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Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian Forces Say Kill 30 Islamists, Arrest 10
2012-10-09
[Ynet] Nigerian forces said on Monday they killed 30 members of Islamist sect 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...
, including a senior commander, and incarcerated
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
10 others in a weekend raid on the northeastern city of Damaturu.

Boko Haram is waging an insurgency against President Goodluck Jonathan
... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
's government with the avowed aim of reviving an ancient Islamic kingdom in majority Mohammedan northern Nigeria.
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