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Boko Haram: From Islamist Sect to Armed Threat
[AnNahar] Nigeria's 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...started out as an Islamic anti-corruption group but mutated into an IS affiliate waging a lethal insurgency. Here is some background about the jihadists, whom Muhammadu Buhari vowed to defeat when he became president in 2015 but remain a threat as he seeks a second term. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-10 |
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