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Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian troopers kill 27 Boko Haram militants
2014-12-12
[Iran Press TV] At least 27 Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
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...
snuffies have been killed in a fierce exchange of fire with Nigerian army forces in the country's northeastern state of Borno.

Nigeria's Defense Ministry confirmed the news on Tuesday, saying that the deaths came during festivities between the country's soldiers and the forces of Evil in the Balmo, Lame and Hildi forests in Borno State.

However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
it did not mention when the fighting took place.

According to the ministry, "Motorcycles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and bows and arrows were recovered from the fleeing terrorists."

The ministry also said that the army recently retook the towns of Mubi in Adamawa and Ashaka in Gombe from the Lion of Islams.

In recent months, Boko Haram has been establishing its grip on northeastern Nigeria, capturing the towns of Gwoza, Damask, Bama, Gamboru-Ngala, Dikwa, Mafa as well as some surrounding villages, all in Borno State.
Posted by:Fred

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