249 美国将继续对伊拉克施加压力

249 美国将继续对伊拉克施加压力

US: Pressure on Iraq to Continue After Attempted Shoot Down
Dale Gavlak
Washington
26 Jul 2001 21:03 UTC

The Pentagon is calling Iraq's attempt to shoot down a U.S. spy plane over its southern no-fly zone "reckless and 1)aggressive behavior." The Bush Administration has 2)vowed to keep the pressure on Iraq.
The Pentagon says Tuesday's attack against a 3)coalition¹ aircraft was not the first by Iraq. A spokesman, Rear Admiral Craig Quigley said he could not provide any details.
But a senior defense² official says what is believed to have been an unguided surface-to-air missile just missed a U-2 spy plane. Such a missile could be fired without the benefit of targeting 4)radar on the ground.
Admiral Quigley had no comment when asked whether the attack signaled a shift in Iraq's 5)tactics by targeting slower moving monitoring aircraft rather than 6)warplanes that 7)patrol the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq. "It just continues the pattern of Iraqi aggressiveness of shooting down a coalition aircraft," Admiral Quigley said. "Saddam has had a long-standing goal of downing a coalition aircraft by any means he can. Why do we have a northern watch and a southern watch? It is to stop Saddam from going after his own people and 8)threatening his neighbors."
Admiral Quigley also would not comment on what the U.S. pilot saw or felt from the impact of the missile. That, he says, would 9)compromise U.S. military intelligence. But he says the Pentagon is closely examining the incident and may consider making coalition flights less 10)predictable.
"We are assessing what, or if there should be, any 11)modifications to our patterns of flight activity-both tactical and strategic aircraft. We will 12)adapt if we need to, but that is still under consideration," he said.
Admiral Quigley says the United States will respond to what he calls Iraq's aggression³ in a manner, time and place of its choosing. He said a U.S. strike in February against Iraq's monitoring system had disrupted Baghdad's ability to detect patrol aircraft. But he added that the Pentagon does not think that strike permanently⁴ disabled Iraq's capabilities⁵.

(1) aggressive[5E^resIv]adj.好斗的, 敢做敢为的,侵略性的
(2) vow[vaJ]n.誓约v.宣誓, 立誓, 发誓
(3) coalition[kEJE5lIF(E)n]n.合并, 接合, 联合
(4) radar[5reIdB:(r)]n.雷达, 电波探测器
(5) tactics[5tAktIks]n.战术, 策略
(6) warplane[ `wR:pleIn ]n.[军]军用机
(7) patrol[pE5trEJl]v.出巡, 巡逻n.巡逻
(8) threaten[5Wret(E)n]vt.恐吓, 威胁, 预示(危险)
(9) compromise[5kRmprEmaIz]n.妥协, 折衷v.妥协, 折衷, 危及...的安全
(10) predictable[prI5dIktEb(E)l]adj.可预言的
(11) modification[mRdIfI5keIF(E)n]n.更改, 修改, 修正
(12) adapt[E5dApt]vt.使适应, 改编

 

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 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。

3 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

4 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

5 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓