VOA标准英语2009年-India to Request Interrogation of Mumb

 

Officials say they expect to complete an investigation¹ in four to six weeks that will lead to charges being filed against American David Coleman Headley.

Steve Herman | New Delhi 10 December 2009
 

In this courtroom drawing David Coleman Headley, left, pleads not guilty before U.S. District Judge Harry² Leinenweber, 09 Dec 2009

 

India is expected to eventually request extradition³ of an American citizen charged in Chicago with alleged⁴ involvement in planning last year's terror attack on Mumbai.  India is preparing its own criminal case against the 49-year-old man.

Indian government officials say they expect to complete an investigation in four to six weeks that will lead to charges being filed against David Coleman Headley.  He pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a U.S. federal court to charges including  conspiracy⁵ in last year's terror attack in Mumbai which killed more than 160 people.

Indian Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai says Headley's activities during five visits to India before the November, 2008, attack are being probed by the National Investigation Agency. 

"Once we file the charge sheet we will definitely be seeking access both for interrogation and, at a subsequent stage, definitely his extradition," said Pillai.

Headley, the son of a Pakistani father and American mother, faces 12 criminal counts in the United States, including charges he conducted surveillance of the key targets struck by terrorists in Mumbai.  He also faces charges of conspiracy to bomb locations in Denmark, in response to a Danish newspaper's publication in 2005 of cartoons depicting⁶ the Prophet Mohammed, which offended many Muslims.

American prosecutors⁷ say Headley - also known by his original name, Daoud Gilani - reported to the militant⁸ group Lashkar-e-Taiba, in Pakistan. That group has claimed responsibility for repeated attacks in India, for its occupation of Kashmir.

 U.S. Defense⁹ Secretary Robert Gates, testifying last Friday before a U.S. Senate committee, said Al-Qaida is providing the group "with targeting information and helping¹⁰ them in their plotting in India", hoping to provoke armed conflict between Pakistan and India.

A spokesman for the Indian External Affairs Ministry¹¹ says the American case against Headley exposes a wider conspiracy in Pakistan and puts the onus¹² on Islamabad to follow those leads to dismantle¹³ the terrorist infrastructure¹⁴ on its soil.

 

1 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。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

6 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

7 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。

8 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。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

11 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

12 onus   

n.负担；责任

参考例句：

• The onus is on government departments to show cause why information cannot bedisclosed.政府部门有责任说明不能把信息公开的理由。
• The onus of proof lies with you.你有责任提供证据。

13 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。

14 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。