Heroes, Terrorists and Osama

We regard that as a crusade against Islam, and if they attack Islam we will protect ourselves because then we would have a clear right to do so.

Do you still feel the Ogaden region of Ethiopia belongs to Somalia?

Really the Ogaden is a Somali region and part of Somalia and Somali governments have entered two wars with Ethiopia over it, and I hope that one day that region will be a part of Somalia.

There are also Somali majorities in other regions, in Djibouti, in Kenya. And Somaliland wants to be an independent country in the north of Somalia. Do you see those places as you see the Ogaden?

Every community has a right to get freedom first and eventually we will have time to vote for the rights of the different regions of Somalia, whether they should be free or not. The relations between Somalia and Kenya are good now, and [eventually] the people in Kenya can vote for their right to be part of Kenya or part of Somalia. Kenya is different than Ethiopia, because Ethiopia is interfering in Somalia.

Somali pirates operating from your coast have given the country a bad name and even now are holding ships they've seized.