索马里国防部长宣布辞职

时间：2010-06-10 06:06:14

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Somalia's defence minister, who is leading the fight against Islamist insurgents1, has resigned from the embattled transitional government.

索马里国防部长，负责领导对抗伊斯兰教叛乱分子，已从危机重重的过渡政府中辞职。

Yusuf Mohamed Siad
Yusuf Mohamed Siad's resignation is a blow to the fight against insurgents

Yusuf Mohammed Siad, a close ally of Islamist President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, said he was leaving as the government had failed to restore order.

Two other ministers tendered their resignation letters from London and another from neighbouring Kenya.

Much of southern Somalia is under the control of al-Qaeda inspired militants2.

The country has not had a unified3 functioning government since 1991.

Blow

BBC Somali Service analyst4 Mohamed Mohamed says it is a major blow to President Ahmed, a moderate Islamist who came to power 18 months ago heading a UN-backed unity5 government.

Like the president, Mr Siad was a leader of the Union of Islamic Courts, which controlled most of southern Somalia for six months in 2006, and was spearheading（先锋，带头） the fight about the militants, he says.

"Everyone has to evaluate himself before others judge his failure, and that is what I did before resigning," Mr Siad told Reuters news agency after he announced his resignation in Mogadishu.

"I realised that my government cannot do its job."

The other ministers who resigned are:
Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar - responsible for higher education
Hassan Moalim - state minister for the presidency6
Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame - minister of international co-operation.

The government rules only a few strategic square kilometres of the capital - with the help of a 5,000-strong African Union peacekeeping force.

Correspondents says the president has become increasingly unpopular, amid charges his government has been corrupt7 and ineffective.

Meanwhile, his introduction of Sharia law to the Muslim country has not appeased8（平息，缓和） the Islamist militias9 fighting the government.

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in two decades of conflict that has created one of the world's worst humanitarian10 emergencies.


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1 insurgents c68be457307815b039a352428718de59     
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
2 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
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。
3 unified 40b03ccf3c2da88cc503272d1de3441c     
(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的
参考例句：
  • The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
  • The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
4 analyst gw7zn     
n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家
参考例句：
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
5 unity 4kQwT     
n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调
参考例句：
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
6 presidency J1HzD     
n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句：
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
7 corrupt 4zTxn     
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
参考例句：
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
8 appeased ef7dfbbdb157a2a29b5b2f039a3b80d6     
安抚，抚慰( appease的过去式和过去分词 )； 绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）
参考例句：
  • His hunger could only be appeased by his wife. 他的欲望只有他的妻子能满足。
  • They are the more readily appeased. 他们比较容易和解。
9 militias ab5f9b4a8cb720a6519aabca747f36e6     
n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
  • The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
10 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

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