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Boko Haram: 5 military planes destroyed, 24 insurgents killed
[AFRIQUEJET] The Nigerian Defence Headquarters on Monday confirmed the coordinated attacks on the Nigerian Air Force Base and some Nigerian Army locations in Maiduguri, the hub of the Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... terror activities. But it claimed that security forces successfully repelled the attacks which occurred at the early hours of Monday. Defence front man, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said that two Nigerian Air Force personnel were maimed while 24 Boko Haram forces of Evil died during the exchange of fire. Olukolade added that three military planes and two Nigerian Air Force Helicopters were destroyed during the attacks, adding that the helicopters have been the major weapon employed by the military in the attacks on the bad boy group in their camps. The attacks, he said, temporarily disrupted normal flight operations to and from the Maiduguri Airport. Nigerian airports and military bases are notorious for not having perimeter fences. Military sources said the 'dare-devil' coordinated attacks was Boko Haram's way of blotting the effectiveness of the main weapon of destruction against them. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-04 |
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