美国唯恐阿勒波将发生惨案

时间：2012-07-27 06:36:58

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The US says that it fears Syrian government forces are preparing to carry out a massacre1 in the country's most populous2 city, Aleppo.


美国政府担心叙利亚政府武装正准备在其国内人口最稠密的城市阿勒波展开大屠杀。
 
The US state department said the deployment3 of tanks, helicopter gunships and fixed-winged aircraft suggested such an attack was imminent4（即将来临的） .
 
Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said it was a "serious escalation5" in the conflict.
 
Syrian rebels in the city have begun stockpiling ammunition6 and medical supplies in preparation.
 
Ms Nuland said: "Our hearts are with the people of Aleppo. And again, this is another desperate attempt by a regime that is going down to try to maintain control."
 
But she insisted that the US would not intervene other than by providing non-lethal assistance to the rebels who have been trying to topple（推翻） the government of President Bashar al-Assad for 16 months.
 
"We do not believe that pouring more fuel on this fire is going to save lives," she said, adding that there had not been "the kind of groundswell call for external support" seen elsewhere.
 
The US has said it is supporting the opposition7 with communications equipment and medical supplies. 
 
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said the world must apply the lessons learned from the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s.
 
He was speaking in Srebrenica, where a UN peacekeeping force failed to stop the killing8 of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in 1995. 
 
"I do not want to see any of my successors, after 20 years, visiting Syria, apologising for what we could have done now to protect the civilians9 in Syria - which we are not doing now," Mr Ban said. 
 
The head of UN peacekeeping operations, Herve Ladsous, defended the decision to reduce the number of observers in Syria. 
 
"We found ourselves with too many people and not enough to do," he said.
 
Speaking in Damascus, he said there was "no plan B" beyond Joint10 Special Envoy11 Kofi Annan's peace plan.
 
A prominent defector from the Syrian government, Gen Manaf Tlas, has put himself forward as a possible figure to unite the fractious（易怒的） opposition. 
 
In an interview with a Saudi newspaper, Asharq al-Awsat, he said: "I am discussing with... people outside Syria to reach a consensus12（达成共识） with those inside."
 
However, some in the opposition regard Gen Tlas - who fled earlier this month - as a compromised figure too close to the Assad government.

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1 massacre i71zk     
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
2 populous 4ORxV     
adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的
参考例句：
  • London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
3 deployment 06e5c0d0f9eabd9525e5f9dc4f6f37cf     
n. 部署,展开
参考例句：
  • He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
4 imminent zc9z2     
adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的
参考例句：
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
5 escalation doZxW     
n.扩大，增加
参考例句：
  • The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
  • Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句
6 ammunition GwVzz     
n.军火，弹药
参考例句：
  • A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
  • They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
7 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
8 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
9 civilians 2a8bdc87d05da507ff4534c9c974b785     
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
参考例句：
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
10 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
11 envoy xoLx7     
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
12 consensus epMzA     
n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识
参考例句：
  • Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
  • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

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