万花筒 2011-07-18&07-20 拉登曾计划击落奥巴马座驾“空军一号”

 While hiding out in this Pakistani compound, Osama Bin¹ Laden² was hatching up a new nightmare scenario³. Bin Laden didn't want to just strike the United States on the 10th anniversary of the 911 attacks, he also wanted to kill the president. 

 

A U.S. official confirmed document seized at the compound, shows Bin Laden was hoping to shoot down Air Force One while President Obama was travelling overseas. However, the official is adamant⁴ there was no specific assassination⁵ plot uncovered. Bin Laden was essentially⁶ brainstorming⁷ ideas. But Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who commanded the Bin Laden raid while heading the CIA, warns Bin Laden was capable of more than just brainstorming in the years he hid out. 

 

For a long time, the sense was that he was an inspirational leader. But he wasn't the guy who was managing operations. And what we found out when we went into that compound is that,in fact, he was someone that was operating on an operational basis. 

 

General David Petraeus, the outgoing U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was also mentioned in the Bin Laden documents as a potential target to be shot down while he travelled in the war zone. A spokesman for Petraeus declined to comment. The focus now for Panetta is to keep attacking al Qaeda in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

 

Now is the moment following what happened with Bin Laden to put maximum pressure on them. Because I do believe that if we continue this effort, that we can really cripple al Qaeda as a threat to this country. 

 

The US has long said it believes al Qaeda remains⁸ very interested in high-profile attacks and would like nothing better than to bring down the US aircraft.

 

Apparently⁹, Osama Bin Laden was even talking about assembling a team of operatives. But of course, those Navy Seals killed him in the compound before he could carry his plans any further--Wolf.

 

And he--as you point out, he was targeting General Petraeus as well. General Petraeus, I take it, is getting ready to leave Afghanistan. He's going to be heading over the CIA. 

 

In very soon. In fact, the change of command ceremony that will turn everything over in Afghanistan to Marine¹⁰ Corps¹¹ General John Allen will take place Monday morning in Kabul. Petraeus will get on a plane, come back to the United States, retire from years of service in the active duty army and in fact, in the coming weeks, Wolf, do exactly that,take over at the CIA, which Defence Secretary Panetta just left to come over to the Pentagon.

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• 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。

2 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• 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。

3 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

4 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

5 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

6 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

7 brainstorming   

献计献策,合力攻关

参考例句：

• With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming)，正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
• We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

10 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

11 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。