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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 05:19 PM Mar 2014

Boko Haram. Again. 90 killed. lots of kids. they particularly like killing kids

several days ago they killed sleeping kids at a secondary school, burning them alive and killing those who were escaping from the flames. Not the first time these fuckwads have targeted school kids

Twin car bombs at a bustling city marketplace blasted buildings to rubble and tore apart bodies the same night an attack on a farming village razed every thatched-roof hut.

At least 90 people have been killed, officials and survivors reported Sunday, as Nigeria's Islamic extremists step up attacks and criticism mounts of the failure of the military and government to suppress the 4-year-old Islamic uprising in the northeast.

In Maiduguri, capital of Borno state and birthplace of the Boko Haram terrorist network, the attackers chose a densely populated area with narrow alleyways that maximized the blasts and a Saturday night when the market was open late.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigeria-marketplace-bombings-kill-90-1.2556856

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Boko Haram. Again. 90 killed. lots of kids. they particularly like killing kids (Original Post) cali Mar 2014 OP
i think boko haram is an organization of psychopaths. i really doubt La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #1
yes. hard to argue against that assertion. cali Mar 2014 #2
True shenmue Mar 2014 #3
they're a nightmare. the worst of humanity cali Mar 2014 #4
That has my vote :) (nt) The Straight Story Mar 2014 #9
It is fundamental to their religion FarCenter Mar 2014 #5
right. I just read that the other day. cali Mar 2014 #6
People who believe children should be killed, should be killed (nt) JJChambers Mar 2014 #7
"Boko Haram means 'Western education is sin' " etherealtruth Mar 2014 #8
I kind of think that certain groups form... NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #11
I could be on board with a drone strike Ilsa Mar 2014 #10
i have been hearing a lot about this group lately (BBC world podcasts) La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #14
This is horrific mcar Mar 2014 #12
That is horrible malletgirl02 Mar 2014 #13
thanks. from what I'm reading, it doesn't look good as far as the gov cali Mar 2014 #15
 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
5. It is fundamental to their religion
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 05:25 PM
Mar 2014
The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad (Arabic: جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد? Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād)—better known by its Hausa name Boko Haram (pronounced bōːkòː hàrâm, "Western education is sinful&quot —is an Islamic jihadist and takfiri militant and terrorist organization based in the northeast of Nigeria, north Cameroon and Niger.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram

Children who are receiving a "Western education" are to be killed.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
8. "Boko Haram means 'Western education is sin' "
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 05:28 PM
Mar 2014

The murder of children certainly is a priority ... how does a person or a group generate enough hate within themselves to slaughter innocent children?

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
11. I kind of think that certain groups form...
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 05:39 PM
Mar 2014

with the intention of attracting those who are already hateful enough to adhere to the groups' beliefs.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
14. i have been hearing a lot about this group lately (BBC world podcasts)
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 06:19 PM
Mar 2014

and they blend into civilian populations. So there is no way to drone strike them

malletgirl02

(1,523 posts)
13. That is horrible
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 05:54 PM
Mar 2014

Do you think the government of Nigeria have a chance of stopping these people? Thank for keeping DU up to date on this groups crimes. You are the only person on DU I see posting about this.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
15. thanks. from what I'm reading, it doesn't look good as far as the gov
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 06:37 PM
Mar 2014

stopping them.

It is just so heartbreaking.

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