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2015-08-13 Africa Subsaharan

Boko Haram Has Been 'Decapitated', Says Chadian Leader

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-08-13 02:31|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Boko Haram

#1 Much of this may be bluster but the Boko Haram's worst nightmare occurred when Chadian troops entered the fray. Boko Haram is no way the match for the Chad force which is composed in great part by Toubou and Zaghawa, two ethnicities that were born to fight. Many are Sufi of the Sanussi tariqa, and heterodox Muslims. Thus, they are not easily suborned as the Islamists in Khartoum well know.

Posted by Clomp Omagum5939 2015-08-13 09:01|| 2015-08-13 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hudna!"

Posted by Frank G 2015-08-13 09:03|| 2015-08-13 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Boko Haram is no way the match for the Chad force which is composed in great part by Toubou and Zaghawa, two ethnicities that were born to fight.

With French combat advisors and Chinese arms and training.

Posted by Pappy 2015-08-13 10:11|| 2015-08-13 10:11|| Front Page Top

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