VOA标准英语2008年-Lord's Resistance Army Warns Against UN-Backed

The spokesman for the Lord's Resistance Army says Congolese forces and U.N. peacekeepers in Congo Kinshasa are preparing to move against the rebel group, which has yet to sign a peace deal to end a 20-year reign-of-terror in the region. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has the story from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi.
　
David Matsanga speaks to the press at Nabanga, south Sudan (file)

Speaking from the southern Sudanese town of Juba, where peace talks have been taking place since 2006, Lord's Resistance Army spokesman David Matsanga says he fears government troops, backed by the U.N. mission in Congo Kinshasa, are preparing to attack LRA bases in northeast Congo.

Calling recent military movements there "provocative¹," Matsanga accused the Congolese government and the United Nations of trying to sabotage² negotiations³ aimed at peacefully disbanding the rebel group.

"We have restrained ourselves and I have told them to restrain themselves from any provocative approach that could create chaos⁴. Why do they do it? That threat is there to scupper the peace process," he said.

The U.N. military spokesman in Congo Kinshasa, Lieutenant⁵ Colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich confirms that the Congolese government has sent 200 of its troops to the northeastern town of Dungu and nearly 1,000 additional soldiers may soon be deployed⁶.

Dietrich says the soldiers there are not preparing to launch an offensive against Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army, but to protect the local population, which has long been threatened and terrorized by LRA fighters based there. He says U.N. peacekeepers are providing logistical support to the Congolese troops.

"We are not going after Mr. Kony. The only thing we did, we have prepared some logistical bases in order to launch an operation if that would be necessary in order to stop the hostilities⁷ from this group against the population in the upper north of the Democratic Republic of Congo. That is all," said Dietrich.

The Lord's Resistance Army began fighting the Ugandan government 20 years ago as a quasi-religious movement. It became notorious for raping⁸ and mutilating tens of thousands of civilians⁹ in Uganda and forcibly recruiting children to act as soldiers, porters, and sex slaves.
　
Joseph Kony (2006 file photo)

In recent years, Joseph Kony and his fighters have grown into a regional threat, setting up new bases, looting villages, recruiting child soldiers, and abducting¹⁰ civilians in Congo Kinshasa, southern Sudan, and the Central African Republic.

In April, Kony failed to appear for the signing of what was to have been a final peace accord with the Ugandan government. He says he will not sign such an agreement until the International Criminal Court drops war crimes charges against him.

 

1 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

2 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

5 lieutenant   

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。

6 deployed   

（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

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

7 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

8 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

9 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。

10 abducting   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的现在分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
• At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时，发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。