WHEN he gave interviews to foreign journalists, which he did rarely,Osama bin Laden had a way of looking down at his hands. This, and his soft, slightly raspy voice, and his gentle eyes-as well as the fact that he allowed no instantaneous translation-helped conceal what he was saying: that it was the duty of all Muslims to kill unbelievers, especially Americans, and then when he had seen the bodies of the infidels flying "like dust motes" on September nth 2001, his heart had filled with joy. His mien was that of the sage, not the killer. He seldom shed blood himself, though his treasured Kalashnikov, which he carried everywhere, was said to have been wrested in single combat from a Russian soldier in Afghanistan. As a rule he observed from afar as "his boys" blew up the American base at Khobar in Saudi Arabia, or the uss Cole in Yemen (he wrote a poem about that, the little dinghy bobbing on the waves) or the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, where in 1998 more than 200 died. Terrorism could be commendable or reprehensible, he smoothly agreed, but this was "blessed terror", in defence of Islam. At first he denied any part in the 9/11 attacks, but at last pride got the better of him: yes, it was he who had guided his 19 brothers towards their "easy" targets.
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机译：当奥萨马·本·拉登（Osama bin Laden）对外国记者进行采访时（他很少这样做），他有一种低头的方式。这以及他柔和，略带沙哑的声音，柔和的眼睛以及他不允许即时翻译的事实掩盖了他在说的话：所有穆斯林都有责任杀害不信者，尤其是美国人，并且然后，当他在2001年9月n看到异教徒的尸体“像尘埃一样飞翔”时，他的内心充满了喜悦。他的风俗是圣人，而不是杀手。尽管他随身携带的宝藏的卡拉什尼科夫（Kalashnikov）曾在一次战斗中从阿富汗的一名俄罗斯士兵手中夺走，但他很少流血。通常，他从远处观察到，“他的男孩”炸毁了位于沙特阿拉伯的科巴尔的美国基地，或炸毁了也门的美国科尔（他写了一首诗，那是小浪荡漾的波浪）或美国使馆炸毁了。肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚，1998年有200多人死亡。他顺利地同意，恐怖主义可能是值得赞扬或应受谴责的，但这是捍卫伊斯兰教的“祝福恐怖”。起初，他否认了9/11攻击的任何内容，但最后，骄傲使他变得更好：是的，正是他指导了19个兄弟向他们的“轻松”目标迈进。
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