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Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram attacks northeastern Nigerian city, dozens killed
2015-01-26
Similar report from Fox News here.
[Ynet] In fierce fighting Sunday, Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic gunnies who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens of combatants have been killed and maimed, soldiers and hospital workers said.

At the same time the forces of Evil continued scorched-earth attacks on villages some 200 kilometers (125 miles) to the south in Adamawa state, slitting throats of residents, looting and burning homes and abducting dozens of trapped women and kiddies, according to Vandu Kainu and other escaping survivors.

The attacks come as U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
arrived in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital nearly 1,000 miles (more than 1,500 kilometers) southwest of Maiduguri, for meetings with 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...
and his chief rival over fears of violence around critical Feb. 14 elections.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  All thanks due to human rights defenders at WH.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-01-26 13:24  

#3  I see Nigeria still don't need any help.
Posted by: chris   2015-01-26 12:57  

#2  Yeah... well the dead are at peace.

mostly.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-01-26 11:04  

#1  Religion of Peace(tm)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-01-26 09:27  

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