US Confident Missile Came From Separatist Held Territory

The United States says it is confident the missile that took down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The task of determining exactly who pulled the trigger, however, now falls to investigators, who will face some challenges.

The ominous pillar of black smoke, debris streaming down -- remnants of what was Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are caught on amateur video -- and the world is demanding an explanation.

“No one can deny the truth in the awful images we all have seen," said President Barack Obama. "And the eyes of the world are on eastern Ukraine and we are going to make sure that the truth is out.”

The president said Friday the United States already has a good idea of what that truth is.

“We have confidence in saying that that shot was taken within territory that is controlled by the Russian separatists,” said Obama.

U.S. officials refuse to say definitively who pulled the trigger, but they believe the weapon system behind the tragedy is a Buk, a Russian-made mobile surface-to-air missile system.

Separatists claimed to have captured one from the Ukrainian military and Ukraine released video on Friday claiming to show one on the move near the crash site, heading toward the Russian border.

Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said, “It strains credulity that it could be used by separatists without at least some measure of Russian support and technical assistance.”

Such help may have been easily available.

Boris Zilberman at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, speaking to VOA via Skype, said, “You have a lot of folks in the Donetsk irregular military that are former Russian intelligence, military intelligence, GRU or fought in Afghanistan or other Russian conflicts.”

The crash site itself could also yield more clues, according to Stratfor military analyst Sim Tack, speaking via Skype.

“Different types of missiles and different generations of production of these systems will have variations in explosives in the warhead that will leave separate traces on the debris that might be distinguished,” said Tack.

There are concerns that due to the location of the crash site in separatist-held territory, though, time may be running out.

“There’s been a lot of tampering with the evidence there. We have seen video footage of rebels collecting passports and debris on the site,” said Tack.

U.S. officials caution it is still early and that more information will likely surface over the next few days and weeks.

That will be of little comfort to friends and relatives mourning loved ones they will never see again.

 

詞匯解析

remedy

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.治療法；藥物；補救

vt.治療；補救；矯正

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用作名詞 (n.)

Warmth is the best remedy for colds.

熱療是治感冒的最好方法。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

Aspirin may remedy a headache.

阿斯匹林可治頭痛。

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labour

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.勞動；勞工；分娩

v.努力；干苦力活；困難吃力地行進(jìn)；反復(fù)說明

Labour

n.(英國)工黨

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用作名詞 (n.)

Labour is not only a necessity but also a pleasure.

勞動不僅是人生所必需的，而且是一種樂趣。

用作動詞 (v.)

We labour for the happiness of mankind.

我們?yōu)槿祟惖男腋６Α?/p>

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trade

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.貿(mào)易；交易；行業(yè)；同行；顧客；營業(yè)額；交易量

v.做生意；從事貿(mào)易；購物；營業(yè)；(在證券交易所)交易；交換

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用作名詞 (n.)

China does a lot of trade with many countries.

中國和許多國家進(jìn)行多方面貿(mào)易。

用作動詞 (v.)

I refuse to trade with that company again.

我拒絕再度和那家公司做生意。

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anxiety

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.焦慮；擔(dān)心；渴望

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用作名詞 (n.)

They show great anxiety concerning their retirement allowance.

他們對自己的養(yǎng)老金問題顯得十分焦慮。

His anxiety for knowledge is to be praised.

他對知識的渴求應(yīng)該受到稱贊。

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prime

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.最好的；首要的；典型的

n.壯年；全盛時期；青春

n.[數(shù)]質(zhì)數(shù)

vt.事先指點；在（金屬、木材等上）打底漆

vi.變得首要

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

He reached his prime and then, when he had the most to live for, he died.

他到了壯年時期,該做出最大貢獻(xiàn),活得最好的時候,卻死掉了。

Britain has a queen, but it is the prime minister and the cabinet who govern.

英國有女王,但執(zhí)政的是首相和內(nèi)閣。

用作名詞 (n.)

It states that every even number greater than two can be expressed as the sum of two primes (a prime is a number that is only divisible by itself and by 1, such as 7 and 13).

其陳述是：每一個大于2的偶數(shù)都可以表達(dá)成兩個素數(shù)之和(素數(shù)是指只能被1和它本身整除的數(shù)，如7和13)。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

You must prime the wood before you paint it.

油漆這木制東西前,你得先在上面涂上底漆。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

The telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing.

電信賓館是轟炸的首要目標(biāo)。

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remains

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.剩余物；遺跡；遺體

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用作名詞 (n.)

After the wheat crop has been gathered, many farmers burn the remains and plough the ash into the soil, so as to enrich it.

小麥?zhǔn)崭钔瓿珊?，農(nóng)夫們把剩余物燒掉，然后用犁把灰埋入地里，使土地更肥沃。

Choi's remains true today for cremation.

崔真實的遺體今天進(jìn)行火葬。

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unfair

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.不公平的；(商業(yè)上)不正當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The detention of the whole class was unfair.

滯留全班學(xué)生是不公平的。

 

 

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