2007年VOA标准英语-Five Arrested in British Anti-Terror Sweep

By Tom Rivers
London
23 January 2007

Police officers stand outside a semi-detached house in High Wycombe, England, after a anti-terror raid (File photo)

Five men have been arrested in two separate anti-terror raids in northern England. For VOA News, Tom Rivers in London reports.

Police say the two operations were unrelated.

In the first, two men in their 20s were detained in separate locations in the city of Halifax, 320 kilometers north of London.

A number of premises¹ there and an apartment in north London are being searched as part of that investigation². A police source says the two detainees are being questioned in a London police station about so-called extremist material that could be seen as promoting the ideology³ of terrorism.

In a separate operation, three men have been arrested in and around Manchester in northwest England. Two are in their early 20s and one is in his early 30s. It is believed the men, whose names have not been disclosed, are being questioned about the disappearance⁴ of a terrorism suspect who is thought to have fled the country last month.

In a written statement, Manchester police say it is not believed the men are directly linked to any planned terrorism activity in Britain.

All five individuals are being held under the British Terrorism Act of 2000.

Authorities also say none of those arrested is connected in any way to either of the two London bombings in July 2005.

British anti-terrorism officers have made hundreds of arrests since the September 11, 2001, bombings in the United States, but just a handful have been successfully prosecuted⁵.

Last November, the head of Britain's domestic intelligence agency warned that extremists here were plotting at least 30 different terrorist attacks.

1 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• 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。

3 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

4 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

5 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。