2006年VOA标准英语-Canadian Police Arrest 17 Suspected Terror

By Barry Brown
Toronto
03 June 2006
 
Military-style security was arrayed outside a courthouse near Toronto on Saturday as 17 terrorist suspects were brought to face charges they planned to detonate three tons of explosives in and around Canada's largest city of Toronto.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) assistant commissioner¹ Mike McDonell, right, speaks as Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) assistant director of operations Luc Portelance looks on in Toronto
  

Assistant Commissioner Mike McDonell, head of criminal intelligence and national securtity for Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the arrests were made when it became clear the men were about to strike.

At a press conference in Toronto on Saturday, McDonell showed samples of the evidence gathered against the men including the main explosive fuel - ammonium nitrate - a common fertilizer. McDonell said the group ordered and received three tons of the chemical for use in terrorist attacks. "If I can put this in context for you, the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklhoma City that killed 168 people was completed with only one ton of ammonium nitrate," he said.

Canada is not immune to terrorism, Mr. McDonell warned. While this bombing plot was foiled, the investigation² into this and other terrorist threats remains³ on-going, he said.

At the same press conference, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair noted⁴ his officers are investigating threats against his city's transit⁵ system.

The 12 men and five young offenders⁶ arrested and charged in the Friday night police raids range in age from 19 to 43 years old. Most are Canadian citizens and live in and around Toronto.

Mr. McDonell described the group as inspired by al-Qaida, but said so far investigators⁷ found no link between them and Osama bin-Laden's terrorist network.

Luc Portelance, Assistant Director of Operations for CSIS- the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service - said the threat of ideologies⁸ preaching violence and murder is a global one. "Any movement that has the ability to turn people against their fellow citizens is obviously something CSIS concerned about," he said.

While this plot had been foiled, Mr. McDonell made it clear Canadians police and security forces remain very concerned about what they don't know. And what they fear was visible at the courthouse where steel barriers and three police checkpoints armed by officers with M-16 assault rifles and submachine guns separated the public from the entrance

1 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

6 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

7 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 ideologies   

n.思想（体系）( ideology的名词复数 )；思想意识；意识形态；观念形态

参考例句：

• There is no fundamental diversity between the two ideologies. 这两种思想意识之间并没有根本的分歧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Radical ideologies require to contrast to their own goodness the wickedness of some other system. 凡是过激的意识形态，都需要有另外一个丑恶的制度作对比，才能衬托出自己的善良。 来自辞典例句