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Nigeria army 'kills 74 suspected Boko Haram fighters' in raid
Yahoo/AFP ^

Posted on 10/25/2013 8:24:52 AM PDT by nuconvert

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"The operations, which involved ground and aerial assault...led to the destruction of the identified terrorists camps, killing 74 suspected militants," area army spokesman Mohammed Dole said of the Thursday raid in Borno in the northeast, Boko Haram's stronghold.

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It followed a Monday assault on Boko Haram camps in another part of Borno, which the military said left 37 Islamists dead.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bokoharam; borno; johnkerry; kenyanbornmuzzie; lurch; nigeria; wot
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To: nuconvert

I call that “a good start”.


21 posted on 10/25/2013 11:06:38 AM PDT by Temujinshordes
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To: PaForBush

Who knew back then...


22 posted on 10/25/2013 11:13:50 AM PDT by langleyaction (Embedded within every corrupt system are the seeds of its destruction)
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To: nuconvert

Nigeria’s not kidding around, they took awhile to arrive at this kind of decision-making.


23 posted on 10/25/2013 11:49:32 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: nuconvert; a fool in paradise

I hope they read them their Miranda Rights first!


24 posted on 10/25/2013 11:51:00 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: nuconvert

I’d tell Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Johnathan, Good luck!

Here is an article dated today on Boko Harum carrying out an attack so this group calls for the harshest measures.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/many-killed-boko-haram-attack-military-post-yobe/

“The radical Islamic sect, suspected to be Boko Haram members yesterday had access to Damaturu, the Yobe state capital and launched a coordinated attacks using Rocket Propelled Launchers and Improvised Explosive Devices (EIDs) on different military checkpoints within the metropolis, killing quiet a number of people, with the torching of some security formations. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/many-killed-boko-haram-attack-military-post-yobe/#sthash.lMQBh9U4.dpuf";


25 posted on 10/25/2013 11:53:55 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: nuconvert

74 worms gone to see their 72 virgins.


26 posted on 10/25/2013 12:23:22 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: nuconvert

I kind of liked their song “Whiter Shade of Pale”...

;-)


27 posted on 10/25/2013 12:29:16 PM PDT by WayneS (No problem is so great that it can't be made worse by having it attract Barack Obama's attention.)
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To: WayneS

That’s actually pretty funny.


28 posted on 10/25/2013 12:33:10 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: PaForBush
A cover band for Procol Harum...

snark ;>} />

29 posted on 10/25/2013 5:49:19 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was lost but now I'm found; blind but now I see.)
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To: nuconvert

I love a good news story!


30 posted on 10/25/2013 5:54:57 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (If you like the website, you'll love the healthcare!)
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To: nuconvert

YES, pay back is a bi*** but of course the church bombings and Christian massacres will most probably continue


31 posted on 10/25/2013 6:36:37 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: nuconvert

I hope they got the right guys and 74 is just a good start


32 posted on 10/25/2013 8:41:31 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: nuconvert
Dam, I need new glasses. When I looked at my Sidebar I thought it said...
Nigerian Army Kills Procol Harum
That would've been a bummer, really gave me the Moody Blues.
33 posted on 10/26/2013 5:19:19 AM PDT by Condor51 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: PaForBush
Not to take this thread too far off topic, but you might like this:

Contemporary Classics, Compare and Contrast: A Whiter Shade Of Pale (1967-2006)

34 posted on 10/26/2013 5:27:55 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Revolting cat!

Allegedly.


35 posted on 10/26/2013 8:13:00 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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36 posted on 10/26/2013 5:05:10 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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