... 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...fighters loyal to factional 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 fired by the Caliph and refused to step down ...attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
, security sources tell AFP.
The twin gun and suicide kabooms happened early Saturday evening at Gulumba village, in the Bama district of Borno state.
The use of human bombs is a hallmark of the Shekau faction, which is known to operate in the area. Last month, Shekau released a video claiming attacks against troops in Gulumba.
"We lost two soldiers and two more were maimed in the attack by the Shekau faction," says one military source.
"The faceless myrmidons came in nine gun trucks with a jacket wallah at about 5:50 pm (1650 GMT) and attacked the base."
A second source says the suicide bomber tried to infiltrate the base but was "neutralized" by troops. He also says two soldiers were killed and two others were maimed.
"The faceless myrmidons faced stiff resistance and were forced to withdraw," he adds.
Neither source wanted to be identified as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Attacks by fighters loyal to Shekau have reduced considerably in recent months, which sources attribute to the firebrand
...
firebrandsare noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments...
leader’s ill health.
Instead, the IS-backed Boko Haram faction 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....
West Africa Province (ISWAP) has been blamed or grabbed credit for a wave of attacks against the military since July.