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Graphic ImageA London man faces charges that hetried to bring a missile into the United States. American officialssay the missile was to be used to shoot down a passenger airplane. 本文来自英语堂
Federal officials arrested Hemant Lakhani on Tuesday in Newark,New Jersey. They describe him as an international arms dealer. Theycharged him with trying to sell arms without a permit and providingmaterial support to terrorists. Mister Lakhani is sixty-eight yearsold, a British citizen born in India. 内容来自英语堂
His arrest followed eighteen months of investigation by American,British and Russian officials. The Russians told the Americans thatMister Lakhani had sought illegal arms from Russian crime groups.American investigators then began to observe his activities. 英语课堂englishtang.com
They say they secretly recorded many discussions between him andanother man. These recordings are at the center of the criminalcase. 英语堂:[www.englishtang.com]
Officials say the other man identified himself as a terroristseeking missiles for a Somali group. But he was really an informerfor the American government. 本文来自英语堂
American investigators say the two men discussed the purchase ofa Russian surface-to-air missile. They say Mister Lakhani knew theshoulder-launched-missile was to be used to attack an airliner inthe United States.
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The reported price for the missile was eighty-five-thousanddollars. Investigators say Mister Lakhani also promised to supplyfifty more missiles for five-million dollars. They say he alsoexpressed interest in buying tons of plastic explosive. 内容来自英语堂
Investigators say Mister Lakhani praised the September eleventh,two-thousand-one, attacks on the United States. He reportedly saidOsama bin Laden was a "hero" who "did a good thing."
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Officials say Russian security officers fooled Mister Lakhani.They told him they were missile suppliers. Officials say MisterLakhani thought the Russians had sold him a real missile. Butinvestigators had disabled it. The missile was then brought by shipfrom Russia to the United States. Federal agents seized the missileon Tuesday. english tang .com
Two other men are charged with making financial plans for thedeal. One is Yehuda Abraham, in his mid-seventies, the owner of agem business based in New York. The other is a thirty-eight-year-oldIndian citizen. Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed reportedly traveled to theUnited States this week from Malaysia. They and Mister Lakhani havenot had a chance to answer the charges against them. More courthearings are set for next week. 英语堂欢迎大家到来
Last November suspected al Qaida members tried to shoot down anIsraeli passenger plane with two missiles in Mombasa, Kenya. Theworldwide market in illegal arms is said to have hundreds andpossibly thousands of shoulder-launched missiles for sale. Americanmilitary officials are willing to provide anti-missile technology toairline companies, but say the equipment costs a lot. 英语课堂www.englishtang.com
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