Nigeria Declares State of Emergency

Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/1/12 | Chana Yaar

[Eleutheria5]

Islamist violence has forced NIgerian President Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of emergency and order the closure of part of the country's borders.

Jonathan announced the emergency measures Saturday, labeling the Islamist sect Boko Haram a "cancer" that threatened to destroy Africa's most populated body after a deadly week in which scores were killed by the radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

Speaking in a broadcast to the nation, the president said, "It has become imperative to take some decisive measures to restore normalcy in the country, especially within the affected communities..." He listed parts of the states of Niger, Yobe, Plateau and Borno -- where Boko Haram has its traditional stronghold.

Jonathan also ordered the shutdown of land borders between the affected areas to control "cross-border terrorist activities."

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[Eleutheria5]

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[livius]

I agree...the Western and Western-oriented countries should definitely work out arrangements with Nigeria. That said, I don’t know exactly how these things work there or how it is distributed between their states.

And in any case, Islam has nothing to do with reason. It’s all about force and violence, and they feel they can get anything they want that way. Unfortunately, so far, the West (including Israel, in this case) has not shown them that they can’t.

[Eleutheria5]

We’ll have to, or they’ll show us that they can. Reminds me of a movie in the ‘60s about two hoodlums who were terrorizing a subway car full of people, none of whom will stand up to them. Finally, one man, an injured soldier has enough and challenges them. He gets stabbed, but beats the hoodlums, one of whom turns coward, and the other of whom gets hospitalized in police custody.