奥巴马痛斥恐怖组织罪行

Terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and al-Shabab do not think African life is valuable, President Obama has said in response to the Uganda bombings.

美国总统奥巴马对乌干达爆炸案做出回应，称诸如基地组织与阿尔沙巴布之类的恐怖组织是不会认为非洲人们的生命是有价值的。

Barack Obama has Kenyan heritage

At least 74 people were killed in blasts targeting people watching the World Cup.

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it was behind the attacks because Uganda supports Somalia's government.

An US administration official said al-Qaeda was racist¹（种族主义者） and used black Africans as "cannon² fodder³（炮灰） ".

In an interview on South African television, Mr Obama said: "What you've seen in some of the statements that have been made by these terrorist organisations is that they do not regard African life as valuable in and of itself.

"They see it as a potential place where you can carry out ideological⁵（思想的，意识形态的） battles that kill innocents, without regard to long-term consequences, for their short-term tactical gains."

An administration official went further, saying that the Ugandan attacks show that "al-Qaeda is a racist organisation⁴ that treats black Africans like cannon fodder and does not value human life".

In his interview Mr Obama said it was both tragic⁶ and ironic⁷ that the blasts had taken place while people were celebrating the success of a World Cup staged in South Africa.

"On the one hand, you have a vision of an Africa on the move, an Africa that is unified⁸, an Africa that is modernising and creating opportunities, and on the other hand, you've got a vision of al-Qaeda and al-Shabab that is about destruction and death."

About 5,000 African Union troops from Uganda and Burundi are based in Mogadishu, propping⁹ up the fragile interim¹⁰（临时的，过渡的） government.

The Amisom force is engaged in frequent firefights with the Islamist insurgents¹¹（叛乱分子） who control much of southern and central Somalia.

Both Burundi and Kenya, which helps with training for the Somali interim government, have stepped up security.