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By Franz Wild
Abidjan
25 May 2006
 
  
  
An international human rights group is saying Sudanese militia1 killed more than 100 villagers in eastern Chad last month. The monitoring group says the raids happened when Chadian rebels were attacking the capital, N'Djamena.

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U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says the Janjaweed militia from Sudan shot or hacked2 the villagers to death with machetes.

Citing eyewitnesses3, it says the militia used Chadian recruits to help them in their attacks on Djawara and three adjacent villages near the Sudanese border on April 12 and 13.

This was when Chadian rebels were approaching N'Djamena in an attack that was later repulsed4 by Chadian President Idriss Deby's armed forces. Human Rights Watch says the raids on the border villages were staged then, because Chadian government troops were diverted by the attack on the capital.

The non-governmental organization says its researchers saw decomposing5 bodies and mass graves in the villages, and received testimonials from survivors6.

Human Rights Watch's Leslie Lefkow tells VOA, militia violence has been a recurring7 phenomenon in the region.

"Over the last couple of years there has been an increase in attacks by Sudanese Janjaweed militia from Darfur into eastern Chad," Lefkow says. "Many of these attacks were small-scale attacks, largely aimed at cattle-raiding of Chadian villagers and Sudanese refugees."

Chad has repeatedly accused Sudan of backing Chadian rebels opposed to Mr. Deby, a charge the Sudanese government denies.

Lefkow says the attacks are unlikely to stop, unless a strong U.N. peacekeeping force is deployed8 to Sudan's Darfur region to augment9 an African Union force there.

"It is absolutely imperative10 that a much stronger international force goes into Darfur to put a lid on those attacks," Lefkow says. "These militia groups have been given an absolute blank check to carry out any kind of violence against civilians11."

The name Janjaweed is commonly given to Arab militias12 in Sudan's Darfur region, who are believed to be backed by the government.


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1 militia 375zN     
n.民兵，民兵组织
参考例句：
  • First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
  • There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
2 hacked FrgzgZ     
生气
参考例句：
  • I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
  • I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。
3 eyewitnesses 6217fe51ef2c875c4e639599af425dc6     
目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
  • Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。
4 repulsed 80c11efb71fea581c6fe3c4634a448e1     
v.击退( repulse的过去式和过去分词 )；驳斥；拒绝
参考例句：
  • I was repulsed by the horrible smell. 这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
  • At the first brush,the enemy was repulsed. 敌人在第一次交火时就被击退了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 decomposing f5b8fd5c51324ed24e58a14c223dc3da     
腐烂( decompose的现在分词 )； （使）分解； 分解（某物质、光线等）
参考例句：
  • The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation. 空气中充满了令人难以忍受的腐烂植物的恶臭。
  • Heat was obtained from decomposing manures and hot air flues. 靠肥料分解和烟道为植物提供热量。
6 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
7 recurring 8kLzK8     
adj.往复的，再次发生的
参考例句：
  • This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
  • For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。
8 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
（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。
9 augment Uuozw     
vt.(使)增大，增加，增长，扩张
参考例句：
  • They hit upon another idea to augment their income.他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。
  • The government's first concern was to augment the army and auxiliary forces.政府首先关心的是增强军队和辅助的力量。
10 imperative BcdzC     
n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的
参考例句：
  • He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
  • The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。
11 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。
12 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

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