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Iraq, indicating the territory now controlled by the militant¹ group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS.?

We are sharing 1,000-kilometer boarder with the terrorists, said W., General Secretary of the Ministry² of Peshmergaler, the Kurdish armed forces alarmed by the ISIS gains. Right now the Peshmerga just?want?to defend and strengthen this line and stop the terrorists from entering Kurdistan.

As ISIS militants³ advanced, Iraqi soldiers abandoned their post and the Peshmerga quickly moved in sealing the security of vacuum land using claims of contrasted lands. So far, ISIS has made no threats on the Kurdish territory. But it's as not clear that the ethnic⁴ mission of the Kurdish claim or an unwillingness⁵ to open new front in their offences, particularly against the capable Beshmerga fighters.?

The Peshmerga battled at Baghdad and anchored for a national recognition and territory for a decade. Many in the West recognize the Peshmerga from images of their female recruits with military fatigues⁶, long braids and clash and gobs training in the mountainous region between Iraq and Turkey of combat against large. It's not well trained armies, and ingrained?a nationalism fueled by decades of oppression, led the surge with a strong, fighting force.

There is a great national soul inside our fighters, W. said, adding that retired⁷ soldiers have been asking to be let's to fight against ISIS. Today, there are many young recruits wandering outside where W. said was the Peshmerga ministerial building, most have never seen combat as the Kurdish fighters haven't shaped in the top of war since they fought the Iraqi army more than a decade ago.?

Still the 200,000-strong force might be the best chance to fight ISIS as the US-built Iraqi army remained ineffective. Even with??internal political?dissent⁸, the Peshmergla are a source of national pride among the Kurdish population. In a shop in E. a group of men?watched?their forces' maneuver⁹ in the desert against ISIS on a Kurdish TV channel. The soldiers in camouflage flied their sun-crest Kurdish …

1 militant   

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。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

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 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

5 unwillingness   

n. 不愿意，不情愿

参考例句：

• Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position. 她不愿回答问题，这不利于她所处的形势。
• His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough. 如果我们付足了钱，他露出的那副不乐意的神情就会消失。

6 fatigues   

n.疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 )；杂役；厌倦；（士兵穿的）工作服

参考例句：

• The patient fatigues easily. 病人容易疲劳。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty. 那些士兵没有接受训练，而是派去做杂务。 来自辞典例句

7 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

8 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

9 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。