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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Someone's appeal, a spike of
The United States must tread warily in Yemen if it is to avoid inadvertently broadening al Qaeda's appealin a country plagued by poverty, corruption and conflict.
World | Barack Obama
The botched bombing of a U.S. airliner on December 25, claimed by al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, has spurred Washington to step up aid to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government, even though diplomats say it is tainted by graft and short on legitimacy.
Such support may temporarily help sustain autocratic rule in Yemen, where militancy is only one of many woes. The population of 23 million is set to double in 20 years, even as gas exports fail to offset falling oil earnings and water supplies run dry.
Deeper U.S. security involvement will cause a spike of al Qaeda recruitment," said Yemeni analyst Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani.
"So much could go wrong," he said, citing anti-U.S. fervor generated by images from the Iraq war of an American soldier putting his boot on the neck of an Iraqi civilian.
Yemeni officials acknowledge the need for U.S. help with counter-terrorism, but say the government also lacks resources to tackle the poverty that widens al Qaeda's recruiting pool.
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6042Q720100105
Could you please explain to me what "appeal" means in this context?
And I guess "botched bombing" means "USA foiled terrorist plot of bombing". No idea about "a spike" though.
World | Barack Obama
The botched bombing of a U.S. airliner on December 25, claimed by al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, has spurred Washington to step up aid to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government, even though diplomats say it is tainted by graft and short on legitimacy.
Such support may temporarily help sustain autocratic rule in Yemen, where militancy is only one of many woes. The population of 23 million is set to double in 20 years, even as gas exports fail to offset falling oil earnings and water supplies run dry.
Deeper U.S. security involvement will cause a spike of al Qaeda recruitment," said Yemeni analyst Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani.
"So much could go wrong," he said, citing anti-U.S. fervor generated by images from the Iraq war of an American soldier putting his boot on the neck of an Iraqi civilian.
Yemeni officials acknowledge the need for U.S. help with counter-terrorism, but say the government also lacks resources to tackle the poverty that widens al Qaeda's recruiting pool.
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6042Q720100105
Could you please explain to me what "appeal" means in this context?
And I guess "botched bombing" means "USA foiled terrorist plot of bombing". No idea about "a spike" though.
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These words all have their dictionary meanings. com/dictionaries / ) "appeal" = "the quality of being attractive or interesting" "botched", past participle of "botch" = "perform (an action or task) badly or carelessly" (in other words, the bomber messed up). "spike" = "a sharp increase in magnitude or intensity"
- These words all have their dictionary meanings.
- com/dictionaries / ) "appeal" = "the quality of being attractive or interesting" "botched", past participle of "botch" = "perform (an action or task) badly or carelessly" (in other words, the bomber messed up).
- "spike" = "a sharp increase in magnitude or intensity"
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These words all have their dictionary meanings. The following definitions are from the COED (see http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/ )
"appeal" = "the quality of being attractive or interesting"
"botched", pas
"appeal" = "the quality of being attractive or interesting"
"botched", pas
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