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Africa Subsaharan

NAF jets neutralise fleeing Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

2019-11-16

[DAILYTRUST.NG] The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised some of 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....
of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters at Malam Fatori, on the fringes of the Lake Chad, Northern Borno. The NAF said this was in a joint counter-offensive operation mounted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, and troops of 89 and 97 Task Force Battalions of Sector 3, at Malam Fatori.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, who made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Wednesday.

"The routing of the murderous Moslems took place Nov. 13, sequel to the receipt of intelligence reports on the movement of ISWAP fighters in some gun trucks towards the troops’ location in Malam Fatori.

"In response, the ATF immediately scrambled two Nigerian Air Force attack aircraft to provide Close Air Support (CAS), as well as an Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform, which provided enhanced situational awareness for the ground troops as they engaged the terrorists. "The combined, sustained, intensive fire rained on the terrorists, from the air and on the ground, caused them to make a hasty retreat. "This was, however, not before two of their gun trucks were destroyed."

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/naf-jets-neutralise-fleeing-boko-haram-insurgents-in-borno.html

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