Following are excerpts
from an Iranian children's show on Bin Laden and 9/11, which aired on
Iranian Channel 2 on May 13, 2011:
Presenter (Saeed):
Children, these days you've been hearing, time and again, about the
killing of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the Al-Qaeda group. How was
Osama Bin Laden created? From where did Al-Qaeda emerge?
To explain it to you,
let me say that Mr. Bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1957.
About 30 years ago, the USSR invaded Afghanistan and waged a war against
it. As you know, the USSR was an adversary of America. America wanted
to fight them, but not directly. Therefore, they brought Mr. Bin Laden
from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan, and helped him to establish a group
called Al-Qaeda. He received financial aid and military equipment and
training from the US. All the documents are available.
Child portraying the
Americans: Okay, Mr. Bin Laden? No problem?
Bin Laden: It's
okay, but I have very little money.
Child portraying the
Americans: Don't worry. Money is no object.
Bin Laden: Well
done. In your honor, I will shoot a partridge now.
Bin Laden shoots two
birds down.
Child portraying the
Americans: All these birds?!
Bin Laden: They
are very tasty.
Presenter (Saeed):
Did you see? That's how it was. After the war between the USSR and Afghanistan
ended, nobody heard of Bin Laden or his group for a long time. There
was silence about them, but [Al-Qaeda] maintained its ties with America
behind the scenes, so that when conditions were ripe for America, it
would use this group again. This is how it was until 11 September, 2001,
with regard to which documents are available as well.
Child portraying pilot:
Oh, Mr. Bin Laden.
Bin Laden: Go,
pilot. Go, pilot. Don't worry.
Child portraying pilot:
Yes, yes.
Bin Laden: Don't
worry. What an airplane!
Child portraying pilot:
Where to? Where to?
Bin Laden: Turn
left. To the left. Up, up, go forward. That's right.
Child portraying pilot:
Watch out, the tower!
Bin Laden: Why
doesn't the stewardess bring us tea, or something?
Child portraying pilot:
Okay.
Bin Laden: Go
on. I'm protecting you. I'm right behind you.
Child portraying pilot:
Mr. Bin Laden, there's a tower.
Bin Laden: Right,
right. Look, it's the next street. That's the one. Fly to the middle
of the tower.
Child portraying pilot:
That one?
Bin Laden: Wait
a second. I think I left my pyjamas behind.
Child portraying pilot:
I can't stay like this for long.
Bin Laden: Stay
here. Saeed will go with you. I have to go and get my pyjamas. Go straight
to the middle of the tower. Saeed, you go with him, so he won't be alone.
Child portraying pilot:
Saeed, close the door. It's too late. Make a run for it.
Presenter (Saeed):
Me? In that thing? Are you mad? Go by yourself. Did you see? He went
by himself.
Bin Laden's voice:
Brother, fly into the middle of the tower.
Footage from 9/11
showing plane crashing into tower
Presenter (Saeed):
What a strange thing. The coward got out.
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