访谈录 2008-02-09&02-11

He is the son of a terrorist¹. He says he wants his father to stop the violence. CNN's Aneesh Raman interviewed Omar Bin² Laden³.

At first glance, twenty-six-year-old Omar seems the image of a modern Middle-East. He drives a jeep, has dreadlocks and his wife is a British national. You'll never guess this is Osama Bin Laden's son.

Interviewer: What age did you start training with Al-Qaeda?

Omar:I started training maybe in fourteen.

As a child, Omar was a soldier in his father's army, training in Afghanistan like so many others. But by 2000, Omar felt Al-Qaeda was heading for a fight he didn't want any part of.

Omar: After a few years, we started the war, the fight becoming bigger and bigger and I see a lot things being bigger and my eyes are open on all, a lot things and I think what if I go outside and see how the life outside.

It was a decision Omar says his father accepted.

Omar:He told me if this is your...your what? [your choice, your decision] yeah, your decision. What I can tell you. I like you to be with me, but if you, this is your decision.

So father and son went their separate ways, but for Omar there was no running from the Bin Laden name, not after September 11, 2001.

Interviewer: Where were you when 9.11 happened? How did you first learn about it?

Omar: I am in Saudi Arabia.

Interviewer: Did you immediately think your father was behind it when you saw the news?

Omar: Yeah, maybe.

Interviewer: And what went through your mind?

Omar: The same, I'm younger, I don't know what I felt how I will have to feel. [he was only eighteen, nineteen] Sure when I see something get killed ,I feel sad.

Seven years later,his father is now the world's most wanted man.

Interviewer: Are you in touch with your father at all right now?

Omar: Sure not.

Inerviewer:Do you have any idea where he is?

Omar: No.

Inmtervierer:Do you think that he will ever get caught?

Omar: I don't think so.

The reason Omar says wherever Osama is, the people around him will never turn.

Omar: The people there is different from here. The people there is, has freedom between them and the God. They can do anything by God permission. They didn't care about the goverment..

As for Omar, he's caught between love of a father,

Interviewer: Do you think that your father is a terrorist?

Omar: You know I don't think my father is a terrorist.

and the hatred⁴ of tactics⁵ that kill innocent⁶ civilians⁷.

Omar: I like to say to my father, try to find another way to help or to find your God. And this is bomb, or this is weapons. He's not good to use it for anybody.

 

1 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

4 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

5 tactics   

n.策略；战术，兵法

参考例句：

• They planned the tactics for the next day's battle.他们制定好第二天的战术。
• He decided to switch tactics.他决定改变策略。

6 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。