Pakistan to send more troops to tribal area

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that the campaign（n. 战役,运动,活动,竞选运动vi. 参加活动,作战） against militants¹ is achieving success and more troops will be dispatched to Waziristan tribal² area.
    Talking to newsmen here, Malik said the security forces have cleared many strongholds of the militants and are consolidating³ their positions in South Waziristan.

    The Interior Minister said that mobile and fixed⁴ scanners are being procured⁵ which will be installed at the federal Capital Islamabad and Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, to check the activities of unscrupulous persons for prevention of terror incidents（n. 附带事件,小事件;事件,事变a. 易发生的;附属的;入射的）.

    He said a total of 77 masterminds of various terror activities have been arrested.

    The Interior Minister categorically（adv. 绝对地） denied the presence of American security agency Blackwater in Pakistan. He said a U.S. contractor⁶ company DynCorp is operating in Afghanistan to provide necessary supplies to the U.S. forces, and Pakistan is only facilitating the company to transport the supplies to Afghanistan.

    He said that he will quit his office if Blackwater was found operating anywhere in Pakistan.

    The Interior Minister added that a code of conduct is being developed for the security companies and license⁷ of those companies will be canceled who will not adhere to it.

    The Interior Minister denied the presence of Mullah Omar or any of his associate（vt. 使发生联系,使联合;把…联想起来） is in Pakistan, saying "if the U.S. has any information in this regard, it should share with us for action against them."

    He said during the visit of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief to Pakistan, the government shared its reservations on various matters including the supply of rocket launchers and other weapons from Afghanistan to terrorists in Pakistan.

    Malik said that he hoped the U.S. would take cognizance of the situation and take play its role to stop the supply of weapons into Pakistan.

    Pakistan has seen a wave of bombings over the last couple of weeks in its northwest as the army presses an offensive against the Taliban in the nearby Afghan border region.

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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 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

3 consolidating   

v.（使）巩固， （使）加强( consolidate的现在分词 )；（使）合并

参考例句：

• These measures are meant for consolidating the system of basic medical care. 这些举措旨在夯实基层医疗体系，让老百姓看大病不必出远门。 来自互联网
• We are consolidating the Chinese and English versions of our homepage. 我们将为您提供中英文版本一起的主页。 来自互联网

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

5 procured   

v.（努力）取得， （设法）获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 )；拉皮条

参考例句：

• These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• A friend procured a position in the bank for my big brother. 一位朋友为我哥哥谋得了一个银行的职位。 来自《用法词典》

6 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

7 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。