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Islamic State claims attack in Burkina that killed 24 soldiers
[Jpost] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... grabbed credit for one of the deadliest attacks against the Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... military in recent months, the SITE website that tracks Death Eater attacks reported on Thursday. The attack took place on Aug. 20 in Koutougou, in the country's northern Soum province. Militants killed 24 Burkinabe soldiers and injured seven others. A statement from Islamic State quoted by SITE attributed the attack to the group's West Africa branch. Once one of the region's most peaceful countries, Burkina Faso has suffered a spillover of Islamist violence from its neighbors and large swathes of the country's north are now out of control. Deteriorating security prompted the Ouagadougou government to declare in December a state of emergency in several northern provinces bordering Mali, including Soum. Related: Burkina Faso: 2019-09-08 Hundreds of Russian troops allegedly deploy to Idlib Burkina Faso: 2019-09-02 Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen prison, scores killed Burkina Faso: 2019-08-24 WaPo: Islamist Militants ‘Targeting Christians’ in Burkina Faso Related: Soum province: 2019-01-29 4 killed as gunmen raid army base in north Burkina Faso, market town attack kills 10 Soum province: 2019-01-18 'White man' found shot dead in Burkina's jihadist-hit north Soum province: 2016-12-17 11 Burkina Faso effectives die in small arms attack Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-21 |
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