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Africa Subsaharan
Audio from Boko Haram's Elusive Chief Fuels Talk of Split
2016-08-05
[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...
's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau broke his silence Thursday to insist he was "still around" following reports Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
had replaced him, but his message fueled talk of a split within the jihadist group.
An interesting addition to the BBC article james posted in the comments yesterday.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  She-cow. You just can't make this stuff up...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-08-05 07:00  

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