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Words
in the News
Monday 10 February 2003
Vocabulary from the news. Listen to and read the report then find
explanations of difficult words below.
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Divisions in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) over Iraq
Summary: NATO ambassadors are meeting in Brussels to discuss divisions within the alliance about military planning for a possible war against Iraq. Both France and Belgium have blocked a proposal to start planning for the defence of Turkey, a fellow alliance member which shares a long border with Iraq. This report from Chris Morris:
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Another casualty of the Iraqi crisis: NATO's political credibility is now on the line. The United States asked the alliance last month for various kinds of support in the event of a war against Iraq. But NATO can't agree on what to do. A proposal put forward by alliance officials includes the deployment of Patriot anti-missile batteries and AWACS surveillance planes to help defend Turkey from any possible military response from Iraq. But both France and Belgium have objected. Even beginning military planning, they argue, would imply that diplomatic efforts to disarm Iraq have already failed. Germany agrees with that position and NATO is split down the middle. The United States has called it inexcusable. Once again, deep divisions have been exposed between the US and some of its European allies and within Europe itself.
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casualty
here, something which has suffered badly as the result of an event or situation
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credibility
The quality of being able to be believed, trusted or taken seriously
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on the line
in danger of being harmed or lost
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put forward
suggested
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deployment
the organisation and preparation of things ( in this case missiles ), so that they are ready for immediate action
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batteries
a large number of things (in this case, again, missiles )
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argue
If you argue a point, you say something and provide reasons why you think it is true
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imply
make it seem
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split
divided so that members of one part of the organization strongly disagree with the other part
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inexcusable
too bad to be tolerated or justified
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