MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia's new talaban president on Saturday told al-Qaida to stop interfering in the affairs of the war-ravaged country.In a tape published last week, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called Somali talaban President ex-jehadist Sharif Sheik Ahmed an "infidel" and urged Somalis to overthrow his government."Al-Qaida has never helped Somalis reach a peaceful solution and has never wanted Somalis to have a government," Ahmed told journalists in the capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday, a day after returning from a tour of African nations. "Al-Qaida did not teach us the Islamic religion and has not given us any support so I urge them to leave us alone," he said.Ahmed, elected president by parliament in January, is a former fighter with the Islamic insurgency that is trying to overthrow the government. His faction signed a peace deal with the government last year and Ahmed is seen by many as a moderate...more.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090328/ap_on_re_af/af_somaliaThe growing, and mysterious, irrelevance of al-Qaeda
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