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DUBAI, February 13, 2009
– An al Qaeda leader, in a video released on Islamist websites on
Friday, urged Somali militants to step up attacks against Somalia's new
moderate government, which he dismissed as U.S.-backed.
"Aim your arrows towards them..., direct your battles against them and
intensify your campaign against them," Abu Yahya al-Libi said on the
video. He called for a jihad, or holy war, against the new government of
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, a moderate Islamist who was elected late last month
as president.
"Prepare to fight against the campaign of conspiracies illustrated by
the recent farcical presidential election ..., which America -- the
world leader of infidels -- was the first to welcome," Libi said.
Source: Reuters, Feb 13, 2009
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