关那塔摩释放囚犯重回恐怖组织

AS IT IS 2016-03-26 Detainees Freed from Gitmo Said to Spread Terror 关那塔摩释放囚犯重回恐怖组织

Detainees released from the prison in Guantanamo Bay have killed Americans, said a senior Defense¹ Department official this week.

Paul Lewis is the Pentagon's special envoy² for closing the prison in Cuba. He did not say if the incidents occurred during the terms of President George W. Bush or President Barack Obama.

"What I can tell you is unfortunately there have been Americans that have died because of detainees," Lewis told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The Associated Press quoted an unnamed Obama’s official who said the incident happened while Bush was president. Also, others have suspected that a former detainee was involved in the attack on the U.S. Consulate³ in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.

Guantanamo and Brussels

The information came during a briefing by Defense and State department officials to U.S. lawmakers. The briefing discussed how the U.S. prison in Cuba became a powerful tool of propaganda, or false information, for the Islamic State terror group.

Obama administration officials have said images of the prison remind people of torture and prison without trial.

"Countries across the world and allies tell us that Gitmo hurts us," Lewis said, using a shortened word for the Guantanamo facility. "By closing Gitmo, we address a concern of the rest of the world.”

But many Republican and some Democratic members of Congress oppose closing Guantanamo.

Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, said Wednesday that European allies might change their opinion after recent attacks in Belgium. Dozens were killed and hundreds were wounded this week in Brussels.

"Let me suggest that the attitude of our European friends may well be changing in the next six months or so when they realize that the slaughter⁴ that’s taking place in Paris and now in Brussels is part of an international movement to destroy Western civilization and replace it with a caliphate," he said.

Transfers continue

More than 85 percent of those detained at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 have been transferred to other countries.

According to intelligence reports, less than 5 percent of Gitmo detainees transferred during the Obama administration have returned to terrorism.

Some lawmakers, however, fear countries that have received Gitmo detainees, like Uruguay and Ghana, aren’t prepared to properly monitor them.

Words in This Story

envoy -- n. a person who 

consulate -- n. a place where 

propaganda -- n. information that means to persuade in a false way

Gitmo -- n. the nickname for the U.S. prison at Guantanamo? Bay, Cuba

caliphate -- n. an extremely religious form of government

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

3 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

4 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。