VOA标准英语2010年-Times Square Bombing Suspect Ordered H

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani American who allegedly tried to detonate a car bomb in New York's Time Square, made his first appearance in a U.S. court late Tuesday. Police have been chasing down leads he is reported to have already provided. But as National Security advisor² James Jones and CIA chief Leon Panetta traveled to Pakistan, analysts⁴ were raising questions about which Pakistani militants⁶ might have trained Shahzad and how the failed bombing will affect US-Pakistan relations.

It's been more than two weeks since Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad allegedly attempted to detonate a bomb in New York City's crowded Times Square. 

Media reports say police are following leads Shahzad himself provided. 

Some Muslims say they are feeling the heat. 

This man says the FBI raided his home and downloaded information from his children's computers, loaded with cartoons.

Reporter:  "Do you know why they targeted you?"
Man:  "Yes, because my name is Muhammed and I am from Pakistan."

On raids in several states, FBI agents have taken at least three people into custody⁷. 

Shahzad reportedly told police he picked up $4,000 from this Dunkin Donuts shop outside of New York City. 

Owner of the Donut Shop:
"It's one thing to get the education to get the bomb," she said. "It's another thing to fund it."

US officials say Shahzad has told investigators⁸ he received bombmaking training in Pakistan. The U.S. administration has blamed the Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella for radical⁹ groups that oppose the Pakistani state.   

Philip Mudd, former chief of the FBI's National Security Division, says the Pakistani Taliban, based in Pakistan's tribal¹⁰ areas, has drawn¹¹ close to Al Qaida and now has international aspirations¹².

"When they become infected with the al-Qaida bug¹³, their idea of who they should target as an enemy changes," said Philip Mudd. "In this case we have a Pakistani group that in the past would have targeted Pakistanis or maybe Americans in Afghanistan and now because of its affiliation¹⁴ with al-Qaida says, let me target Americans in New York City."

Mudd suspects that increased pressure on the Pakistani Taliban in the form of US drone attacks could have prompted militants to directly target the US.

But he doubts that Shahzad, an American whose father was a senior officer in Pakistan's airforce, would have received training from top militants.

"You don't have to have access to high levels of al-Qaida or the Taliban to get rudimentary tradecraft and bomb-making training," he said. "The organization doesn't have to expose its inner-most secrets to pull in somebody from New York and say here's how to hook up some propane tanks."

 After the failed bombing, President Obama visited police in New York and congratulated them for catching¹⁵ Shahzad.

But Pakistan's operations against the Pakistani Taliban, in the border area with Afghanistan, may have been insufficient  in the eyes of US officials, analysts say.  

In light of the Pakistani Taliban's alleged¹ involvement, some speculate there could be a shift in US policy toward Pakistan.  

Lisa Curtis is an analyst³ at the Heritage Foundation:

"When somebody like Shahzad is easily able to find training and inspiration and easily connect up with these various militant⁵ groups in Pakistan, it shows that there is a certain level of tolerance¹⁶ for terrorist groups in the country," said Lisa Curtis.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there will be consequences for Pakistan if Pakistani-based terrorists launch a successful attack on U.S. soil.  But she did not say what those repercussions¹⁷ would be. 
 

1 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

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

5 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。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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》

9 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

10 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

11 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

12 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

13 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

14 affiliation   

n.联系，联合

参考例句：

• There is no affiliation between our organization and theirs,even though our names are similar.尽管两个组织的名称相似，但我们之间并没有关系。
• The kidnappers had no affiliation with any militant group.这些绑架者与任何军事组织都没有紧密联系。

15 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

16 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

17 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》