2006年VOA标准英语-Egyptian Police Kill Militant Blamed for B

By Challiss McDonough
Cairo
09 May 2006
 
Egyptian police on Tuesday said they killed the suspected leader of the militant¹ group blamed for last month's deadly bombings in the Red Sea resort of Dahab.  Police say they arrested another man after a long gunbattle in North Sinai.  

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Egyptians march at site where three bombs ripped through Egypt's Red Sea resort of Dahab  
  

Egyptian security forces had been looking for the man they identified as Nasser Khamis El-Mallahi since shortly after the triple bombings in Dahab last month, which killed at least 19 people.

They say he led the Islamist militant group known as Tawhid and Jihad, which they say carried out not just the Dahab bombings, but also two earlier attacks on tourist resorts in the Sinai Peninsula.  Police say the group was based in El-Mallahi's home town of El-Arish, near the Mediterranean² coast in North Sinai. 

Interior Ministry³ spokesman Hamdy Abdel-Karim says police, acting⁴ on a tip, found El-Mallahi and an accomplice⁵ hiding on a farm outside El-Arish.

"This morning security forces surrounded him and cut off all escape routes," he said.  He says there was a heavy exchange of gunfire between the two fugitives⁶ and police.

He says two machine guns, ammunition⁷ and hand grenades were found.

The interior ministry says El-Mallahi's right-hand man was arrested after the gun battle, and was not wounded.  He was identified as Aliyan Abdullah Abu Grair.

In addition to the Dahab attacks, police are linking the El-Arish militant group to multiple bombings in the Sinai resorts of Sharm El-Sheikh and Taba beginning in 2004.

Each attack has been followed by a massive security sweep of Sinai and hundreds if not thousands of arrests.  The Sinai crackdowns have been heavily criticized by local and international human rights groups. 

"The security response was really massive and was not something that I could describe as targeted, as thousands of people, there were some credible⁸ reports that thousands of people have been massively arrested, with no basically charges, with no revealing their whereabouts, and most of the time denying that people have actually been arrested," said Fadi Al-Qadi, Human Rights Watch spokesman.

Al-Qadi says there are credible reports that some detainees have been tortured.

"We have been also asking the Egyptian government, the interior ministry, to reveal the whereabouts of those detainees, to reveal the numbers, to publish a public record of the names of those people who have been arrested, to allow access to defense⁹, to enable families and relatives to visit," he said. "None of that happened."

Analysts¹⁰ and human rights workers say the severity of the crackdown in North Sinai is further alienating¹¹ the already marginalized population of the region.

El-Mallahi is reported to have been about 30 years old.  Egyptian authorities say the group he led was locally based, drawing its members from the area around El-Arish.  But security analysts say it is likely that the group has some kind of ties to al-Qaida.

1 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。

2 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• 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。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• 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。

5 accomplice   

n.从犯，帮凶，同谋

参考例句：

• She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
• He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。

6 fugitives   

n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分

7 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

8 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

9 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。

10 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。

11 alienating   

v.使疏远( alienate的现在分词 )；使不友好；转让；让渡（财产等）

参考例句：

• The phenomena of alienation are widespread. Sports are also alienating. 异化现象普遍存在，体育运动也不例外。 来自互联网
• How can you appeal to them without alienating the mainstream crowd? 你是怎么在不疏忽主流玩家的情况下吸引住他们呢？ 来自互联网