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US dedicated to dismantling 'murderous' Boko Haram: White House
[Iran Press TV] The B.O. regime says the United States is dedicated to dismantling 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... , a Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... group that kidnapped about 300 Nigerian schoolgirls in April. The White House vowed in a statement on Tuesday that the US was working hard "to dismantle this murderous group," which it said had kidnapped hundreds of men, women, girls and boys, and killed 3,000 people in Nigeria. "President B.O. has directed that the US government do everything it can to help the Nigerian government find and free the kidnapped girls and, more broadly, to combat Boko Haram in partnership with Nigeria, its neighbors, and other allies," the White House said. Commenting on the issue, US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said, "We have aided in the investigations, including by deploying personnel on the ground, facilitated strategic communications, and provided assistance to the families. ... We will continue to work toward the release of all the girls who remain in captivity." Boko Haram -- whose name means "Western education is forbidden" -- says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian government. The leader of Boko Haram had threatened to sell the girls, who were undergoing Western education. "I kidnapped your girls. I will sell them in the market," Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video message. The kidnapping of girls sparked massive media coverage and dominated international media networks, but the story has almost faded since then. Six months later, more than 60 of the girls have managed to escape and the rest remain missing. In Nigeria, the parents of the kidnapped girls and their supporters have re-launched a campaign to draw world attention towards the issue. A month after the kidnappings, American historian Randy Short told Press TV that the Central Intelligence Agency had created and funded the terrorist group. Boko Haram "is a CIA-created and funded group," Short said, adding the group's "weapons come from Libya. We know that the commander of the so-called Libyan revolutionary forces, Mr. Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... was trained by the CIA." "There is larger scheme by the Angelo American white supremacist imperialistic power complex to break down the state they have invented in colonial eras for their purposes," he said. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-15 |
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