2006年VOA标准英语-Chad's Army, Rebels Claim Victory After Major F

By Nico Colombant
Dakar
13 December 2006

Chad's army says it has annihilated¹ rebels following major fighting in the east, but rebels deny the claim. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from VOA's regional bureau in Dakar.

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Chadian troops deployed after fighting with UFDD rebels in Biltine, 11 Dec 2006

Chad's communications minister, Moussa Doumgor, says two armed rebel groups known as UFDD and SCUD³ were "totally annihilated."

He said fighting is now over after mopping up operations in the aftermath of fierce battles early Saturday near the town of Biltine.

He said the rebel losses were in the hundreds, while the national army suffered some losses.

Both rebels and military sources said President Idriss Deby, himself a former rebel, went to eastern Chad to personally command his forces.

But a Dakar-based spokesman for one of the rebel groups, Maikalu Nguebla, denies the government's version of events.

He says the government is telling lies to manipulate opinion. He says there were losses on both sides, but that it is army soldiers who fled, and who appear completely unmotivated.

He also denies earlier reports rebels retreated to bases in Sudan, saying all rebels remain active within Chad.

The rebels have said they plan to topple President Deby before the end of the year. They deny his accusations⁴ they are backed by Sudan as part of an alleged⁵ plot to spread its Darfur conflict across borders.

The rebels say their weapons are from army soldiers who are defecting to their side.

President Deby has been getting help from a small French force to defeat the rebels, who have so far adopted a strategy of hitting and escaping different eastern areas.

1 annihilated   

v.（彻底）消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 )；使无效；废止；彻底击溃

参考例句：

• Our soldiers annihilated a force of three hundred enemy troops. 我军战士消灭了300名敌军。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We annihilated the enemy. 我们歼灭了敌人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 scud   

n.疾行；v.疾行

参考例句：

• The helpers came in a scud.救援者飞奔而来。
• Rabbits scud across the turf.兔子飞快地穿过草地。

4 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为