2007年VOA标准英语-German Police Arrest 3 Alleged Bomb Plotters

By Tom Rivers
London
05 September 2007

German officials say they have arrested three men on suspicion of planning a "massive" terrorist attack on U.S. facilities in the country. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London.

Unidentified man believed to be terror suspect, center, is led away in Karlsruhe, 05 Sep 2007

German authorities say the men are suspected Islamic militants¹ and were arrested for allegedly planning bomb attacks targeting a number of locations including the U.S. Ramstein Air Base and Frankfurt's international airport.

German federal prosecutors² say two of the three in custody³ are German citizens who converted to Islam. The men are believed to have received training at camps in Pakistan run by a group known as the Islamic Jihad Union. The third man being held is either Turkish or Pakistani and also allegedly received training in Pakistan.

German authorities says the men, all in their 20s, had obtained 700 kilograms of hydrogen peroxide which could have been used to produce explosive devices even larger than those used in the London and Madrid train bombings.

In Strasbourg, the European Union's top justice official, Franco Frattini, says despite the arrests, the threat level in Europe has not been reduced.

"All sources indicate that the threat of new terrorist attacks continues to be high," he said.  "Our member states' authorities have been able to prevent a number of attacks, for which we must be very grateful. I am talking about Spain, Italy, Belgium, U.K. and Germany."

Officials say the suspects were under surveillance for a long time. They were arrested Tuesday at a vacation home in central Germany.

In recent months, German and U.S. officials have warned of the possibility of new attacks, and security measures have been enhanced.

1 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。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。