1. The News URL
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_firefight;_ylt=AioM5q2eYVHA2gNq0LhQEs5vaA8F
2. Questions and Answers
Q1. Why the conflict between U.S. and Shiite would break out?
A1. Because there was a group of men opened fire on the U.S. soldiers with many kinds of weapons.
Q2. What kinds of weapons did those people who attack U.S. soldiers use?
A2. They used assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft weapons.
Q3. Where did the U.S. military target?
A3. The areas built up by locals to protect their Shiite neighborhood against attacks by al-Qaida gunmen.
Q4. Which group was described as "extremist" or "criminal" militiamen by the U.S. military?
A4. The group was called “Mahdi Army”.
Q5. Why did the U.S. military spokesman, Maj. Anton Alston’s statement change?
A5. Because what Mahdi Army done had humiliated the fame of U.S. the military.
3. Ten Key Words
Militia An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
Assault A violent physical or verbal attack.
Ensuing To take place subsequently.
Crackdown An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime.
Engaged To obtain or contract for the services of; employ: engage a carpenter.
Splintered A splinter group.
Nominally Nominally
Factions A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group.
Extremist One who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics.
Restraint The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained.
4. The News Summary
Since there were a group of men in Shiite launching an attack on the U.S.
soldiers and killed about 25 people, the U.S.military decided to strike back them.
Badly, where the military hit was not elsewhere but was areas built up by locals to
protect them against attacks by al-Qaida gunmen, and dozens of guiltless civilians
were harmed. It was said that the cause of this misery was Mahdi Army, which was
splintered from the U.S.military. And because of this, Maj. Anton Alston changed his
statement about treating those Mahdi Army’s extremist militiamen.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_firefight;_ylt=AioM5q2eYVHA2gNq0LhQEs5vaA8F
2. Questions and Answers
Q1. Why the conflict between U.S. and Shiite would break out?
A1. Because there was a group of men opened fire on the U.S. soldiers with many kinds of weapons.
Q2. What kinds of weapons did those people who attack U.S. soldiers use?
A2. They used assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft weapons.
Q3. Where did the U.S. military target?
A3. The areas built up by locals to protect their Shiite neighborhood against attacks by al-Qaida gunmen.
Q4. Which group was described as "extremist" or "criminal" militiamen by the U.S. military?
A4. The group was called “Mahdi Army”.
Q5. Why did the U.S. military spokesman, Maj. Anton Alston’s statement change?
A5. Because what Mahdi Army done had humiliated the fame of U.S. the military.
3. Ten Key Words
Militia An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
Assault A violent physical or verbal attack.
Ensuing To take place subsequently.
Crackdown An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime.
Engaged To obtain or contract for the services of; employ: engage a carpenter.
Splintered A splinter group.
Nominally Nominally
Factions A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group.
Extremist One who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics.
Restraint The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained.
4. The News Summary
Since there were a group of men in Shiite launching an attack on the U.S.
soldiers and killed about 25 people, the U.S.military decided to strike back them.
Badly, where the military hit was not elsewhere but was areas built up by locals to
protect them against attacks by al-Qaida gunmen, and dozens of guiltless civilians
were harmed. It was said that the cause of this misery was Mahdi Army, which was
splintered from the U.S.military. And because of this, Maj. Anton Alston changed his
statement about treating those Mahdi Army’s extremist militiamen.
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