BEIRUT, FEB 19, SPA -- SOMALIAN PRESIDENT ABDULLAH YOUSEF HAS CONFIRMED THE DETERMINATION OF HIS COUNTRY ON FIGHTING TERRORISM. IN A PRESS STATEMENT PUBLISHED HERE TODAY, THE SOMALIAN PRESIDENT SAID IN THE ABSENCE OF A STRONG AUTHORITY IN SOMALIA, TERRORISTS WILL CARRY OUT THEIR DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES WHICH RUN COUNTER TO THE WESTERN INTERESTS AS WELL AS TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE HORN OF AFRICA. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SOMALIAN PEOPLE WILL NOT ACCEPT TURNING THEIR COUNTRY INTO A COUNTRY THAT UNDERMINES SECURITY AND STABILITY IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.'WE ARE DETERMINED TO HIT WITH AN IRON FIST ANY PERSON WHO TRIES TO EXPLOIT THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SOMALIA FOR THE SERVICE OF HIS OWN INTERESTS', HE SAID AND ADDED 'THERE WILL BE NO PLACE FOR TERRORISTS IN OUR COUNTRY WHICH HAS PAID A HIGH PRICE DUE TO THE DEVASTATING WAR WHICH BROKE OUT IN 1991 FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE REGIME OF SIAD BARRI.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/426623