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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Thousands Flee Niger Town After Boko Haram Attacks |
| 2015-02-13 |
| [VOA News] Thousands of civilians fled their homes in the southeastern Niger town of Diffa this week, officials said Thursday, following waves of cross-border raids and suicide kabooms by the Nigerian myrmidon group 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... Attacks in Niger are deepening a humanitarian crisis in the remote border zone. The area, struggling to feed 150,000 people who have fled from violence in northern Nigeria, has seen about 7,000 arrive this week in Zinder, Niger's second-biggest town, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) west of Diffa. Niger's military said its forces had killed 260 Boko Haram forces of Evil and had jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! others in fighting since Feb. 6. A suspected local leader of the group was arrested, and rocket launchers and other weapons were seized from his home. The International Rescue Committee, which supplied the population estimates, has teams working around Diffa and Zinder. Matias Meier, country director, said some families in Zinder, one of the poorest regions in Niger, were having to host 20 people, while other displaced people were sleeping in a stadium. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 A notion: Resistance is inversely proportional to the amount of Displaced Persons, ('fugees), over a given area. It's a tactic. Who proclaims and defines the 'fugees or asylum seekers? I think you will find it is a huge block of sandpits and arid zones, and when the numbers overwhelm, they can declare victory. Happening every day, an invasion. RF. |
| Posted by: Whamble Joluter4909 2015-02-13 18:16 |
| #2 Is it so hard to supply these villages with selfie sticks, or is that disproportionate force compared to hashtags? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-02-13 11:59 |
| #1 I think that this could be a good experiment for the gun control argument. Pick a village, arm the folks and teach them proper gun discipline, then see what happens when the Boko bastards show up. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-02-13 07:30 |