2007年VOA标准英语-African Military Leaders Discuss Great Lakes Se

By Thomas Rippe
Kigali
28 August 2007

Military Leaders of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda met in Kigali to discuss taking action against negative elements operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Thomas Rippe reports for VOA from the Rwandan capital.

Military leaders from the Great Lakes region of central Africa met in Kigali, Rwanda to make strategic plans for military action against different militias¹ destabilizing the region.  Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi have been urging Congo to take action against militants² operating in the eastern part of the vast country.

Major Ronald Miller³ is the American Army attaché in Rwanda. 

"Basically because Congo cannot control its borders all the rebel groups seem to run and hide there, because there is a lack of rule of law and control in the area," he said.

Major Miller says the United States has been promoting these meetings in order to promote cooperation and security in the region.

The military leaders discussed four possible scenarios⁵ of action.  Under scenario⁴ one, Congo will begin direct military action against rebel groups operating within its territory.  That action is scheduled to start by the end of September.

Rwanda Defense⁶ Forces spokesman Jill Rutaremara says he is pleased with the steps Kinshasa is taking to address the problems.

"Since the DRC has commitment to continue in that scenario, and has shown us other ways of making the operations more effective, we have decided⁷ to leave other scenarios for this time," she said.  "But they remain open in case scenario one, of course, fails."

Rutaremara says scenario two could involve bi-lateral military action between the DRC and any one of the three other countries.  Scenario three would involve combined military action by all four countries, and scenario four would involve diplomatic measures such as asking for greater assistance from the African Union or the United Nations.

Lieutenant-General Dieudonné Kayombe of Congo says it will take time due to the nature of the operation.

"Those negative forces are not structured, they are not organized," he explained.  "You, from time to time can meet teams of three or four people.  So it is a guerilla type of warfare⁸.  So it will take time."

Major Rutaremara says representatives from the four countries will have a planning session on September 20, and the military leaders will meet a few days later to review operations and exchange information.

1 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

2 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。

3 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

4 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

5 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。