Posted on 01/20/2015 4:06:20 AM PST by marshmallow
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said that military intervention was the only viable option for combating the Islamists
A bishop whose diocese in north-east Nigeria has suffered at the hands of Boko Haram wants the West to send in military forces to defeat the militants.
Describing how Boko Haram was now recruiting from countries across north Africa, Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said that Western military intervention was the only viable option in the fight against the militants.
In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, the Catholic charity for persecuted and other suffering Christians, the bishop said Nigeria’s military was weakened by incompetence, corruption and Boko Haram infiltration within its ranks.
He warned that drastic action was urgently needed as the attacks earlier this month in the town of Baga showed that Boko Haram was poised to become a threat well beyond Nigeria’s borders and was recruiting from Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Libya.
Bishop Dashe Doeme, whose diocese is the heartland of the Islamist terror group, said: “The West should bring in security – land forces to contain and beat back Boko Haram. A concerted military campaign is needed by the West to crush Boko Haram.”
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“Western” troops fighting a native population in Africa? What could go wrong?
Wishful thinking; use African Union troops.
If Nigeria won’t send troops to fight Boko Haram then why should the West?
use African Union troops
I agree! Why can’t the nations of Africa come together to fight a common enemy? I guess the rampant corruption would be the first reason.
“I have come into a considerable sum of money and am in requirement of persons willing to shelter said sums and send army men in exchange for renumeration ...”
Bishop Oliver Madiguiri
All the young African men have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe and are not available for fighting.
Proves Islam is right strait from the devil!
I have no real objections to fighting Islam anywhere. And, as a Christian, I would like to see aid to the Christians against the Muslims, anywhere.
But we should send troops only in our own best interest, not theirs. We owe them nothing.
Is there a reference for that, because it’s interesting if true, and I’ve never seen it before? Thanks.
And we can let the "moderate mohammedans" pay for it out of their own pocket. Don't call us.
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