Boko Haram Massacres 2,000 In Nigeria

[Webster]

*notes w/deadpan* ....well, it looks like the adherents of the so-called Religion of Peace are at it again...

Patrick Poole, writing in PJ Media, calls it "Nigeria's 9/11." Given what we know, it's hard to argue with him. The terrorist group Boko Haram has massacred at least 2,000 people in the Nigerian state of Borno, according to a Nigerian government official. The town of Baga was destroyed, and 16 other villages and towns were also razed to the ground in two days of horrific violence.

This latest outrage began when Boko Haram captured a military installation used by the coalition to combat them. From there, the slaughter began. New York Daily News: The Nigerian terror group Boko Haram may have killed 2,000 people in one horrific attack this week, a government official told the BBC.

The terror thugs, who control much of northeastern Nigeria, attacked the town of Baga on Tuesday night and Wednesday, according to reports. While many officials say the casualties were in the hundreds, senior government official Musa Alhaji Bukar told the BBC that he believed 2,000 died in the attack. Reuters reported that dozens of people were killed in the attack.

"I escaped with my family in the car after seeing how Boko Haram was killing people ... I saw bodies in the street," survivor Mohamed Bukar told Reuters after fleeing to the state capital Maiduguri. "Children and women, some were crying for help."

“The indiscriminate killing went on and on and on,” local state senator Maina Maaji Lawan told the BBC.

Witnesses to the attack say local soldiers were overmatched and some even fled.

"They came through the north, the west and from the southern part of the town because the eastern part is only water," a witness told the BBC. "So, when we [went] towards the western part, we saw heavily armed Boko Haram men coming towards us.

"The soldiers were trying to repel the attack but that wasn't going to happen because a lot of the soldiers were without their guns and some were running into the town," the witness continued. "When you see soldiers running away into the town — what are you to do, other than to just run away as well?"

The government of Nigeria is trying to downplay the massacre. President Goodluck Jonathan is in the midst of a presidential election, scheduled for February 14, and this kind of body count does his political fortunes no good.

The terrorists now control about 70% of Borno, where they have carved out their own caliphate. The Nigerian government seems powerless to stop them, and unless Nigeria's neighbors increase their military presence in the country, the terrorists will continue their bloody conquests. (American Thinker)

....when are we going to acknowledge that the war on terror still exists? When will we acknowledge that, when the barbarians are at the proverbial gates of the West....that is, if they're not already there at the moment?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Yikes!

RIP to all those poor souls.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

*notes w/deadpan* ....well, it looks like the adherents of the so-called Religion of Peace are at it again...

Patrick Poole, writing in PJ Media, calls it "Nigeria's 9/11."  Given what we know, it's hard to argue with him. The terrorist group Boko Haram has massacred at least 2,000 people in the Nigerian state of Borno, according to a Nigerian government official.  The town of Baga was destroyed, and 16 other villages and towns were also razed to the ground in two days of horrific violence.

This latest outrage began when Boko Haram captured a military installation used by the coalition to combat them.  From there, the slaughter began. New York Daily News: The Nigerian terror group Boko Haram may have killed 2,000 people in one horrific attack this week, a government official told the BBC.

The terror thugs, who control much of northeastern Nigeria, attacked the town of Baga on Tuesday night and Wednesday, according to reports. While many officials say the casualties were in the hundreds, senior government official Musa Alhaji Bukar told the BBC that he believed 2,000 died in the attack. Reuters reported that dozens of people were killed in the attack.

"I escaped with my family in the car after seeing how Boko Haram was killing people ... I saw bodies in the street," survivor Mohamed Bukar told Reuters after fleeing to the state capital Maiduguri. "Children and women, some were crying for help."

“The indiscriminate killing went on and on and on,” local state senator Maina Maaji Lawan told the BBC.

Witnesses to the attack say local soldiers were overmatched and some even fled.

"They came through the north, the west and from the southern part of the town because the eastern part is only water," a witness told the BBC. "So, when we [went] towards the western part, we saw heavily armed Boko Haram men coming towards us.

"The soldiers were trying to repel the attack but that wasn't going to happen because a lot of the soldiers were without their guns and some were running into the town," the witness continued. "When you see soldiers running away into the town — what are you to do, other than to just run away as well?"

The government of Nigeria is trying to downplay the massacre.  President Goodluck Jonathan is in the midst of a presidential election, scheduled for February 14, and this kind of body count does his political fortunes no good.

The terrorists now control about 70% of Borno, where they have carved out their own caliphate.  The Nigerian government seems powerless to stop them, and unless Nigeria's neighbors increase their military presence in the country, the terrorists will continue their bloody conquests. (American Thinker)

....when are we going to acknowledge that the war on terror still exists? When will we acknowledge that, when the barbarians are at the proverbial gates of the West....that is, if they're not already there at the moment?

Not with this pussy of a president. Myself I have this gut feeling we have had many highly trained terrorists get in through our southern borders and they are preparing for multiple attacks throughout the country at the same time in the near future. This will paralyze the people and the economy. I think it is coming and coming soon.

 

[DrLeftover]

There are those, and Mr. Obama is one, who refuses to acknowledge that this side of Islam is taking over the larger faith.

Their ignoring of the fact does not make their spin of it true.

Part of the problem is that leading clerics say "we disavow violence" for the foreign press, such as was just done in The Kingdom, and then, to their own followers they say in Arabic "kill the infidel any way you can". And the liberals in the west obediently parroted the English remarks. A good historical example of this was the way Arafat handled the international press doing exactly that.

But the fact remains:

Violent Jihad is spreading in the name of Allah.

 

[Webster]

*notes w/deadpan* ....well, it looks like the adherents of the so-called Religion of Peace are at it again...

Patrick Poole, writing in PJ Media, calls it "Nigeria's 9/11."  Given what we know, it's hard to argue with him. The terrorist group Boko Haram has massacred at least 2,000 people in the Nigerian state of Borno, according to a Nigerian government official.  The town of Baga was destroyed, and 16 other villages and towns were also razed to the ground in two days of horrific violence.

This latest outrage began when Boko Haram captured a military installation used by the coalition to combat them.  From there, the slaughter began. New York Daily News: The Nigerian terror group Boko Haram may have killed 2,000 people in one horrific attack this week, a government official told the BBC.

The terror thugs, who control much of northeastern Nigeria, attacked the town of Baga on Tuesday night and Wednesday, according to reports. While many officials say the casualties were in the hundreds, senior government official Musa Alhaji Bukar told the BBC that he believed 2,000 died in the attack. Reuters reported that dozens of people were killed in the attack.

"I escaped with my family in the car after seeing how Boko Haram was killing people ... I saw bodies in the street," survivor Mohamed Bukar told Reuters after fleeing to the state capital Maiduguri. "Children and women, some were crying for help."

“The indiscriminate killing went on and on and on,” local state senator Maina Maaji Lawan told the BBC.

Witnesses to the attack say local soldiers were overmatched and some even fled.

"They came through the north, the west and from the southern part of the town because the eastern part is only water," a witness told the BBC. "So, when we [went] towards the western part, we saw heavily armed Boko Haram men coming towards us.

"The soldiers were trying to repel the attack but that wasn't going to happen because a lot of the soldiers were without their guns and some were running into the town," the witness continued. "When you see soldiers running away into the town — what are you to do, other than to just run away as well?"

The government of Nigeria is trying to downplay the massacre.  President Goodluck Jonathan is in the midst of a presidential election, scheduled for February 14, and this kind of body count does his political fortunes no good.

The terrorists now control about 70% of Borno, where they have carved out their own caliphate.  The Nigerian government seems powerless to stop them, and unless Nigeria's neighbors increase their military presence in the country, the terrorists will continue their bloody conquests. (American Thinker)

....when are we going to acknowledge that the war on terror still exists? When will we acknowledge that, when the barbarians are at the proverbial gates of the West....that is, if they're not already there at the moment?

Not with this pussy of a president. Myself I have this gut feeling we have had many highly trained terrorists get in through our southern borders and they are preparing for multiple attacks throughout the country at the same time in the near future. This will paralyze the people and the economy. I think it is coming and coming soon.

If that ever happens, I suspect there'll be a virtual bloodbath as a result because Americans will look for scapegoats and they'll go after anyone they even remotely suspect of supporting them or providing comfort...