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Boko Haram Islamist Cult

blessmycottonsocks said:
New book, based on the secret diary of one of the abducted girls, reveals how they risked beatings and death to defy their captors.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-how-abducted-women-survived-boko-haram-camp

Had the Nigerian government not refused the offer of a British special forces mission to rescue the girls, this dreadful story would probably have ended sooner. Instead, Nigeria initially sent their own forces in a bodged attempt to rescue the girls, killing 10 of them, and then struck a deal with Boko Haram to free some of the girls, in exchange for releasing a number of convicted terrorists from jail.
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Normally I'd agree with you on this but here we are talking about a large number of hostages being held at quite a distance into rough country. Not a job for the SAS on their own, them plus maybe 2 companies of Paratroopers or Royal Marines or Nigerian units. Even if the hostages could be freed and the BH forces neutralised you would then have to get the girls out. Maybe a forced march to a helicopter landing site. Quite a lot of logistics involved in putting such a mission together. and then carrying it out.

The Special Boat Squadron was involved in an attempt to rescue two hostages (British & Italian) in 2012 but BH murdered both while the attack was taking place. This may have influenced the Nigerian government's attitude.
 
Some good news.

The Nigerian military says nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members including commanders, fighters and their families have surrendered to the authorities in the last couple of weeks.

Cameroon had also announced the surrender of hundreds of Boko Haram militants in the country recently.

In Nigeria, the mass surrender of the members of the militant group is a result of the intense military offensive in the north-east of the country, the army says.

The death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in May could be another reason.

Many of his followers have either surrendered to the authorities or switched their loyalty to rival group Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap).

The Nigerian authorities say they’re now profiling those who have surrendered for possible de-radicalisation and rehabilitation.

But some Nigerians are sceptical about reintegrating the former fighters back into the society - citing possible risks.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-47639452
 
Interesting short article on Islamist terror in Nigeria.

From the “Sokoto Jihad” to the “Boko Jihad”: Interrogating the Motivations for Recruiting of Terrorist.
Bernard B. Fyanka, Redeemer’s University Ede.

Background and the Problem

The state of Nigeria has been engaged in the war on terror since 2009 and the group BokoHaram has remained the primary belligerent. By May 2014 over 12,000 Nigerians had beenkilled in the insurgency,[1] while one in ve persons from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa stateshad been internally displaced.[2] The growth, development and metamorphosis of groups likeBoko Haram retain historical antecedents in a 2-century old process of Islamic radicalizationstarting from the Jihad of Uthman Dan Fodio in 1804. Each outburst of radical religiousbviolence over the centuries has an identifiable gestation period that could have been terminated at some point.

https://www.academia.edu/50858627/F...Recruiting_of_Terrorist?email_work_card=title
 
More documents on the right hand sidebar at the link.

TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD SECURITY IN LAKE CHAD REGION: A STUDY OF BOKO HARAM (2009 – 2017​

Abstract

Terrorist activities in the Lake region of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, have impactednegatively on the security, socio-political and economic situations in the region. This studyinvestigates the evolution of insurgency and the factors leading to its growth in the region. It alsoexamines its socio-political, economic and security implications. Nigeria, in the centre of theimbroglio, has had no respite from terrorist activities for a long time. Boko Haram has carriedout many gun attacks and bombings in many strategic places, including the United Nations building in Abuja, the federal capital city. There have been similar attacks in Cameroon, Chadand Niger, including a massive attack in Bosso in the Niger Republic with 26 soldiers killed in2016. This concludes that the wave of terrorism and challenges of food security in Lake Chadregion, the sub-region has a connection to the wave of global terrorism. To stem the tide ofinsurgency in the sub-region, this research work recommends that governments at all levelsshould create enabling environment for investment and industrial growth. It also suggests thatsecurity of lives and properties should be given utmost priority. This study examines theevolution, manifestations, and course of the Boko Haram insurgency in the sub-region, exploringthe implications for national and international security, socioeconomic order, political stability,and sustainable development of the area. It will suggest ways to curtail the Boko Haraminsurgency and probable future insurgencies in the sub-region. ...

https://www.academia.edu/35192575/T...OF_BOKO_HARAM_2009_2017?email_work_card=title
https://independent.academia.edu/JohnAyo3?swp=tc-au-35192575
 
Using tactics perfected by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Motorbike bandits ala Mad Max.

Motorbike militants target Niger soldiers in big ambush

Islamist militants in Niger have killed at least 23 soldiers and injured 17 others during an attack in the north-west of the country, the defence ministry says.

More than 100 armed men on motorbikes used improvised explosive devices and suicide bombs to ambush the military unit as it was making its way back from an operation in the Tillabéri region. The ministry said 30 of the attackers were killed.

Following last year's coup in Niger, the country's military rulers severed ties with its western allies. French forces who had been leading an international fight against the jihadists were forced to leave. Last weekend the authorities said they were cancelling an agreement allowing US troops to be based in Niger.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world...fd5bbe3c0b7a6946ae344e&pinned_post_type=share
 
Criminal gangs are now using BH tactics in Nigeria.

Military spokesman Maj Gen Edward Buba said 76 girls and 61 boys had been rescued from Zamfara state, which borders Kaduna to the north-west.

The military has also released photos of some of the children, showing them sitting in buses looking dusty and exhausted.

The kidnappers had demanded $690,000 for the release of the Kuriga children, pictured here on Sunday morning

A security source told Reuters news agency the students had been freed in a forest and were being taken to Kaduna for medical tests before being allowed to see their families.

The mass abduction occurred on the morning of 7 March during assembly in a compound housing a junior and senior school.

According to witnesses, the pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode in, eventually taking away 187 students from a secondary school and 125 from the local primary school. It is not clear how many teachers were abducted. Twenty-five students later returned.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68649221
 
Rescued after 10 years in captivity/slavery.

Nigerian soldiers say they have rescued a young woman who was abducted in the Chibok kidnapping 10 years ago.

Two-hundred and seventy-six girls were taken from a secondary school in the town in Borno on 14 April 2014 by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The abductions shocked the world and led to the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign, which included former US First Lady Michelle Obama.

It is thought that almost 100 of them are still captive or are missing.

On Thursday, the Nigerian army said it had rescued the young woman together with her three children. She was five months' pregnant at the time of her rescue and claimed to be from Pemi Town in Chibok, it added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68851982
 
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