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Nigerian military retracts claim that nearly all abducted students were released
[CNN] In an embarrassing blow to its perception from an increasingly skeptical public, the Nigerian military retracted Thursday a report that nearly all the 129 girls kidnapped this week from a school by suspected 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... bully boyz had been released. Just hours after one of the parents of an kidnapped girl claimed the Defense Ministry had lied Wednesday about all but eight girls finding freedom, the military issued a statement from the director of defense information that the initial report was "not intended to deceive the public." Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade's statement didn't indicate how many of the girls were unaccounted for as of Thursday. It said only: "The number of those still missing is not the issue now as the life of every Nigerian is very precious." Distraught parents have waited for news for four days, putting their faith in a military rescue, said Lawan Zanna, father of one of the students. Posted by: Fred 2014-04-18 |
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