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| Bin Laden condemns Somalia leader | Bin Laden condemns Somalia leader |
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| Osama Bin Laden has called for the overthrow of Somalia's moderate Islamist president in an audio recording published on the internet. | Osama Bin Laden has called for the overthrow of Somalia's moderate Islamist president in an audio recording published on the internet. |
| Bin Laden said President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed had "changed and partnered with the infidel". | Bin Laden said President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed had "changed and partnered with the infidel". |
| Mr Ahmed was inaugurated in January after UN-brokered reconciliation talks and has promised to introduce Sharia law to the strongly Muslim country. | |
| But al-Shabab insurgents, allied to al-Qaeda, have continued to fight him. | |
| Correspondents say the voice on the recording could not be immediately verified but it resembles that of Bin Laden and was published on known militant websites. | |
| The 12-minute tape - entitled "Fight on, champions of Somalia" - carried an often-seen image of Bin Laden with a map of Somalia in the background. | |
| The tape said the Somali leader's election had been "induced by the American envoy in Kenya". | |
| It accused Mr Ahmed of having "changed and turned back on his heels... to partner up with the infidel" in a national unity government. | |
| It added: "How can intelligent people believe that yesterday's enemies on the basis of religion can become today's friends? | |
| "This can only happen if one of the two parties abandons his religion." |