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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Boko Haram kill 40 in Diffa, southeast Niger |
| 2015-06-19 |
| [AA.TR] At least 40 people were killed and several others injured Wednesday night when suspected 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... Death Eaters attacked Niger's southeast Diffa region, according to sources in the regional military alliance, the Multi National Joint Task Force. "In yet another daring cross border attack on Wednesday, the bully boyz attacked two border villages in Diffa region," a Nigerian military officer serving in the alliance told Anadolu Agency. "They used jacket wallahs in the attack, followed by sporadic gunshots," he said on condition of anonymity, as he had no authority to speak to the media. A member of a local Nigerian vigilante group in Bosso, a Nigerian border town only a few kilometers away from the Diffa region, confirmed the attack. "The attack appeared to be some sort of tit-for-tat because just yesterday the Chadian army bombed some Nigerian villages, obviously in retaliation for some suicide kabooms on its towns two days ago," Audu Alaram, a member of the local vigilante group, told Anadolu Agency by phone from Bosso. "Yesterday night, the bully boyz led two bombers and struck in the Diffa region attack and killed close to 40 people, according to information from the military," he said. Boko Haram had until recently restricted its violent campaign to Nigerian towns. Following complaints by Nigeria that Death Eaters were hiding in neighboring countries from which they launched cross border raids, the Death Eaters soon faced mounting pressure from troops from neighboring armies who pushed them back. This has apparently led to recent attacks on villages in Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , Chad and Niger - all of which have recently joined forces with Nigeria to crush the group. In video footage released early this year, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau warned leaders of neighboring countries not to help Nigeria in the fight against the group, threatening attacks on their soil if they supported the Nigerian government. Analysts suggest that Boko Haram's recent pledge of allegiance to Daesh, which saw the Nigerian group change its name to 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.... in the West Africa Province, could be at the roots of its recent cross border raids across the region. |
| Posted by:Fred |