VOA标准英语2013--美制裁黎巴嫩真主党领导人

 

Treasury¹ Designates Four Hezbollah Leaders 美制裁黎巴嫩真主党领导人

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on four members of Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based group which has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization since 1997. They are Khalil Yusif Harb, Muhammad Kawtharani, Muhammad Yusuf Ahmad Mansur and Muhammad Qabalan. 

These individuals were designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and their supporters for acting² for, or on behalf of Hezbollah. This means that their assets within the reach of the United States will be frozen. No U.S. citizen may engage in business with them.

Since the 1980s, Khalil Yusif Harb has served as a leader within Hezbollah. In 2010, he planned unspecified attacks against Israeli officials in Israel and later served as commander of a Lebanon-based special unit that focused on Israel. He has also been involved in Hezbollah’s finances, last year facilitating the movement of large amounts of currency to Yemen.

Muhammad Kawtharani has worked on behalf of Hezbollah's leadership to promote the group's interests in Iraq, including Hezbollah’s efforts to provide training, funding, political, and logistical support to Iraqi insurgent³ groups. Kawtharani last year assisted in moving fighters to Syria to support the Assad regime.

Muhammad Yusuf Ahmad Mansur served as an Egypt-based leader of a Hezbollah cell that targeted tourist destinations. In 2009, Mansur’s cell was disrupted and, along with a number of his fellow operatives, he was arrested for planning to carry out terrorist operations against Israeli and other tourists in Egypt. He was sentenced by an Egyptian court to 15 years in prison, but escaped and returned to Lebanon. 

Muhammad Qabalan was the Lebanon-based leader of Unit 1800, and Mansur’s superior, coordinating⁴ the Egyptian cell’s activities from Lebanon. For his involvement, he was sentenced in absentia by the Egyptian court, to life imprisonment⁵.

“Whether ferrying foreign fighters to the front lines of the Syrian civil war or inserting clandestine⁶ operatives in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere, Hezbollah remains⁷ a significant global terrorist threat,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen. “So long as Hezbollah spreads instability, conducts terrorist attacks and engages in criminal and illicit⁸ activities around the world, we will continue to sanction Hezbollah’s operatives, leaders and businesses, wherever they may be found.”

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 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。

3 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

4 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

5 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。

6 clandestine   

adj.秘密的，暗中从事的

参考例句：

• She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA.她是中央情报局秘密行动的负责人。
• The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。

7 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。

8 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。