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Africa Subsaharan
Eight Terrorists Killed As Rival Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Clash Again In Borno
2022-09-17
[SAHARAREPORTERS] About eight snuffies including a middle-rank Commander simply identified as "Kundu" have been reportedly killed when 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...
fighters clashed with members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
in West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of the terrorists.

It was gathered that the incident took place on Thursday, September 15, between Dikwa and Bama Local Government Areas.

A counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Friday.

The rival groups have been attacking communities in the Northeast region since both camps fell apart over leadership issues.

The groups have also since been having festivities, and 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. Last seen in 2017, sneaking into Cameroon while wearing a burka...
, leader of Boko Haram, was reportedly killed during one of such festivities in 2021.

According to Makama, Kundu and his team were on a robbery mission when the ISWAP intercepted them on six cycle of violences each conveying three fighters.

"A Heavy fight ensued between the holy warriors resulting in 8 casualties on the side of the Boko Haram terrorists, while few ISWAP holy warriors were maimed.

"The surviving Boko Haram holy warriors took to their heels, leaving their cycle of violences to the ISWAP terrorists," Zagazola tweeted.
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