Image relesed by IntelCenter shows Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a 33 minute video entitled "Practical Steps to Liberate Palestine." Bin Laden has called on radical Islamists in Somalia to overthrow new President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, according to an audiotape posted on the Internet. (AFP/IntelCenter/null)From Yahoo News/AFP:
DUBAI (AFP) – Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on radical Islamists in Somalia to overthrow new President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, according to an audiotape posted on the Internet on Thursday.
Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, was elected president of the war-ravaged African state in January following UN-brokered reconciliation talks but faces a tough task to bring peace to a country wracked by civil war since 1991.
"This Sheikh Sharif... must be fought and toppled," bin Laden said in a message addressed to the "champions of Somalia," the third audiotape attributed to bin Laden that has been broadcast this year.
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More News On Bin Laden's Call For The Overthrow Of Somalia's Leader
Bin Laden: Topple Somalia's leader -- Al Jazeera
Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message -- AP
Purported bin Laden tape urges Somalis to overthrow new president -- CBC News
Topple Somali leader - Bin Laden -- BBC
New Bin Laden Tape Calls for Somali President's Ouster -- Voice of America
