CNN 2009-05-17

Some new outbreaks of violence in the terror war today as the Pakistani Army presses its offensive against the Taliban in the country's northwest region. A suspected US missile strike hit a religious school near the town of Mir Ali. Of the ten deaths Pakistani officials say two were suspected foreign militants¹. A lot going on today, Ivan tells us what's the latest right now. What you know?

We had a very interesting briefing from the Pakistani military. Betty, for the first time they showed video of captives. They say Taliban prisoners. They were shown on video. And the military spokesman said at least one of them is actually not a Pakistani. But he is from neighboring Afghanistan. He said that several of these prisoners were actually students from a religious school a Madrasa. That's been a controversial subject here because many accused the Madrasas around this country of training and recruiting terrorists. On top of that, the Pakistani military, they released footage of a series of airstrikes against what they say are ammunition² dumps in the Swat valley where the fighting is concentrated right now. Betty, but the Pakistani military is still losing men to this battle against the Taliban. The Taliban are still fighting back. They said they lost three soldiers in the last twenty-four hours.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is getting slammed by a man who once did her job. Pelosi says the CIA misled her and briefed things about certain interrogation techniques that some called torture. But many don't believe her, like Republican and former Speaker Newt Gingrich who said that to ABC Radio. Take a listen to his comments.

She is a trivial politician viciously using partisanship³ for the narrowest of purposes and she dishonors the Congress by her behavior. The fact is she either didn't do her job, or she did do her job and she's now afraid to tell the truth. Speaker Pelosi is the big loser because she either comes across as incompetent⁴ or dishonest. Those are the only two defenses she's got.

Wow, and his words there. Well current CIA Director Leon Panetta wasn't in charge at the time, but he also contradicts Pelosi saying his agency never lied to congress.

Well some scary moments for the passengers on board a flight to Buffalo⁵ New York. Just as the plane was coming in for a landing, something went missing, a tire. You want to keep those when you're trying to land. You see the pictures of it there. But the tire came off and rolled away. As you can see there was another tire there. So it kind of held that side of the plane up so kind of averted⁶ disaster at least here. A spokesman for Colgan Airlines says the plane however was properly maintained. He blames the incident on a faulty wheel bearing.

1 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。

2 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

3 Partisanship   

n. 党派性, 党派偏见

参考例句：

• Her violent partisanship was fighting Soames's battle. 她的激烈偏袒等于替索米斯卖气力。
• There was a link of understanding between them, more important than affection or partisanship. ' 比起人间的感情，比起相同的政见，这一点都来得格外重要。 来自英汉文学

4 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。

5 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

6 averted   

防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移

参考例句：

• A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
• Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙，才避免了麻烦。