1. Le vocabulaire • amid : au milieu de, parmi • track down [to find (sb or sth) by hunting or searching] : traquer et capturer • to gear up : se mettre en condition pour
• hideout : cachette • to oust [force out of] : évincer, chasser
• to build up : accumuler 2. Le texte Amid media speculation that Al Qaeda leader Ossama bin Laden has been tracked down, Pakistan has been gearing up for a major operation against the militant group in the West of the country.
A British tabloid paper has reported British and American special forces have identified a remote mountainous region as the current hideout of bin Laden and the leader of Afganistan's ousted Taliban regime, Mullah Omar.
In response to requests from the US, Pakistan has begun building up troops around Wanna which it is thought will be a base for a new initiative against Al Qaeda and other militants.
The US has expressed concern that Islamic extremists are using Pakistan's border region to launch attacks inside Afghanistan.
Washington has indicated it will launch a new offensive in the Spring against rebels in Afghanistan, in what is being seen a concerted effort to find bin Laden. |
