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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoko Haram has done it again. Kidnapped 500 women and girls.
Boko Haram kidnap 500 women, children from 'liberated' Nigerian town, residents say
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-25/boko-haram-mass-kidnap-fears/6346210
bravenak
(34,648 posts)applegrove
(118,889 posts)brer cat
(24,646 posts)Absolutely horrible. I grieve for these women and children.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)delta17
(283 posts)That worked last time, right?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Where is the Nigerian military?
Where is the Nigerian government? Mr. Goodluck Jonathan has a cool name, but seems absolutely feckless.
What is wrong in northern Nigeria that allowed and allows these guys to flourish?
applegrove
(118,889 posts)and has not had a close relationship with the south. Likely they would have formed a new country by now, they are so alienated, but the oil is found in the south so there is riches to make the north stay. Boko Haram messes with the people of the north. Maybe Boko Haram will be the thing that finally unites the Muslims to greater Nigeria. They are all terrified of Boko Haram. Then again maybe it will take over the north like it wants to.
sheshe2
(84,037 posts)Tears...once again. tears.
marym625
(17,997 posts)And we're still not doing anything. But ISIS, Iran, etc, well that's important.