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| 'Heavy Toll' Feared after Boko Haram Attacks Niger Army | |
| 2015-04-27 | |
| [AnNahar] 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... murderous Moslems attacked troops from Niger on an island base in Lake Chad, the government said Saturday, in a raid believed to have taken a heavy toll on the army. "At dawn on April 25, fighters from the terrorist group Boko Haram riding motorized canoes attacked the island of Karamga, a position northwest of of the town of Bosso held by our defense and security forces," the ministry of defense said. "Operations are ongoing with the support of partners to counter the ambitions of this terrorist group," the ministry added in a statement broadcast on television. The ministry did not indicate if there were any casualties as a result of the raid. An official from Diffa, the capital of the southeast, however warned the corpse count was "very heavy in the ranks of the Nigerien army," without providing further details. State television reported that Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou had called a meeting of the national security council after the Islamists' attack.
Hundreds of armed fighters from the Islamic holy warrior group aboard motorised canoes attacked the island of Karamga at dawn on Saturday, army and government sources said. "There were many (Niger soldiers) dead on Saturday, considerably more than in the first attack," said one of the army sources, referring to a battle in February for control of the same island in which seven Niger soldiers died. A second army source confirmed that Niger soldiers had been killed in the fighting, adding that a counter-attack to clear the island of snuffies was still ongoing. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 FYI BOKO HARAM has changed its name its now to be called either the "ISLAMIC STATE OF WEST AFRICA", andor the "ISLAMIC STATE'S WEST AFRICA PROVINCE" [aka "ISWAP"]. Still waiting on the Al-Shabab/Shabaab Boyz. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-04-27 21:08 |
| #1 Let's see. Hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists stuck on an island. In the right hands, it seems like an opportunity to me. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-04-27 13:44 |