[AlAhram] Nigeria's military says it has rescued more than 1,000 people held captive in northeastern Nigeria by the Islamist murderous Moslem group Boko Haram
... 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...
Brig Gen Texas Chukwu said Monday the hostages were rescued from four villages in the Bama area of Borno State.
He did not say when the rescues took place, but said the military and the Multinational Joint Task Force helped with the release of mostly women and kiddies. He said some men who had been forced to become Boko Haram fighters were among those rescued.
Boko Haram is responsible for thousands of abductions, especially of maiden of tender yearss and women, during its nine-year insurgency in Nigeria and surrounding countries. |