Wright said he refused to write a scenario for the CIA but offered his suggestions on the show.
"First of all, [Bin Laden] is the most famous man in the world. He's going to be one of the most famous men in history. So you don't just deal with Osama bin Laden the man; you have to deal with bin Laden-ism and the legacy he's going to leave for untold generations," he said.
"So if you find him, don`t kill him. Because that`s what he wants, and his martyrdom will seal that legacy in amber for all eternity."
Instead, Wright suggested that Bin Laden be made to face the victims of his violence all over the world.
"Don`t bring him to America. Not right away. Take him first of all to Kenya, where on August 7th, 1998, he set off a bomb in front of the American embassy and killed 211 people…And then after that, take him to Tanzania, where on the same day, he set off another bomb in front of another American embassy, killing 11 people, all of them Muslims."
Finally, Wright said Bin Laden should be tried in accordance with Islamic law and executed in a public square in Saudi Arabia, according to local customs.
"The Saudi custom is that the executioner goes out and beseeches the crowd, who are composed of the families of the victims of the condemned man to forgive him. If they can't do that…the executioner will do his job."
After his death, Wright says Bin Laden should be buried in an unmarked grave. "I think in that way, you could begin to roll back some of his awful legacy," he said.
Wright, who spent years doing research about al-Qaeda, revealed that Bin Laden was never a billionaire as claimed by the Western media.
"He never had more than $7 million, which was his portion of his father's construction company."
Wright said the Sudanese government confiscated everything he owned when they expelled him in 1996 due to American pressure. He said the Al-Qaeda movement was "penniless" when they arrived in Afghanistan.
(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid). |
