... 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...attack on a military formation in the volatile northeast, killing dozens of jihadists, the army said Thursday.
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) in seven gun trucks and cycle of violences stormed the base at Goniri, Yobe state on Wednesday evening, army front man Sagir Musa said in a statement.
The ambush "resulted in the annihilation of dozens of terrorists", while many fled with injuries, he said.
Five gun trucks, weapons and rounds of amunition were recovered from the jihadists, while their cycle of violences were destroyed.
Musa did not say if the military lost soldiers in the encounter.
IS-affliated Boko Haram has launched series of attacks on military bases and government targets in the northeast, leaving scores of troops dead.