Ali Khalif Galayr, the prime minister of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia, has denied that Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect behind last week’s terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, had any links to the Somali government. “We would like to share with the international community that the Somali government has neither a direct link nor an indirect relationship with Osama bin Laden,” Galayr said in a press statement on Friday. He said the Somali government supported all international efforts designed to eradicate terrorism and warned against unfounded and baseless accusations by “those who want to harm the reputation of the Somali government”.
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