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Five Nigerian troops killed in jihadist attack
[AlAhram] Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when IS-aligned jihadists attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... 's Borno state, two military officers told AFP Saturday. Fighters from the 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.... West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged troops from a base in Kamuya village, 35 kilometres (22 miles) from regional district Biu after a shootout. "The murderous Moslems killed five soldiers and injured four others in the attack on the Kamuya base," a military officer told AFP. The "So far 41 troops have returned while 58 are still missing and are presumed to have escaped the attack," said the second military officer. Search and rescue operation was ongoing to "locate the missing soldiers", the officer added. Kamuya is the home village of Nigeria's former army chief Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai which has been repeatedly targeted by jihadists, prompting the setting up of a base to end the attacks. ISWAP has focused on targeting military installations and troops since it split from mainstream 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...in 2016 and rose to become a dominant group. More than 20 people were killed following days of attacks on the town of Damasak this week where the Death Eaters burnt offices of international aid agencies and several homes. The attacks have forced 65,000 residents to flee into neighbouring Niger, according to the UN. The 12-year jihadist conflict has killed 36,000 people and displaced around two million from their homes in Nigeria's northeast. The violence has spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , prompting a regional military coalition to fight the bad boys. Related: Borno: 2021-04-13 Good Morning Borno: 2021-04-13 Nigeria: Adamawa Confirms Seven Dead, 5,000 Displaced in Boko Haram Attack Borno: 2021-04-13 UN to Reduce Aid Operations in Borno, Nigeria After Attacks Related: Kamuya: 2019-03-30 IS-Backed Boko Haram Faction Raids Army Base in NE Nigeria Kamuya: 2019-01-19 Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram strike near army chief's home Kamuya: 2015-12-20 Nigerian Troops, Boko Haram Clash in Army Chief's Village Related: Damasak: 2021-04-13 UN to Reduce Aid Operations in Borno, Nigeria After Attacks Damasak: 2021-04-04 Attack On Transmitters Cuts Power to Nigerian City Maiduguri Damasak: 2021-03-29 Nigeria: Troops Kill 48 Terrorists, Rescue Victims Posted by: trailing wife 2021-04-18 |
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