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FourScore

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Sat May 10, 2014, 08:03 PM May 2014

Breaking w/Caution: Nigerian Girls Potentially Located by U.S. Marines [View all]

Sat May 10, 2014 at 04:08 PM PDT
Breaking w/Caution: Nigerian Girls Potentially Located by U.S. Marines
by pajolyUn

NOTE: I caution against over exuberance until major media confirms this. Still, it seemed noteworthy. The original appearance seems to be on the website of the Vanguard, which is supposedly a credible and influential paper in Nigeria. I did check and found the reporters -- Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru and Victoria Ojeme-Abuja -- appear to actually be reporters in Nigeria. We do know according to SecState Kerry the Marines are already on the ground, along with some from the UK. I am putting the diary back up for the purposes of comments as people find information. I will continue to update as I can what I can. Let's all hope for a positive outcome where these girls are returned home.

News has started to come out from top tier news sites in Nigeria, such as the Vanguard claiming U.S. Marines have found and arrested several Boko Haram leaders, and have located the missing girls in the forest still within the borders of Nigeria.

Military sources have stated that a combined team of security agents in the field and back up communications and satellite imagery specialists have located the missing girls inside the dreaded Sambisa forest.

The United States marines were also said to have used communications equipment to intercept a mobile phone call from a Boko Haram informant to insurgents giving them information on the movement of the marines and Nigerian security forces. The informant is said to have been arrested in Maiduguri and handed over to security officials.


Another Nigerian source reports:

There were indications yesterday that the 230 female students abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls' Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, have been sited at the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, by the Special Forces of the United States Marines.


The news is being picked up by numerous Nigerian news sites, but they each seem to point back to the Vanguard report. Other sources include The Herald in Nigeria. The news has not yet been verified by American or western media that I have yet found.

If true, it would be significant and a huge break if the girls are still within Nigeria, as it will make their rescue simpler. The expected rescue will be a joint efforts with other western troops.

The United States marines are expected to lead rescue efforts in conjunction with other special forces from France, the United Kingdom and ofcourse local troops to retrieve the girls and return them to their families.


Things are fluid and conflicting, another African source posted 3 hours ago the following.

The kidnapped Chibok girls have been moved from the Sambisa forest towards the forest around Ashaka in Gombe State, a top security official has told PREMIUM TIMES.

The security official, who sought anonymity as he was not authorised to speak, also denied the rumor that some of the girls were rescued on Saturday.
He, however, said there were high hopes for the quick rescue of the girls based on the ongoing cooperation between Nigerian officials and their counterparts from the U.S. and U.K. on the rescue efforts.

“It is not true that they have been rescued yet, but we noticed and observed movement of some of the girls from the Sambisa region towards Ashaka forest in Gombe state”, said the security personnel.


I'll post additional information as soon as I find it.

2:48 PM PT: A third Nigerian source is picking up on the news. "The Nigerian Voice." I must repeat, I do not yet see this in American general media.

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/10/1298444/-Breaking-w-Caution-Nigerian-Girls-Located-First-Arrests-Made-by-U-S-Marine-with-Nigerian-Forces

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Let us hope theHandpuppet May 2014 #1
Well let's make sure Boko Haram knows that jberryhill May 2014 #2
Pretty sure the Boko Haram knows what is in the Nigerian media. former9thward May 2014 #19
My comment wasn't really directed at DU jberryhill May 2014 #21
I hope it's true warrior1 May 2014 #3
me too Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #4
"hey, what's that red dot....?" NightWatcher May 2014 #5
A well deserves end for terrorists like this!! JJChambers May 2014 #10
And others... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #25
Yep. Delicious thought. n/t Tess49 May 2014 #33
Please, please let it be true! Brigid May 2014 #6
Here's hoping... LadyHawkAZ May 2014 #7
I am holding my breath.... chillfactor May 2014 #8
Yes, Vanguard is a reputable source. The top paper is the Sun but it's tabloidy. Then there's PUNCH. okaawhatever May 2014 #9
May it be so!!! meti57b May 2014 #11
make it so. oh, please. make it so Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #12
Please, please, please, please let this be true... Please... Firebrand Gary May 2014 #13
If so..... go west young man May 2014 #14
hopefully this is true n/t RainDog May 2014 #15
If true this is wonderful etherealtruth May 2014 #16
If true, this is going to give Glenn Greenwald a serious case of poutrage. 11 Bravo May 2014 #17
LOL nt SunSeeker May 2014 #38
What a wonderful Mother's Day gift that would be. Sweet Freedom May 2014 #18
let's hope demigoddess May 2014 #20
A news story quoting the military spokesman for Nigeria says the report of US Marines is okaawhatever May 2014 #22
perhaps the Nigerians are totally embarresed chillfactor May 2014 #27
I'm wondering if they are trying to dial it back for security reasons. FourScore May 2014 #32
That is one of the things I thought, too. I figured if they do some sort of rescue it will be at okaawhatever May 2014 #34
Obama will do anything to distract from Benghazi. Orrex May 2014 #23
LOL OldHippieChick May 2014 #24
Did you see this? Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #26
lol. I bet the Rethugs are saying that right now. SummerSnow May 2014 #31
Source: A Daily Kos Diary Ap1977 May 2014 #28
Right, DK is so unrealiable. That's why US Sens, Congresspeople, and media elites post there. FourScore May 2014 #37
Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply from this one pinboy3niner May 2014 #41
Is this true sawdust May 2014 #29
we can only hope at this point Supersedeas May 2014 #36
My wife and I hope this is true. diabeticman May 2014 #30
I naturally distrust anything coming from Nigerian news. I'm going to say its completely bogus. 951-Riverside May 2014 #35
Marine Expeditionary Uniits specifically train for those rudolph the red May 2014 #40
Perhaps Rush spoke too soon. Cartoonist May 2014 #39
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