Nigeria's Boko Haram Imprisons Hundreds of Women and Children in Baga
Source: NBC News
Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist terror group, has rounded up hundreds of women and children and imprisoned them in a school following what appears to be its deadliest attack, survivors and a local official said.
Fighters from the sect drove into the bush and rounded up the victims, who were fleeing an assault on the fishing town of Baga last week, witnesses told the human rights group Amnesty International.
"Boko Haram took around 300 women and kept us in a school in Baga," a woman who was detained for four days told Amnesty. "They released the older women, mothers and most of the children after four days but are still keeping the younger women."
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muriel_volestrangler
(101,146 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)It may be time to ramp up some effective intel on these animals and then give them a thrashing they wont soon forget. Like it or not, the US is still the policeman of the world.
christx30
(6,241 posts)Nigeria is useless in this fight. Everybody is wanting something done to help these people. But no one is willing to put up the money.
shireen
(8,333 posts)Nigeria has a corrupt government with a military that has a bad human rights record. Countries like the US want to help but the Nigerian government is not helpful. Any money poured into it will land in secret bank accounts held by the elite. It's a big mess.
christx30
(6,241 posts)President Goodluck would be out of his depth working in a casino, much less the president of a nation with 173 million people.
7962
(11,841 posts)A successful operation would allow the Nigerian govt, however inept, to appear victorious.
But otherwise, we'd have to just do it with or without their approval
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