http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051985/posts "Niger arrests Islamic radicals over Nigeria revolt"
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Posted on 01/05/2004 12:02:39 PM PST by Happy2BMe
05 Jan 2004 15:00:04 GMT
"Niger arrests Islamic radicals over Nigeria revolt"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Nigerian tank battalion of 500 troops has joined hundreds of police and state security officials combing the savannah region bordering Niger for members of the group, named by local media as Ahlul Sunnah Jamaa.
"The militants are breaking up in small numbers to make their arrest difficult, but the whole brigade has been mobilised to search for those militants still at large," said Brigadier General Harris Musa Zarma.
Yobe state government spokesman Ibrahim Jirgi said the group, also known as Hijrah, was composed mostly of students in their 20s."