首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
If Najibullah Zazi is everything the FBI says he is, then the Afghan-born Denver airport-shuttle-bus driver represents a new kin
If Najibullah Zazi is everything the FBI says he is, then the Afghan-born Denver airport-shuttle-bus driver represents a new kin
admin
2014-03-03
47
问题
If Najibullah Zazi is everything the FBI says he is, then the Afghan-born Denver airport-shuttle-bus driver represents a new kind of menace for the U.S.. His arrest is a double blessing: it may have thwarted a terrorism plot, and it could give counter terrorism officials a goldmine of information on al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the state of the global jihad.
It may be weeks before we know if Zazi is indeed a terrorist. Although the FBI believes he and others were plotting to bomb targets in the U.S., Zazi has been charged only with lying to the authorities. He and his father Mohammed have denied involvement in any terrorism plot. The FBI is working to build a stronger case against the pair, and terrorism-related charges are expected imminently. But if it turns out the FBI’s suspicions are accurate, then counter terrorism experts will be especially interested in Zazi—not least because of his origins.
Afghans "have not been a major component of the transnational jihadi network," says Kamran Bokhari, director of Middle East analysis at the intelligence firm Stratfor. Afghan jihadis have tended to join the Taliban, which has traditionally limited its attentions to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. But Robert Grenier, a former CIA station chief in Pakistan, believes the Taliban’s worldview has changed a great deal since the government it ran was overthrown by the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. "The Afghan Taliban see themselves quite differently now from 9/11: many of the leaders now see themselves as part of the global jihad," says Grenier, who now heads the consulting firm ERG Partners.
So it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Taliban decided to mount a plot against targets in the U.S. "There are probably people in the Taliban who are saying, ’To get rid of the U.S., it’s not enough to fight them here,’" says Lawrence Korb, a national-security expert at the Center for American Progress. After all, he points out, al-Qaeda’s rationale for attacks on the U.S. was "to get us out of Saudi Arabia."
Nor is the sentiment restricted to the ranks of the Taliban. "Lots of Afghans see the U.S. presence as an occupation, and I can easily see how some of them would be motivated to strike at the U.S. wherever they can," Grenier says. Korb points out that there is a great deal of anger among Afghans over U.S. policies in their country. "There are people who feel we didn’t keep our promises—President Bush talked of a Marshall Plan for Afghanistan," he says. "Some Afghans now wonder if we’re not just like the Soviets."
It’s hard to know if the Taliban has been specifically recruiting Afghans for international operations. If Zazi turns out to be linked to a terrorism plot, he may be no more than "an instrument of opportunity, someone who got in touch with them, who shared their ideology, and whom they thought they could use," says Bokhari.
Apart from Zazi’s Afghan background, counter terrorism experts will be especially keen to know about his associations in Pakistan. The FBI says Zazi has admitted he spent time at an al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan in 2008, receiving training in weapons and explosives. If that is true, then Zazi could be a very valuable source of information on how al-Qaeda trains jihadis now. What U.S. counter terrorism officials know about jihadi training camps is based mostly on intelligence gleaned after al-Qaeda’s.bases in Afghanistan were overrun in 2001. Relatively little is known about the camps in Pakistan, which are located close to the border with Afghanistan.
"If Zazi met or trained with terrorists along the Afghan-Pakistan border, any insights we glean could add considerably to our ever expanding base of knowledge on al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups," says a U.S. counter terrorism official. "That’s a good thing for us and very bad thing for our enemies."
Which of the following is NOT true about Zazi?
选项
A、He is a terrorist.
B、He was born in Afghan.
C、He was once in Pakistan.
D、He is a driver at Denver airport.
答案
A
解析
此题是事实题。虽然FBI认为Zazi是一名恐怖分子,但还需几个星期来证明这一推测。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/r7ZO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Inthelongest-termstudyofitskind,researcherspittedtwopopulardietsheadtohead—alow-fatAmericanHeartAssociation
EnglishforSpecificPurposesESP:EnglishforSpecificPurposesESL:EnglishasaSecondLanguageI.DifferencebetweenESPan
Theindustrialagehasbeentheonlyperiodofhumanhistorywhich1.______mostpeople’sworkhastakentheformofjobs.Thei
Writeanessayofabout400wordsonthefollowingtopic:OntheLimitationofBookKnowledgeInthefir
Justas【1】______isfamousforthetango,soAmerican【1】______iswell-knownforjazz,atypicalAmericaninvention.Unliketra
InthehistoryofEngland,thefamousMagnaCarta(greatCharter)wasimposedin______.
J.D.Salinger’snovel______isregardedasastudents’classic.
A、Theywereallabovethirtyyears.B、Alltheworkmatesweretoughtoher.C、TheoldestworkmatewasoldNellie,whowas74year
Readingmakesafullman;conferenceareadyman;andwritinganexactman.Andtherefore,ifamanwritelittle,hehadneedhav
One-clickContent,NoGuaranteesWikipediaisthefirstmajorreferenceworkwithademocraticpremise.Itssignaturestreng
随机试题
简述资源管理策略的类型。
A、 B、 C、 D、 A
患儿男性,14岁,主因“血尿15天,发热、剧烈头痛1周、皮疹2天”入院。15天前患儿母亲发现患儿尿色发红,为浓茶色,无尿频、尿痛及腰痛,未就诊。l周前患儿出现发热,体温最高39℃以上,伴头痛,喷射性呕吐;于当地医院以扁桃体炎治疗,肌内注射“柴胡、利巴韦林”
可可豆脂是较理想的栓剂基质,但若加热超过36℃时,可可豆脂则()
下列关于劳动合同期限的说法中,正确的是()。
网下配售比例只能保留小数点后3位,网上配售比例不受限制,由此形成的余股由主承销商包销。()
阅读下面材料,根据要求作文。人活在世上,不免要承担各种责任,小至对家庭、亲戚、朋友,大至对国家和社会。而教师承担的责任,则是非常特殊的,你对教师的责任有什么看法?请根据上述材料给你的启示,联系实际,以“教师的责任”为题,写一篇论述文。
课程评价过程中要经历把焦点集中在所研究的课程对象、()等步骤。
分层抽样【华南师范大学2013、2016】
A.advisedB.causeC.considerationD.costlyE.demandsF.differsG.hardH.hintI.inhibited
最新回复
(
0
)