基地组织宣誓要在新任领导人扎瓦希里(Ayman al-Zawahiri)领导下继续进行反对美国,以色列及其盟友的圣战。扎瓦希里是次位于上个月被美国突击队击毙的基地组织头目本拉登的二号头目。我们的记者Frank Gardner报道。
Al-Qaeda's new leader is already a familiar face. Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri, who turns 60 this Sunday, worked hand in glove with Osama Bin Laden for years, giving him strategic vision, encouraging him to "think global" and to hit the West where it hurt. Today, he faces the challenge of trying to prove al-Qaeda's relevance to the millions casting off dictatorship around the Middle East. And as an Egyptian, there are questions over whether he can command full allegiance from the group's Saudi and Yemeni members.
基地组织的新任领导人已经是一个很熟悉的面孔。本周日就60岁的扎瓦希里曾与本拉登密切合作多年。为他提供战略性的观点,并鼓励他要从全球的角度去思考,袭击西方国家的要害。如今,他面临证明基地组织与中东地区推翻独裁统治的数百万人的关联的挑战。而作为一个埃及人,他是否能够控制住沙特和也门的成员,令人质疑。
An American government spokeswoman said it barely mattered who was running al-Qaeda because its ideology was bankrupt.
美国政府女发言人表示,由谁来经营基地组织几乎无关紧要,因为它的意识形态已经破产。