19 Mar 2010

The parties that support these ideas will suffer adversities, and the same ideas will shift to their countries. We urge these states to stop backing these movements because the Somali people wish to live in peace and security. Our people are Muslim, and there is no place for extremism in Somalia.

- Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on countries supporting terrorism (Read: Eritrea) in an interview with Saudi leaning Pan-Arab Daily Asharq al Awsat P.S. he denies the rumor that U.S. ground troops will take part in a major Somali offensive in the near future.