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Nigeria Loses City Of 100,000 To Boko Haram
[BREITBART] Following a Sunday predawn attack, Nigerian forces lost the town of Monguno, in northeastern Borno state, to 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... fighters. Monguno is home to approximately 100,000 residents as well as to Nigerian military barracks. According to CNN, an unnamed Nigerian military officer said, "Our soldiers initially repealed the gunnies but they mobilized more fighters and came back in full force. They overwhelmed our troops and forced them to retreat." The officer indicated that Boko Haram launched a simultaneous attack on the city of Maiduguri, which has a population of more than 600,000. The Nigerians were able to hold the city, but it appears the battle for it has turned into one of attrition. One of the reasons Monguno was strategically important to the Nigerian military was that it served "as a buffer to keep Boko Haram from advancing towards Maiduguri [from the northeast]." Its fall now opens the way for Boko Haram to pour more fighters into the fight for Maiduguri. Until now, those fighters have been holed up in the village of Jintilo waiting for a way to be cleared through Monguno. Borno Governor Kashim Shettima spoke following the fall of Monguno, saying: "So long as we have the resources, we will continue to regard the efforts to reclaim peace our number 1 area of commitments. I want to reassure the good people of Borno state that we will never abdicate from our responsibility as those they trusted with leadership." Posted by: Fred 2015-01-28 |
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