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Boko Haram kills 7 new army recruits, abducts female soldier
[WASHINGTONPOST] 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 particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... , killing seven troops and abducting a female soldier, the Nigerian military and a self-defense commander said Friday. Nineteen soldiers were maimed. Thursday evening’s ambush occurred near the town of Mafa, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Maiduguri. The city in northeastern Nigeria is the birthplace of Boko Haram and headquarters of the Nigerian military’s campaign to crush the seven-year Islamic insurgency that has killed more than 20,000 people. A military front man, Lt. Col. Kingsley Samuel, said seven soldiers "paid the supreme price" and 19 were maimed in the "fierce encounter." He said other troops were mobilized to pursue the attackers. An army officer and a self-defense commander said a female soldier was kidnapped from the convoy of new recruits traveling to relieve troops who had long overstayed their rotation in the war zone. The two spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to news hounds. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-11 |
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