"Should we feed them in prison for years instead of hanging them?" he asked in a speech in 1984, defending the hanging of political activists after the army take-over.
" Ma xabsiyada ayaa ku quudinaa mudo sanado ah halkii aan daldali laheyd?" ayuu sheegay xilli uu khudbeynaayay sanadkii 1984, isagoo difaacaya go'aankii uu ku laayay siyaasiyiin iyo ololeeyiyaal.