拉登“粉丝”为其庆祝50岁生日

时间：2007-03-15 00:24:47

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A picture of the head of the al-Qaeda terror network, Osama bin1 Laden2. The United States faces growing threats on multiple fronts with Al-Qaeda still the top danger, but Iran on the rise and on course to produce nuclear weapons early in the next decade, US intelligence chiefs said Tuesday. [AFP]

Osama bin Laden, if he's alive, celebrated3 his 50th birthday on Saturday, and his friends in the Taliban prayed for his long life.

The al Qaeda leader's long silence since the September 11, 2001 attacks has fuelled speculation4 that the world's most-wanted fugitive5 may have died, though many in the international intelligence community reckon Islamist militant6 Web sites would circulate word of his death.

"He is alive. I am 100 percent sure," Taliban spokesman Mullah Hayatullah Khan told reporters, adding that senior leaders were in touch with bin Laden.

Khan said special prayers were offered by Taliban fighters in camps in Afghanistan to mark bin Laden's birth on March 10, 1957, in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.

"We prayed that Allah may give him 200 years to live," Khan said.

"And we offered collective and long prayers for him because he is a great mujahid (holy warrior)."

The most recent videotape of bin Laden was released in late 2004.

But a long silence since then has fuelled rumours7 that bin Laden is unwell, or dead, though the United States fears that the al Qaeda network he founded is rebuilding its base in Pakistani tribal8 lands, and has forged ties with affiliates9 in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Dead or alive, bin Laden is revered10 by some as the symbolic11 leader of a global jihad, or holy war, against the United States, following the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington that killed more than 3,000 people.

 

如果奥萨马·本·拉登还活着的话，他已于上周六年满50周岁。当天，他在塔利班组织中的朋友们为他祈祷，祝愿他长命百岁。

这位基地组织领导人自9·11之后一直“销声匿迹”，因此很多人猜测这位世界上最"有价值"的逃犯可能已经不在人世，但国际情报组织的很多人则认为如果拉登已经死亡，伊斯兰军事网站上会发布这个消息。

塔利班组织发言人毛拉·哈亚图拉·可汗接受记者采访时说：“我可以百分之百的肯定，他还活着。”据他透露，塔利班的高级领导人们一直与拉登保持着联系。

可汗说，本·拉登于1957年3月10日出生于沙特阿拉伯的城市吉达，为了庆祝他50周岁生日，塔利班组织的成员们在地处阿富汗的军营为他举行了特殊的祈祷。

可汗说：“我们向真主阿拉祈祷，赐予他200年的生命。”

“我们为他集体祈祷了很久，因为他是一名伟大的圣战勇士。”

本·拉登最近一次在录像中露面是在2004年底。

但从那之后，他一直未露面，由此引起了有关他身患重病和死亡的谣言。但美国仍然担心拉登建立的基地组织网络会在巴基斯坦的部落地区重建恐怖训练基地，而且担心其已进一步加强了与欧洲、北非和中东地区成员的联系。

无论拉登如今是生还是死，自从9·11恐怖袭击之后，他就被一些人尊为全球圣战的精神领袖。2001年9月11日，他对美国的纽约和华盛顿发动的恐怖袭击造成了3000多人死亡。
 

 

 

Vocabulary:           

revere: to regard with awe, deference, and devotion（尊重；尊敬）


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1 bin yR2yz     
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。
2 laden P2gx5     
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。
3 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
4 speculation 9vGwe     
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
5 fugitive bhHxh     
adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者
参考例句：
  • The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
  • The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
6 militant 8DZxh     
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。
7 rumours ba6e2decd2e28dec9a80f28cb99e131d     
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传
参考例句：
  • The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
  • Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
8 tribal ifwzzw     
adj.部族的，种族的
参考例句：
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
9 affiliates 8039227006b7ce850a1cb99be5471e50     
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。
10 revered 1d4a411490949024694bf40d95a0d35f     
v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句
11 symbolic ErgwS     
adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的
参考例句：
  • It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
  • The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

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