本拉登也是学霸！《纽约时报》曝光拉登书单_时事

本拉登也是学霸！《纽约时报》曝光拉登书单

To join Al Qaeda in Osama bin Laden’s day, prospective recruits had to take an arduousand risky journey to the network’s haven in the mountains of northwestern Pakistan, the heartland of global Islamist militancy.

想在奥萨马·本拉登时代加入基地组织的话，得千辛万苦历经风险才有望到达组织的港湾——巴基斯坦西北部的山区里这一全球伊斯兰武装分子活跃的心脏地带。

Then they had to fill in an application.

他们还得先填一份申请书。

The three pages of questions show how Al Qaeda, in its vision of itself as a disciplinednetwork of committed militants, blended the mundanely bureaucratic with the frighteningly absurd.

申请书的问题长达三页，问题提得武断专横又荒唐骇人，显示了基地组织欲建构一支忠贞不二且纪律严明的好战分子队伍的愿景。

The application, which was among nearly 80 documents and other materials, including books and press clippings, seized from Bin Laden’s compound during the raid by Navy SEAL members in May 2011.

这份申请在将近80份文件资料里找到的，其他还有书籍和剪报，均为海豹突击队2011年5月剿拉登驻地时缴获。

The material offers the deepest look yet into Bin Laden’s final years, much of which he appears to have spent sending missives to his subordinates, seeking to direct a terror network that appeared to have grown far beyond his control, and working his way through a pile of books that ranged from sober works of history and current affairs to wild conspiracy theories spun by anti-Semites.