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Boko Haram Kidnaps Wife of Cameroon's Vice PM, Kills at Least Three
Reuters ^ | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Tansa Musa

Posted on 07/27/2014 5:18:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Nigerian Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister and killed at least three people on Sunday in a cross-border attack involving more than 200 assailants in the northern town of Kolofata, Cameroon officials said.

A local religious leader, or lamido, named Seini Boukar Lamine, who is also the town's mayor, and five members of his family were also kidnapped in a separate attack on his home.

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Boko Haram, an Islamist group which made international headlines with the abduction of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks. Cameroon has deployed troops to its northern region, joining international efforts to combat the militants.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; bokoharam; cameroon; nigeria

1 posted on 07/27/2014 5:18:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They’re doing this to help with the Oslo accords... /s


2 posted on 07/27/2014 5:31:51 PM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: JmyBryan

Any hashtags suggestions from Florida congresswomen?


3 posted on 07/27/2014 5:48:04 PM PDT by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: nickcarraway
Boku Haram, helping to illustrate that Øbama brings us a Darker Shade of Fail.

wita apologies to Brooker and Trower

4 posted on 07/27/2014 5:55:59 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: nickcarraway

Another really awful headline.


5 posted on 07/27/2014 6:11:11 PM PDT by smalltownslick
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Cameroon is about 20% Muslim. That's about the point where trouble starts.

Boko Haram is getting logistical and other support from Cameroon's Muslim community. Cameroon needs to deal with that, hard.

6 posted on 07/27/2014 6:11:14 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: smalltownslick

Yes, these third world countries governments exist only as long as their military can hold.


7 posted on 07/27/2014 6:12:33 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks nickcarraway.


8 posted on 07/27/2014 6:22:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: PapaBear3625

“Cameroon is about 20% Muslim. That’s about the point where trouble starts.”

It starts earlier than that; France is only 10% Muslim, we have even less here in the US, and in our case the government completely kowtows to them...


9 posted on 07/27/2014 6:41:41 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: GeronL

Never mind


10 posted on 07/27/2014 6:42:41 PM PDT by smalltownslick
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