2006年VOA标准英语-Uganda President Says Army Will Pursue Reb

By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
20 March 2006

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his troops will pursue members of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, into neighboring Congo-Kinshasa if the rebels use it as a base to launch attacks in Uganda. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from the East Africa Summit in Nairobi.

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The Ugandan army says it has received credible¹ reports, indicating that the elusive² leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, has moved his group from hideouts in southern Sudan to a new sanctuary³ in northeastern Congo-Kinshasa.

It is believed that Kony went there to link up with his long-serving deputy, Vicent Otti, who has been seen inside Congo's vast Garamba National Park.

The Lord's Resistance Army is listed as a terrorist organization by a number of countries, including the United States. 

 
From left, Yoweri Museveni, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Sudanese President, Omar El Bashir during opening IGAD in Nairobi, March 20, 2006
  
Speaking at a regional summit in Nairobi, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urged the United Nations and governments in Khartoum, southern Sudan, and Congo Kinshasa to work together in wiping out the Lord's Resistance Army once and for all.

"Where possible, cooperation among our countries can provide solutions," he said. "The cooperation between the government of Sudan, the SPLM and Uganda on the issue of a terrorist group led by Joseph Kony for the last three years is a good example. This cooperation has resulted in the great diminishing of this group and their uprooting⁴ from northern Uganda and southern Sudan. Remnants of them have now fled to the Garamba National Park of Congo-Kinshasa. This area is under the control of the United Nations and the Kinshasa government. We should use the same cooperation to decimate this group."

The Lord's Resistance Army began its rebellion in 1988, ostensibly to establish a religious society in Uganda.

But during nearly two decades of fighting, the rebels were better known for promoting extreme brutality⁵, including kidnapping and forcing thousands of children to become soldiers and sex slaves. The rebels also terrorized civilians⁶ in northern Uganda, forcing nearly two million people from their homes. 

Yoweri Museveni arrives for session of 11th IGAD in Nairobi   
  
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says its troops have been able to kill, capture, or disarm⁷ most of the rebels, leaving only about 120 hardcore fighters.

But on Sunday, the Ugandan leader told a state-owned newspaper that the rebels remain a threat to national security and said that he would send in troops to go after them in Congo-Kinshasa, with or without the country's permission.

The government in Kampala has long maintained that eastern Congo is a haven⁸ for rebel groups, who pose a threat to Uganda's security. A similar reason was used to justify⁹ the support of Congolese rebels and the deployment¹⁰ of Ugandan troops in eastern Congo during the central African country's recent five-year-long civil war.

1 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

2 elusive   

adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的

参考例句：

• Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
• Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

3 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

4 uprooting   

n.倒根，挖除伐根v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园

参考例句：

• He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
• A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网

5 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

6 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。

7 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

8 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

9 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

10 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。