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Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria fury over US arms refusal
2014-11-12
[BBC] Nigeria's ambassador to the US has criticised Washington for refusing to sell his government "lethal" weapons to fight holy warrior Islamists.

Nigeria needed support to deliver the "killer punch", not "light jabs" against the 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...
group, Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye said.

His comments came as the bully boyz seized the north-eastern Mahia town.

The US has previously ruled out heavily arming the Nigerian military because of its alleged poor human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
record.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier...
Nigeria's 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...
has formally declared himself as the governing People's Democratic Party's candidate (PDP) presidential candidate for February's election at a colourful ceremony in the capital, Abuja.
That's because he's done so well this term.
Posted by:Fred

#2  If you look at it from the point of view that Obama's people want the Islamists to win, all of this makes sense.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-11-12 18:55  

#1  I'd suggest talking to the Iranians or the Chinese. The latter are arming Cameroon to the north, while the former are still shipping arms to Western Africa.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-11-12 09:34  

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