[AlAhram] 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...
Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies, as fears grew of more attacks, locals and security personnel said on Sunday.
Scores of fighters loyal to the faction headed by Abu Musab al-Barnawi stormed Sabon Garin Kimba, some 140 kilometres (88 miles) southwest of the Borno state capital Maiduguri.
They were dressed in military uniform and arrived in a pick-up in Nigerian army colours at about 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Friday,
| ...an interesting detail.... |
The raid is significant as no non-combatants were killed or injured.
The 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group last year announced Barnawi was in charge of Boko Haram instead of its long-time leader Abubakar Shekau
... the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fire by the Caliph and refused to step down ...
. Barnawi has criticised Shekau's indiscriminate violence against civilians.
Militia member Mustapha Karimbe, who visited the village on Saturday, said: "The attackers took away food items and medical supplies from shops and a pharmacy but they didn't harm anyone.
"They kept telling residents they were from the Barnawi faction and would not harm anyone as long as no-one got in their way."
| Another interesting detail. Trying to make the waters they must swim in less hostile? But in a subsistance economy, taking someone's supplies is just a slower way to kill them... |
A CJTF member in Maiduguri told AFP last week that co-ordinated military action by Nigeria and its neighbours had cut off the Islamist krazed killers' food and fuel supply lines.
Militants from both Boko Haram camps have in recent weeks intensified raids on villages and towns in the region in search of food.
On Sunday, residents in the town of Magumeri, some 50 kilometres northwest of Maiduguri, said Boko Haram fighters were mobilising in nearby villages.
"The fighters have been mobilising since yesterday (Saturday) and we don't know where they intend to strike," said one local resident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals.
"There is so much fear among people in the area because the Boko Haram fighters are definitely up to something," said another.
Boko Haram attacked Magumeri on March 15, looting food supplies and burning homes after overwhelming troops.
| The traditional approach. The same group or the other one? |
Nigeria's chief of army staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, and other senior military officers were expected to attend the small arms championship.
There have been sporadic attacks in and around the Sambisa Forest area against people and traffic.
On March 1, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Boko Haram attacks had forced some 7,000 people to flee villages around the town of Chibok in less than a week.
On Saturday, Buratai said the shooting competition would enable Nigerian troops to "continue to dominate the area" as well as hone soldiers' marksmanship skills.