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Journalists Detained Over Nigeria Polio Attacks (9 aid workers gunned down by Islamists)
VOA News ^ | February 12, 2013

Posted on 02/12/2013 8:33:25 AM PST by Pan_Yan

Police in northern Nigeria have arrested three journalists in connection with the killing of nine polio vaccine workers at a clinic last week.

The journalists from radio station Wazobia FM are accused of inciting the killings by hosting an on-air discussion about rumors and conspiracy theories related to the vaccines.

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The female workers were killed by gunmen on motorbikes Friday, while giving out polio vaccines at two community health centers in Kano city.

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Some Nigerians in the country's largely Muslim north believe the polio vaccines are used to sterilize young girls or can cause HIV.

(Excerpt) Read more at voanews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bokoharam; journalism; nigeria; polio
I'm not sure whether this relates more to the story of Israel giving contraceptive shots to immigrants or the journalists who influenced Dorner.
1 posted on 02/12/2013 8:33:32 AM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Maybe it is possible to let the rag heads believe all vaccines contain a small amount of pig blood.

Let them all contract everything possible and let nature do what the rest of the world refuses to do.


2 posted on 02/12/2013 9:13:26 AM PST by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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