时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(八月)


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Memorial ceremonies were held in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam 1 to commemorate 2 the 10th anniversary of the bomb attacks on the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed over 200 people. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, debate continues in Kenya over the merits of the expanded counter-terror efforts implemented 3 in the wake of the attacks.
 
Kenyan PM Raila Odinga accompanied by young victims, at the memorial for victims of the US embassy bombing in Nairobi, 07 Aug 2008


Several hundred people gathered at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in downtown Nairobi. Ten years ago, on the morning of August 7, a pickup 4 truck exploded outside the building, killing 5 over 200 people and wounding thousands. Minutes later another blast killed 11 people at the American mission in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.


Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga addressed the gathering 6.


"I recall vividly 7 the first moments of the tragedy that befell us on that day," he said. "I was in my car, about 22 kilometers from this epicenter when the force of the explosion literally 8 shook my car. As I rushed here, I could see numerous cars whose windshields and windows had been shattered. Buildings far from this sight had also been damaged. This site itself was too awful to behold 9. There were dead and wounded and blood everywhere. Nairobi had been rocked in its very sinew and had come to a standstill. The scale of this atrocity 10 shocked our nation to the core."


The anniversary came as Kenyan police continued to pursue the man suspected of organizing the attacks. Fazul Abdullah Mohamed, a native of the Comoros, is believed to be a member of al-Qaida and is on the American FBI's most-wanted list. He is also suspected of involvement in 2002 attacks on an Israeli hotel and aircraft near the coastal 11 city of Mombasa. Police say he recently passed into Kenya from Somalia and escaped ahead of a raid on a home in the coastal resort town of Malindi.


At the ceremony, Mr. Odinga pledged continued support for pursuing terrorism suspects. Kenyan counter-terrorism efforts have greatly expanded in recent years, with the establishment of a National Counterterrorism Center, a special anti-terrorism police unit, and widespread public education campaigns.
 
Kenyans form a line as they listen to speeches at the memorial for the victims of the US embassy bombing in Nairobi, 07 Aug 2008


Much of the expansion has come with U.S. support. Richard Barno, a researcher on terrorism issues in East Africa with the Institute for Security Studies in Addis Ababa, says U.S. programs provide support for monitoring Kenya's border with Somalia; training for naval 12 forces to watch the coast; and assistance to Kenyan intelligence and police.


"Having a partner to actually give you additional support, additional resources, is a good thing. The kind of support America provides, frankly 13, is very, very important to Kenya," said Barno.


But these measures have also encountered resistance, particularly from Kenya's Muslim community, concentrated on the coast and in the Northeast, near the border with Somalia, which claims it has been targeted by the government. Hassan Omar is a commissioner 14 with the government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.


"The counterterrorism initiative by and large is viewed by the majority of the Muslims in Kenya as a war targeted against Islam," said Omar. "And I think what has happened, the anti-terrorism policy, the state machinery 15, some of the legislation that has been proposed has gone to confirm some of that perception or belief."


Barno says some of these concerns have been exaggerated.


"It is there, especially among the Muslims along the coast. They will tell you that the fact that America is putting resources means that this is really not a Kenyan agenda but that this is an American agenda," he added. "But like I say it's really forgetting that in 1998, only 12 Americans died. 220-something Kenyans died. "


Mr. Odinga assumed the newly-created position of prime minister earlier this year following a disputed presidential election against the incumbent 16 president, Mwai Kibaki. Mr. Odinga's support base includes much of the Muslim community along Kenya's coast. And at Thursday's ceremony, he made sure to distance himself from charges of bias 17 against that community.


"Let me also assure Kenyans we will never scapegoat 18 any particular community. We take solace 19 from the fact that none of the three attacks was committed by a Kenyan," he said. "To scapegoat any section of our people or to disregard our laws in pursuit of suspects would in fact generate the very disaffection and extremism on which terror and terrorists thrive."


In 2003, the Kenyan government introduced legislation known as the Anti-Terrorism Bill, that would have greatly strengthened the hand of Kenya's Internal Security Ministry 20 and its police to pursue and detain terrorism suspects. But politicians were reluctant to support the bill and so far there has not been enough enthusiasm to reintroduce it.


Omar says the bill's contents appeared to allow for discrimination in targeting Muslims and allowed the government too much discretion 21 to brand organizations or individuals as terrorists.


"There has been a broad understanding globally that the fight against terrorism can only be won if we have a respect for human rights and the rule of law," said Omar. "And as long as in the past the government of Kenya has appeared to go against the grain of the rule of law, against the grain of our constitutional safeguards, against the very grains of international commitments and acceptable standards of human rights, they've had a stalemate in terms of pushing forward a counter-terrorism agenda in Kenya."


Despite the failure to pass the bill, Barno says the Kenyan government has improved its capacity to handle terrorist threats since the 1998 attacks.


"I would say that Kenya is more prepared now than it was 10 years ago because one, like I said, institutions have been created and two, the government security organs are actually serious about tackling terrorism," continued Barno.


The government's capacity has been called into some question however, with the latest failure to catch Mohammed, the suspected terrorist. The government has been highlighting its pursuit of Mohammed in recent days, perhaps signaling a new effort to undertake additional counter-terrorism measures.


 



n.额手之礼,问安,敬礼;v.行额手礼
  • And the people were so very friendly:full of huge beaming smiles,calling out "hello" and "salaam".这里的人民都很友好,灿然微笑着和我打招呼,说“哈罗”和“萨拉姆”。
  • Salaam is a Muslim form of salutation.额手礼是穆斯林的问候方式。
vt.纪念,庆祝
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  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
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n.拾起,获得
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
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n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
  • The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
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adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
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v.看,注视,看到
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n.残暴,暴行
  • These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
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adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
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adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
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n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • 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。
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构
  • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗?
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adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
n.偏见,偏心,偏袒;vt.使有偏见
  • They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
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n.替罪的羔羊,替人顶罪者;v.使…成为替罪羊
  • He has been made a scapegoat for the company's failures.他成了公司倒闭的替罪羊。
  • They ask me to join the party so that I'll be their scapegoat when trouble comes.他们想叫我入伙,出了乱子,好让我替他们垫背。
n.安慰;v.使快乐;vt.安慰(物),缓和
  • They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难,就在宗教中寻求安慰。
  • His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈,他便借酒浇愁。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
n.谨慎;随意处理
  • You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
  • Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。
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absorben
almond crescent
along in years
arc-stream voltage
assembly level
automatic steering device
black butter
bowl pack
braeriaches
broad-band antenna
carrier frequency amplifier
catastro-fuck
chilean natural potassium nitrate
cipher
clenoliximab
concentrating zone thin layer plate
contorsion
cypripedium calceoluss
dementia polysclerotica
Diploclisia
dot matrix size
dough plasticity
excess product
execution pripeline
extractum polygoni hydropiperis fluidum
extraperiosteally
extuberance
fayalite peridotite
fixed-arch bridge
fuckless
full-rich position
gap filling strategy
gear shaping machine
genemotor
give thanks
given the shaft
go hit the spot
gothicized
graving
handelsgesellschafts
homogeneous bounded domain
Japan Air Society
Krestsy
kryptol furnace
leaved
lens equation
long diagonal of indentation
longwall undercutter
machine wrench
maidservants
marry into money
mixture colours
molecular amplitude
money-man
monitoring device
montigny
mopstick handrail
moral wear
name-days
Navahoes
newkirlite
notice of suspend payment
OSAT
paedologist
paracholesterin
pcr products
platinum (pt)
plot elements
prangers
pulse regenerator
punchers
r-plasmid
ray cell
reactive potency
retch
Rhinophis
ribbon structure
river branching
rocker side dump car
shriveling up
sleeps out
smoke vapour meter
social exclusion
solar equation
soughingly
stone-carvers
stoop vault
sulcus for radial nerve
svat
taken out a patent for
temporized
to blast something
topic for discussion
torpe
trailing characteristics
trupentine camphor
Vasoconstrictine
vodeness
weak light source
weather controlled message
Wendlandia luzoniensis
X-ray tube voltage