2006年VOA标准英语-Southeast Asian Terrorist Stays One Step A

By Marianne Kearney
Jakarta
05 May 2006

Indonesian police say they are closing in on Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed Top, but a report released Friday says that the militant¹ networks Noordin has established could launch attacks with or without him.

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This is the latest picture, right, of Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Mohamad Top who allegedly has changed his appearance compared to the previous image, left (File photo)  
  

Noordin Mohammed Top, a Malaysian fugitive², has escaped a four-year-long police hunt since he helped carry off the Bali nightclub bombings in 2002.

Noordin and members of the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, or JI, have been blamed for a string of attacks in Indonesia that have killed dozens since the deadly 2002 bombings.

But a new report says that since 2003, Noordin has formed a new group of loyal militants³ from outside of Jemaah Islamiyah in order to launch his attacks.

Sidney Jones of the International Crisis group, who authored the report, explains how Noordin has used not just JI members, but a wide range of contacts from around Java and from such scenes of religion-inspired violence as Ambon and Poso.

"He's made use of people who have graduated from JI schools…or he has used contacts that he's made through the JI structure in East Java," said Jones. "But in addition to people who came out of JI, he's also just used personal contacts…so it's a question of taking one person who works for him and work through that person's contacts, who often were veterans of Ambon or Poso."

A week ago, Noordin narrowly evaded⁴ arrest when police raided a house in Wonosobo, in Central Java. Two key militants were killed, and another two arrested. Jones says that last week's raid likely inflicted⁵ a serious blow to Noordin's network, which was already weakened, but more attacks still can't be ruled out.

"I would think it would be much more difficult because he lacks the communication ability, he lacks the people, and its pretty clear that he lacks the money, to actually mount a major operation. But one of the characteristics of this man is that every single time…police arrested major figures in the team shortly before the operation took place, and it didn't deter⁶ him in the slightest," said Jones. "So he's got this ability to keep going."

Jones warns that even if Noordin himself were arrested, the network of jihadists he has established and trained could be used by other militants still at large.

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 evaded   

逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• For two weeks they evaded the press. 他们有两周一直避而不见记者。
• The lion evaded the hunter. 那狮子躲开了猎人。

5 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。

6 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。