虽然萨利赫先生自己说过他将于本年年末离任，但是华盛顿已经在私下开始向美国盟国表示，他必须现在就离任。

Washington has begun privately telling American Allies that Mr. Saleh, who had said that he would step down at year's end, should leave now.

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接着，萨利赫先生视察了前线(1978年夺权时只是个中校，现在已是陆军元帅)。

This was followed by a visit to the front line by Mr Saleh, who was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army when he first assumed power in 1978 (he now holds the rank of Field Marshal).

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尽管如此，此次空袭行动并非萨利赫先生手下落后的苏联时期的空军所为。

The strike, though, was not the work of Mr. Saleh's decrepit Soviet-era air force.

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