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America the still-vulnerable

机译:美国仍然脆弱

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The disruption of an alleged al-Qaeda plot to plant a "dirty bomb" in Washington, DC, came just over a week after President George Bush had called on America "to be ready for pre-emptive action to defend our liberty". Between them, the two events mark a new stage in the war against terror. After months of agonising over who knew what before the September nth attacks, the country is now turning its attention to the threat al-Qaeda still poses. At the same time, the administration is getting to grips with the question of how far the doctrine of preventive action-largely uncontroversial in the case of specific threats from non-state terrorists-applies to countries that sponsor terrorism or have covert nuclear-weapons programmes. The arrest of Abdullah al-Muhajir at Chicago's O'Hare airport emphasised the obvious: that the war in Afghanistan has scotched the snake, not killed it. He had been arrested, said John Ashcroft, the attorney-general, while on a trip to identify targets for a "dirty bomb" (a conventional bomb designed to spray radioactive dust over parts of a city). Mr al-Muhajir is said to be a member of al-Qaeda. A second, unnamed, suspect in the plot has been ar- rested in Pakistan. Information released by the administration about this operation is fragmentary, to say the least; but so, too, may be its knowledge of what it says was to be al-Qaeda's first planned attack on an American city since September 11th.
机译:在乔治·布什总统呼吁美国“准备采取先发制人的行动捍卫我们的自由”仅仅一周之后,据称基地组织在华盛顿特区植入“肮脏炸弹”的阴谋遭到破坏。在这两个事件之间,这两个事件标志着反恐战争的新阶段。在经历了数月的争吵之后,该国在9月第n次袭击之前知道了什么。该国现在将注意力转移到基地组织仍然构成的威胁上。同时,政府正在处理以下问题:预防行动的原则在多大程度上没有争议(在非国家恐怖分子的特定威胁的情况下没有争议)适用于赞助恐怖主义或拥有秘密核武器计划的国家。阿卜杜拉·穆哈吉尔(Abdullah al-Muhajir)在芝加哥奥黑尔(O'Hare)机场被捕,这凸显了一个明显的事实:阿富汗的战争使这条蛇成为苏格兰人,而不是杀死它。司法部长约翰·阿什克罗夫特(John Ashcroft)在旅行中发现“脏炸弹”(一种旨在向城市部分地区喷洒放射性灰尘的常规炸弹)的目标时,他已被捕。据说穆哈吉尔先生是“基地”组织的成员。情节中的另一名未具名嫌疑犯已在巴基斯坦被捕。至少可以说,主管部门发布的有关该操作的信息是零碎的。但是,也可能是它知道这是基地组织自9月11日以来首次计划袭击美国城市。

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