“基地”组织仍然是加拿大的头号威胁

 　　OTTAWA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qaida and its affiliates¹ remain the leading terrorist threat to Canadians, showed the country's first annual public report on terrorism released Thursday.

　　"Home-grown violent extremists have been involved in attempts to recruit supporters, raise funds or acquire other forms of support," it said.

　　In late April, the country's national law-enforcement agency arrested a Tunisian and a Palestinian on terrorism charges after they allegedly planned to derail a passenger train on a New York- Toronto route in a plot police said was guided by "al-Qaida elements" in Iran.

　　Meanwhile, state-sponsored terrorism "remains² an ongoing³ concern," it said.

　　"Syria is emerging as a major theater of operations for terrorists," which will "heighten the terrorist threat to Canada, Canadians and Canadian interests," said the report, which flows from a counter-terrorism strategy the Canadian government unveiled last year.

　　In 2012, Canada singled out both Syria and Iran as "state supporters" of terrorism, and passed legislation that allows victims of terrorism to sue -- in a Canadian court -- foreign states that support terrorists dating back to 1985.

　　Canada has also added Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps⁴' s Qods Force as a "terrorist entity," along with such other organizations as al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

　　Also in the day, Citizenship⁵, Immigration and Multiculturalism⁶ Minister Jason Kenney said at a press conference that the government didn't want Canada to get a reputation as a "soft touch " for terrorism.

　　Canadians have been involved in deadly attacks in Algeria and Bulgaria linked to al-Qaida and the militant⁷ group, Hezbollah, respectively, he said.

　　This year, the Canadian Parliament passed the Combating Terrorism Act, which creates new offenses⁸ for leaving or attempting to leave Canada to commit a terrorist act, enhance the ability of a terrorist group to commit a terrorist act or participate in a terrorist-training camp that carry maximum prison terms ranging from 10 to 14 years.

　　According to the Canadian government, 36 Canadians were killed in terrorist incidents and 158 Canadian Forces members have lost their lives during Canada's mission in Afghanistan since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.

1 affiliates   

附属企业( affiliate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She affiliates with an academic society. 她是某学术团体的成员。
• For example, these security affiliates participated in the floating of 19,000,000,000 of issues in 1927. 例如，这些证券发行机构在1927年的流通证券中，就提供了一百九十亿美元的证券。

2 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。

3 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

4 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

5 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

6 multiculturalism   

n.多元文化

参考例句：

• Switzerland is well known for cheese fondue, penguin parades and its multiculturalism. 瑞士一向以芝士火锅，企鹅游行和多元文化等特色闻名于世。
• That may be one reason why multiculturalism came easily to it. 这也是多元文化容易适应发展的原因之一。

7 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。

8 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法