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音频下载: 2017年英语六级听力模拟练习材料及音频(5)
If Mourad Benchellali's life had gone as planned, hewould not be here,
warning about the dangers ofmilitant Islam. Fourteen years ago, he had a job
anda fiancee.Then he went to Afghanistan,and his lifeturned upside down.
He says his older brother tricked him into going toAfghanistan for a
vacation. Instead, he ended up atan al-Qaida training camp.And few months later
a prisoner at US Guantanamo Bay detentioncamp.
Today, 33-year-old Benchellali is back home in Venissieux, a gritty suburb
of Lyon, in centralFrance. He is telling his story so young people will think
twice before joining jihads in the MiddleEast.
People don't find all the answers because every story is personal. But I
help them find somekeys.
Middle East and North African specialist Mansouria Mokhefi says French
authorities are alsosearching for answers.
“The most important questions today are why are these young people leaving
France? And,above all, what has failed in France to have the young people
leaving for jihad?"
These questions are being asked across the country, but especially in
places like Venissieux,where youth unemployment is high and drug dealers lurk in
the shadows. It is here whereBenchellali grew up,and where his older brother
turned to radical Islam.
Benchellali says he paid the price for that brother's deceit. He spent 30
months in Guantanamobefore being transferred to French custody.He wrote a book
about his experience. He called it AJourney to Hell. |
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发表于 2017-12-12 21:38:41