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IN THE NEWS - December 7, 2002: Saudis Dispute Terror Critics


By Jerilyn Watson



This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS.


This week, the government of Saudi Arabia announced measures to prevent money from reaching terror groups.
The Saudi government also disputed accusations 1 that it has failed to do this in the past.


The administration of President Bush welcomed the Saudi announcement. The Bush administration had
suggested recently that Saudi officials do more to fight terror.


Adel al-Jubeir is an advisor 2 to Saudi Arabia’s acting 3 ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah. Mister al-Jubeir told
reporters in Washington Tuesday that Saudi Arabia has been criticized unfairly. He said his nation is the victim
of a campaign that borders on hate.


Mister al-Jubeir condemned 4 al-Qaida as a terrorist organization. He said Saudi Arabia is a target for Osama bin 5
Laden 6. The al-Qaida leader was born there. He is thought to have plotted the attacks on America of September
eleventh, two-thousand-one.


Mister al-Jubeir noted 7 that fifteen of the nineteen suspects killed in the attacks were Saudi citizens. He said al-
Qaida did this on purpose to harm Saudi ties with the United States.


A new report describes steps the Saudi government says it has taken since the September eleventh attacks. They
include ordering financial investigations 9 of Saudi organizations that give money to people suffering or the needy 10.
Saudi officials created a government agency to supervise these charities. Saudi Arabia says it is establishing a
process to follow the movement of charity money. It also is developing rules for sending charity money to other
countries.


Saudi charities receive as much as four-thousand-million dollars every year. Of that, Mister al-Jubeir said only
about ten percent is sent out of the country. He said the Saudi government has not found evidence that charity
money is reaching terrorists. He also said it was possible that terrorists may have received some money
mistakenly or through other groups.


Some reports say the Federal Bureau of Investigation 8 had examined charity payments made by Princess Haifa al-
Faisal. Her husband is the Saudi ambassador to the United States.


Saudi Arabia says it suspended activity in thirty-three bank accounts containing more than five-million-fivehundred-thousand dollars. The money belonged to three people. One of them, Wael Hamza Julaidan, served as a
director for a Saudi charity. He is suspected of having ties to Osama bin Laden.


Mister al-Jubeir said Saudi officials have questioned many people about al-Qaida. He said more than two-
thousand people have been questioned since the attacks in the United States. He said more than one-hundred are
still being held.


Both the United States Treasury 11 Department and the State Department praised Saudi cooperation in the campaign
against terrorism. Political observers say the Bush Administration wants Saudi Arabia’s support if there is a war
with Iraq.


This VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS, was written by Jerilyn Watson. This is Steve Ember.



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n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • 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。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的
  • He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
  • Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • 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。
n.调查,调查研究
  • 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。
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
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agaricinum
all revenue service
almond trees
asparagus schoberioides schoberioides kunth
Bacillus caviae fortuitus
bessy cercas
binfloxacin
bleh
borehole compensated sonic log
Botuquara
boundary constraint influence
brake arm
Burgers vector
calymmatobacterium granulomatiss
Carex tangiana
cellulose lacquer
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connecting passage
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drying box
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emeers
EMP (electromechanical power)
engine maintenance
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flagbearers
flashing-over
Foot-Drop
frankings
fruit butter
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generic subprogram
GMCF
graziane
Gull's renal epistaxis
gymnosporia diversifolia (hemsl.)
heat exchange coefficient
heavy offence
hemerocallone
hybrid hard disk drive
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inventory relevant cost
iron-stone
isoentropic efficiency
isonif
jambalaya
ketonic decomposition
kibibyte
Kirundo, Prov. de
lensher
lenticular degeneration
lilongwes
lipooxygenase
Louis VII
machine sheet
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main floor
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minipallet
naso-ocular facial cleft
neogastropods
of a truth
Orbieu
overwits
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PHT system
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potential difference of
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Pyramids of Giza
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readopt
reef-band
reference association
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sonorous voice
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thielsen mt.
thorium lead age
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tribromophenyl
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unfestival
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vaporous carry-over
Vespula vulgaris
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