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FourScore

(9,704 posts) Thu May 1, 2014, 10:11 AM May 2014

234 Girls [View all]

234 Girls
Ages 16-18 years old.

234 Girls
Being educated.

234 Girls
Willing to go to school despite the enormous risk.

234 Girls
Preparing for their exams.

234 Girls
Kidnapped by thugs posing as guards to protect them.

234 Girls
Torn from their families.

234 Girls
Missing for 16 days.

234 Girls
Being raped and abused.

234 Girls
Being sold into slavery or marriages for $12.00 each.

234 Girls
Being ignored by their their own leader.

234 Girls
Being ignored by the world leaders.

234 Girls
Not on a missing plane so not worthy of non-stop CNN coverage.

234 Girls'
Families desperate for their return.

234 Girls.

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234 Girls [View all] FourScore May 2014 OP

So sad that even this post is ignored. FourScore May 2014 #1

Yes, it is sad seveneyes May 2014 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #4

Probably because your OP has no context or links tritsofme May 2014 #10

The OP contains all of the story except the location- Nigeria riderinthestorm May 2014 #11

Thanks riderinthestorm! FourScore May 2014 #14

And that's my point. FourScore May 2014 #13

K&R nt Tree-Hugger May 2014 #3

k & R so sad Borchkins May 2014 #5

Yup, this thread in LBN sank like a stone riderinthestorm May 2014 #6

Posted some threads on it myself The Straight Story May 2014 #8

To be clear: it was the 1st responder, not the OP, who was called an Islamophobe muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #21

I only learned of this yesterday. hamsterjill May 2014 #7

Reports: Abducted girls married to Nigerian rebels The Straight Story May 2014 #9

All I see are tumbleweeds in these threads. K&R! LittleBlue May 2014 #12

signed angel823 May 2014 #15

signed! 95,000+ have signed. n/t FourScore May 2014 #16

Those are the number still needed LittleBlue May 2014 #19

LOL You're very kind, you know that? FourScore May 2014 #22

I signed, but I wish WHG would streamline their sign-in. Starry Messenger May 2014 #20

The response says a lot about who we really are. Mention Michael Vic and +1000 kelliekat44 May 2014 #17

If it's true that the girls have been taken to Chad and Cameroon Blue_Tires May 2014 #18

Terrible. Quantess May 2014 #23

This is heartbreaking. The press is more concerned with staking out V.Stiviano's condo Tanuki May 2014 #24

This is awful. cyberswede May 2014 #25