiopian backers will continue.

"The TFG [transitional federal government] is an entity¹⁰ that is a puppet of the Ethiopians, a leadership that has committed crimes against the Somalia people," he said. "Now, they might succeed in getting two or three or four people from the ARS [Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia], but that does not mean the Somali people will cease the armed struggle to liberate¹¹ their country from the Ethiopian occupation."

In the Djibouti talks, the opposition alliance was represented by Islamist leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, who has served as chairman of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia since the group was established last September in Asmara, Eritrea.

The alliance has led a violent insurgency in Somalia, largely targeting Ethiopian and government troops who helped oust¹² Somali Islamists from power in late 2006.

The alliance has long demanded the withdrawal¹³ of Ethiopian troops as a precondition to any talks with the Somalia's U.N.-recognized, but weak interim government. Last month, Ahmed angered hardliners in his group when he sent a delegation¹⁴ to Djibouti to participate in the U.N.-sponsored talks to end the insurgency.

The former speaker of parliament and key Ahmed supporter, Sharif Hassan Sheik Adan, tells VOA that his group is proud to have signed an agreement that could end the suffering of more than one million Somalis displaced by the conflict and millions more facing a humanitarian¹⁵ catastrophe¹⁶.

Adan says he believes the accord has the potential to save the country, if it is implemented¹⁷ and adhered to by all sides. He says agreeing to the deployment of a robust¹⁸ international stabilization¹⁹ force was the right thing to do because it will enable the Ethiopians to withdraw. The agreement plans for an Ethiopian troop witdrawal within 120 days if sufficient U.N. troops are in place.

The split in the opposition ARS Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia group has effectively left senior cleric Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys in charge of the hardline faction in Asmara.

Few Somalis believe the peace deal can be implemented without the support of Aweys. He is believed to have close ties to the leadership of the Shabab, a militant²⁰ al-Qaida-linked Somali insurgent²¹ group that has been gaining territory and new recruits in many parts of southern and central Somalia.

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 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• 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。

3 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• 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

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• 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。

5 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

6 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

7 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

8 ploy   

n.花招，手段

参考例句：

• I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
• Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。

9 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

10 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

11 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

12 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• 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。

13 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

14 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

15 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• 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。

16 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

17 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

18 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

19 Stabilization   

稳定化

参考例句：

• The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
• With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。

20 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。

21 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• 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。