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| Nigerian Military Claims Surrender of 200 Boko Haram Fighters |
| 2015-09-26 |
| [AnNahar] Nigeria's military said more than 200 members of 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... surrendered Friday as troops regained control of the northeastern town of Banki, from where attacks had been launched into Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... "Over 200 members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram have surrendered today (Friday) to the Nigerian troops in Banki town," army front man Sani Usman said in a statement. There was no independent verification of the military's statement, the latest in a series of successes claimed by the army against the Islamists, including the destruction of Boko Haram camps. Usman said Banki, in Borno state, was re-captured on Thursday. The military had earlier claimed the arrest of 43 Boko Haram suspects and the release of 241 women and kiddies thought to have been held by the group there. Boko Haram has previously used Banki to launch cross-border attacks, including in and around the Cameroon town of Amchide, where the Islamists clashed with security forces and there were failed suicide kabooms Tuesday. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has given his military commanders until early November to end the insurgency, which has claimed at least 17,000 lives and left more than two million homeless since 2009. |
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