Osama bin Laden called for the overthrow of the president of Somalia.

On the Internet audio leader of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden called for the overthrow of Somali President Ahmed Sharif, said AFP.
"The Sheikh Sharif ... as an Arab heads of enemies," - declared a terrorist. His call for bin Laden addressed "fighters of Somalia."
This is the second appeal bin Laden, appeared in the last week. March 14, "terrorist number one" declared "holy war" for the office of the Palestinian Authority, Israel, and accused some leaders of Arab countries, a moderate position in the Palestinian conflict, in collusion with Israel and Europe against Muslims.
Since 2006, Somalia has started a wave of clashes between the Islamist group, "The Union of Islamic Courts and the warlords' Counter-Terrorism Alliance for the Restoration of Peace". In October the same year, after the Islamists seized power in a country on the side of the field commanders made Ethiopia, which has troops in Somalia. The Ethiopian army invaded Somalia capital Mogadishu and restored the rule of pro-Western President of Somalia, Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed.
December 24, 2008 Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed was removed from office by the impeachment procedure. After his retirement in the country once again began a clash between Islamists and the government.
In January 2009, was elected president of Somalia, Sharif Ahmed, former chairman of the Union of Islamic Courts, which held talks with leaders of different militant groups to stop fighting. January 25, Ethiopian troops leave the country. Two weeks after the election of representatives of al-Qaida called for the fight against the administration's new moderate president, accusing him of being a U.S. surrogates.
In February, Sharif Ahmed agreed to accept a truce with the Islamists, and even impose Shariah norms in Somalia. Plan the introduction of Sharia in the country was approved by the Government on 10 March 2009.