VOA慢速英语2014 加入圣战组织的美国公民

 

AS IT IS 2014-09-03 US Citizens Fighting and Dying for Jihadist Groups 加入圣战组织的美国公民

That recording¹ is from a jihadist video available on the Internet. The video reportedly shows U.S. citizen Moner Mohammad abu-Salha. It is part of a propaganda campaign aimed at getting more Americans to join the fight.

“I have one word to say to you kafir (unbeliever): we are coming for you…”

Moner Mohammad abu-Salha was unlike the U.S. citizens who fought with the Islamic State and recently died in Syria. He fought for another jihadist group, the al-Nusra Front.

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is with the Foundation for Defense² of Democracies policy group.

“He was actually able to return to the United States after having been in Syria…and then go back to Syria, where he died as a suicide bomber³, which indicates that he evaded⁴ intelligence.”

Mr. Gartenstein-Ross says the United States has generally done a good job of making sure that foreign fighters do not return home to launch terror attacks. But he says the fact that one American was able to avoid discovery shows the dangers.

Of all the jihadist groups, U.S. officials and experts say the Islamic State is the most likely to be plotting such attacks.

Jonah Blank works for the RAND Corporation. He says the death in battle of American Douglas McCain shows the IS may not be preparing its Western fighters for attacks in their home countries.

“If that were its main goal, it wouldn’t have let him get anywhere near a bullet.”

Jonah Blank also says the way the Islamic State publicizes its successes on social media could harm any plot to export its terror.

“It does also present the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), Homeland Security and other security institutions, organizations with a really valuable way with keeping tabs on these individuals.”

Either way, the United States “is not turning a blind eye” to the Islamic State and its stated goals. Rear Admiral John Kirby is a Defense Department spokesman.

“We are taking not just a regional approach, but even, you know, a global approach to how we’re trying to look at what they’re trying to do.”

Officials say as many as 100 Americans are thought to have traveled to Iraq and Syria to help groups like the Islamic State. Adding Europeans, the number grows to 1,000 or more.

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 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。

3 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

4 evaded   

逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• For two weeks they evaded the press. 他们有两周一直避而不见记者。
• The lion evaded the hunter. 那狮子躲开了猎人。