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2007年VOA标准英语-Philippine Marines on Front Line in War on Terr

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By Douglas Bakshian
Jolo
20 February 2007

A special operations platoon of the Philippine <a href=Marine1 Battalion2 Landing Team conduct military exercise in Jolo, 05 Feb 2007" hspace="2" src="/upimg/allimg/070522/0851430.jpg" width="208" vspace="2" border="0" />
A special operations platoon of the Philippine Marine Battalion Landing Team conduct a military exercise in Jolo, 05 Feb 2007
The Philippines has recently been on the front line in the war on terror, taking out top leaders of the deadly Abu Sayyaf Islamic militant3 group, which has links with the regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah. Douglas Bakshian recently traveled to the southern Philippine island of Jolo where about 5,000 Philippine soldiers, Marines and other forces are hunting down the Abu Sayyaf. He joined the Marines on a jungle patrol.

A radio cuts through the silence, as a Philippine Marine checks with his advance guard. In territory once occupied by the Abu Sayyaf, the Marines take no chances, and in the jungles of Jolo, the suspense4 is thicker than the vegetation.

 

The patrol moves through an area [Patikul] only four kilometers from the town of Jolo, where the Abu Sayyaf camp was located just months ago. It was the scene of a bloody5 encounter in which the group's leader was killed.

In the early hours of September 4, a Philippine Marine reconnaissance unit of 27 men made contact with the enemy, and the jungle turned into a shooting gallery.

 

First Lieutenant6 Marvin Salvan was on a back-up patrol near the battle scene. Although his unit was not directly involved in the fighting, his memory is vivid.

 

"At about 5 a.m., the fire light already started. At that time our troops [the reconnaissance unit] started to throw grenades and then started to have their volume of fire sir, directed to the enemy positions," he said. "But the enemy is too many for them."

 

The Marines faced more than 100 guerrillas. After a two-hour fire light six Marines had been killed and many wounded.

 

The Abu Sayyaf casualties are not known because the group carries its dead away. But months later the Marines confirmed that they had killed leader Khaddafy Janjalani after a guerrilla defector led them to his jungle grave.

 

He was one of two Abu Sayyaf leaders to be eliminated in recent months. In January, Abu Sulaiman, a key planner, was killed. He claimed responsibility for a 2004 ferry bombing in which more than 100 people died.

 

Those successes are part of a new strategy of targeting terrorist leaders. These are selective actions, based on specific intelligence, rather than older tactics of large sweeps using many soldiers.

 

Abu Sayyaf says it is fighting for an Islamic homeland in the region known as Mindanao in the southern Philippines, which is mostly Catholic. The group has links with Jemaah Islamiah, an Islamic terrorist organization based in Indonesia. However, Abu Sayyaf is best known for its deadly kidnappings to earn ransom7.

Marine General Juancho Sabban, commander of the Third Philippine Marine Brigade on Jolo, says as the leadership is destroyed, the Abu Sayyaf will fall apart.

 

"Mindanao is composed of so many tribes and not all of them can be at one place at the same time," he explained. "So it will take a good leader to really unite them. Right now with the death of Janjalani and Sulaiman, those coming from Basilan, who belong to Yakan tribe, will try to go back to Basilan because they will be afraid to stay here surrounded by a different tribe."

 

The Marines had learned about the Jolo camp through an informer. They say human intelligence is increasingly important in hunting the group.

 

Technical intelligence makes a big contribution as well. Marine anti-terror missions are mostly conducted at night, with the assistance of night-vision goggles8 from the United States.

 

Another technical edge comes from the U.S. military in the form of reconnaissance aircraft.

 

"We have an airplane with a camera. And in a basic sense the Philippine forces might say, 'What's on the other side of that tree line? [And the U.S. forces might say] Fire and brimstone. [Danger] Don't go there,'" said U.S. Navy Commander James Marvin,  the deputy commander of the Joint9 Special Operations Task Force-Philippines.

 

 

A few hundred U.S. troops advise and train the Philippine forces, but do not take part in fighting.

 

Hunting down terrorists on land is not enough in the Philippines, they also must be fought at sea. The thousands of islands in this part of Southeast Asia have provided an escape route for Abu Sayyaf guerrillas in the past. They were able to move to other Philippine islands or even to neighboring Malaysia. But the Philippine Navy is closing the noose10 on the terrorists, with more efficient patrols around Jolo.

 

Military officials say that since August, when Operation Ultimatum11, the current offensive against Abu Sayyaf began, the navy has inspected at least 5,000 vessels12. Before it only stopped 1,000 a year. The expanded program has been conducted through training exercises with the elite13 U.S. Navy Seals and their vessels.

 

Philippine military officials estimate 200 Abu Sayyaf fighters may be left on Jolo, with 150 others scattered14 in the region. They say almost 70 militants15 have been killed and about two dozen were captured or defected since Operation Ultimatum began.


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1 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
参考例句:
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
2 battalion hu0zN     
n.营;部队;大队(的人)
参考例句:
  • The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
  • At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后,队伍解散了。
3 militant 8DZxh     
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。
4 suspense 9rJw3     
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑
参考例句:
  • The suspense was unbearable.这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
  • The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。
5 bloody kWHza     
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
参考例句:
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
6 lieutenant X3GyG     
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
参考例句:
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
7 ransom tTYx9     
n.赎金,赎身;v.赎回,解救
参考例句:
  • We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
  • The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。
8 goggles hsJzYP     
n.护目镜
参考例句:
  • Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
  • My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾,所以我看不见。
9 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
10 noose 65Zzd     
n.绳套,绞索(刑);v.用套索捉;使落入圈套;处以绞刑
参考例句:
  • They tied a noose round her neck.他们在她脖子上系了一个活扣。
  • A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。
11 ultimatum qKqz7     
n.最后通牒
参考例句:
  • This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
  • The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。
12 vessels fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480     
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
参考例句:
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
13 elite CqzxN     
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
参考例句:
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
14 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
15 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
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。
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