AL JAZEERA: Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, has called on the people of Somalia to overthrow Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, their president.
Bin Laden made his comments in an audio recording that was posted on a website on Thursday.
He described Sheikh Ahmed as a person who disowns Islam.
As-Sahab, al-Qaeda's media company, released the tape entitled Fight on, champions of Somalia, in which Bin Laden said: "He [Sheikh Ahmed] must be dethroned and fought."
Bin Laden compared Sheikh Ahmed to Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president, and Ahmed Shah Massoud, a prominent commander who fought during a 10-year war against Soviet occupation in Afghanistan.
"These sorts of presidents are the surrogates of our enemies and their authority is null and void," the Bin Laden said. >>> Al Jazeera and agencies | Thursday, March 19, 2009
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