Reports about the investigation say the alleged gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, had contacts with a militant imam in Yemen and may have transferred money to some individuals or groups in Pakistan, where many militant groups operate.

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So, defeated political groups might well -or individuals who were the heads of those groups might decide they have to get out of town.

所以,政治上失利的一方,或者这方的领导人,会做出决定,离开城市

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And in such a world, even a sovereign state will be endangered either from other states or from groups and individuals devoted to terror and destruction.

在这样的世界里,即使是主权国家,也可能受到来自他国的侵犯,或者是个人以及团体的恐怖破坏。

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