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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Islamabad
24 October 2007
Pakistan's military says it has sent more than 2,000 paramilitary troops to reinforce security forces in Swat district, a stronghold of pro-Taliban groups in the country's northwest. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad.
The new contingents1 of paramilitary troops are said to be erecting2 barricades3 and checkpoints in the scenic4 Swat valley, where a series of recent bloody5 attacks on police and government leaders has been carried out by alleged6 pro-Taliban militants7.
Pakistan's military spokesman, Major General Wahid Arshad, says the police and military forces in Swat have lacked the capacity to ensure security. He says commanders sent the new forces into the region Tuesday to help stabilize8 the situation.
"Well it's paramilitary forces which have been deployed9 in the area - in the district of Swat - to ensure security for the people there, to improve the law-and-order situation," said Arshad. "So that this band of criminals are taken to task and they are prevented from terrorizing innocent people there."
Militants responded to the deployment10 Tuesday by detonating a remote-controlled bomb near a convoy11 heading into the valley, slightly wounding four troops.
The main object of the deployment appears to be a Muslim cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, and the Islamist group he heads, the Movement for the Implementation12 of Islamic Law. The group is also known as TNSM, the initials of its Urdu name.
TNSM sent hundreds of troops into Afghanistan in 2001 to help the Taliban government then in power against the U.S.-led invasion of that time. The group was later outlawed13 by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
News reports say Fazlullah has gained popularity in the northwest in recent months through radio broadcasts that discourage education for women and criticize the government.
Earlier this month, Islamic militants in Swat damaged a giant rock Buddha14 when they attempted to destroy it with dynamite15.
That act brought to mind the dynamiting16 in 2001 of Afghanistan's famous 6th century Bamiyan Valley Buddhas17. The ultra-orthodox Taliban destroyed the Buddhas because they objected to the symbols of any religion other than Islam. The destruction of the famous statues prompted worldwide condemnation18.
Unlike Pakistan's tribal-controlled areas to the southwest, Swat district, a popular tourist area located about 50 kilometers north of Peshawar, has long been under the control of the provincial19 government. Until this summer, it had been relatively20 peaceful.
But following the government's deadly clash with militants at Islamabad's Red Mosque21 in July, violence and suicide bombings shot upwards22 (rose rapidly) in Swat and other parts of the northwest.
1 contingents | |
(志趣相投、尤指来自同一地方的)一组与会者( contingent的名词复数 ); 代表团; (军队的)分遣队; 小分队 | |
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2 erecting | |
v.使直立,竖起( erect的现在分词 );建立 | |
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3 barricades | |
路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 ) | |
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4 scenic | |
adj.自然景色的,景色优美的 | |
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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a.被指控的,嫌疑的 | |
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7 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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vt.(使)稳定,使稳固,使稳定平衡;vi.稳定 | |
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(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用 | |
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10 deployment | |
n. 部署,展开 | |
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11 convoy | |
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队 | |
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12 implementation | |
n.实施,贯彻 | |
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13 outlawed | |
宣布…为不合法(outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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14 Buddha | |
n.佛;佛像;佛陀 | |
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15 dynamite | |
n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破) | |
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v.(尤指用于采矿的)甘油炸药( dynamite的现在分词 );会引起轰动的人[事物];增重 | |
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17 Buddhas | |
n.佛,佛陀,佛像( Buddha的名词复数 ) | |
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n.谴责; 定罪 | |
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19 provincial | |
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
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21 mosque | |
n.清真寺 | |
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22 upwards | |
adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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