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(118,501 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2015, 06:52 PM Mar 2015

Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to ISIS -CNN

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CNN Breaking news email:"Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to ISIS, according to an audio message purportedly from the Nigeria-based Islamist group's leader, Abubakar Shekau.

In the audio, which was posted online Saturday, the speaker says Boko Haram is announcing its "allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims, Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini al-Qurashi," which is another name for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

CNN has not been able to independently authenticate the message."

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Hope it is a sign of weakness on the part of Boko Haram. The African Union forces have had a few applegrove Mar 2015 #1

Yes, they're both extremist, Wahab inspired know nothings Warpy Mar 2015 #2

applegrove

(118,501 posts)

1. Hope it is a sign of weakness on the part of Boko Haram. The African Union forces have had a few

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Sat Mar 7, 2015, 07:20 PM

Mar 2015

small victories against Boko Haram of late.

Warpy

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2. Yes, they're both extremist, Wahab inspired know nothings

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 07:42 PM

Mar 2015

People all over the world had better understand quickly that this is a war for the heart and soul of Islam, not an anticolonial war.

They're only destroying the historical artifacts that aren't portable enough to sell on the black market, by the way.

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