2007年VOA标准英语-Lebanese Army Mops Up Insurgents at Tripoli Ref

By Edward Yeranian
Beirut
03 September 2007

Authorities in Lebanon say they have identified the body of Chaker al Abssi, the leader of the Palestinian Fatah al-Islam group, that has been holed up inside a Tripoli refugee camp. The group held the camp for 105-days, until Sunday when Lebanese Army troops stormed the facility. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut.

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A man gestures as he celebrates with others standing on a truck the end of fighting in the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, 03 Sept 2007

Lebanese danced and celebrated² after yesterday's victory over the Fatah al-Islam militants³, but residents of the camp and surrounding areas, as well as the army are picking up the pieces and mopping up, as another day begins.

Smoke continues to pour from destroyed buildings inside Tripoli's Nahr al Bared refugee camp, and helicopters continue to hover⁴ over the area, as the Lebanese Army tries to flush out any guerillas that might remain in the rubble⁵.

Army sources say that the militant's leader, the Palestinian Chaker al Abssi, was killed and that his wife has identified his body.

Up to a dozen militants may have escaped, according to the Beirut press, and the army is conducting a nationwide dragnet.

Fatah al Islam's erstwhile spokesman, Abu Salim Taha, was reportedly killed, this morning, while hiding near one of the camp's entrances.

Prime Minister Fouad Saniora says that the Nahr al Bared refugee camp will be rebuilt, but will no longer be under Palestinian control.

Dr. Ahmed Fatfat, a key minister in Prime Minister Saniora's government, says that while everyone in Lebanon is pleased by the army victory, the battle to rebuild, has just begun:

"Really, for us it is a great victory, for the Lebanese Army and the Lebanese government and the Lebanese population, which was with the army in this battle against the terrorists, but it is also a victory for the Palestinians, because Fatah al Islam was kidnapping the camp of Nahr al Bared, but the real battle is beginning now, because we have a great work to reconstruct the camp and all the villages around the camp," said Dr. Fatfat. "We need so much help ... so Mr. Saniora, our Prime Minister asks the donors⁶ to have a meeting on the 10th of September ... and we hope our friends, Arabic and the Americans and the Europeans will help us and support us to reconstruct the camp ..."

The top Palestinian leader in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, a member of the mainstream⁷ Fatah organization, told al Arabiya TV that he was pleased by the Lebanese Army victory, and that he hoped that relations between Lebanon and the Palestinians has not suffered because of the lengthy⁸ siege, in which many Palestinians also suffered.

Caoimhe Butterly, an Irish volunteer working to help displaced Palestinians from the Nahr al Bared camp says that she hopes the displaced Palestinians will be helped in rebuilding their destroyed homes:

"Camp residents obviously welcome the fact that the siege is now officially over; you know, the people are waiting and hoping that the reconstruction⁹ process will actually take place with some efficacy; you know that they'll continue to focus on the humanitarian¹⁰ conditions in which the over 30,000 displaced people are still living in," she said.

The Lebanese Army is preventing anyone from entering the mostly destroyed camp, and Palestinian residents have been trying in vain to view the remains¹¹ of their damaged homes.

Army sources say that the camp is still unsafe, because of all the mines and explosives that were used by the militants to booby trap buildings and alleyways.

Neighboring Syria, which many Lebanese accuse of masterminding the three-and-one-half-month siege, congratulated the Lebanese Army on its victory.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 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。

4 hover   

vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫

参考例句：

• You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
• A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

5 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

6 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

8 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

9 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

10 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。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。