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March 21st, 2009
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Topic: Clerics Reject Bin Laden Call
March 21, 2009 Pg. 6 Somalia MOGADISHU--A group of influential Somali Islamic clerics has rejected Osama bin Laden's call to Somalis to overthrow the country's new president, the group's leader said Friday. Bin Laden issued a statement Thursday that outlined al Qaeda's ambitions in Somalia, which the United States has long feared to be a haven for the terror network. In the audiotape, bin Laden called Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed a turncoat and tool of the United States. |
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