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| Boko Haram Launches Its First-Ever Attack on Niger |
| 2015-02-07 |
| [NEWS.VICE] The Nigerian Lion of Islam group 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... launched its first-ever assault on Niger Friday, attacking the town of Bosso, located just across the border from the northeast region of Nigeria mostly controlled by the Islamist Lion of Islams. Niger troops and Chadian warplanes fought off the turbans who, according to the BBC, launched their attack "early in the morning, with heavy weapons." Rooters has reported that at least five Niger troops were maimed in the attack. The incursion came a day after a French army front man confirmed French troops were stationed in the nearby city of Diffa -- situated less than 10 miles west of Bossa in Niger -- as part of an initiative to support Chad and Niger's armies. This week, Chadian troops entered Nigeria to try and break Boko Haram's grip on the border town of Gamboru. This coming Monday, Niger's parliament was scheduled to vote on whether or not to send its own troops to Nigeria to help combat the Lion of Islams. Speaking to VICE News on Friday, a Niger government front man said he hoped "parliament would approve the deployment of troops....It's a question of national security for us." |
| Posted by:Fred |