On May 12, fighters from 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked a military base in Marte, a town in Borno state, killing four soldiers and seizing weapons before torching the facility.
Surviving troops and local residents fled to another base in Dikwa town, 38 kilometres (23 miles) away.
''The soldiers who were supposed to protect us fled, leaving us behind,'' said one resident, Goni Babagana, 48, upon returning to Marte.
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum warned that the displaced population could become potential recruits for jihadist groups.