Posted on 02/11/2026 4:46:26 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States is sending troops to Nigeria to help train the West African nation's military in fighting extremism, Nigerian authorities said Wednesday, as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north of the country.
The American personnel won't engage in combat or have a direct operational role, and Nigerian forces will have complete command authority, Maj. Gen. Samaila Uba, spokesman for Nigeria’s Defense Headquarters, said in a statement.
“At the invitation of the Government of Nigeria and in continuation of our longstanding security cooperation and military-to-military partnership with the United States, Nigeria will host a contingent of United States technical and training personnel," Uba said.
Around 200 U.S. troops were expected to arrive in Nigeria, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity, because the person wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter. The deployment was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Nigeria has been a focus of Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump said the country wasn't protecting Christians from an alleged genocide. The Nigerian government rejected the accusation, and analysts say it simplifies a very complicated situation in which people are often targeted regardless of their faith.
In December, U.S. forces launched airstrikes on Islamic State group-affiliated militants in northwestern Nigeria. Last month, the head of U.S. Africa Command confirmed a small team of U.S. military officers are in Nigeria, focused on intelligence support.
Nigeria is facing a protracted fight with dozens of local armed groups increasingly battling for turf, including Islamic sects like the homegrown Boko Haram and its breakaway faction Islamic State West Africa Province. There is also the IS-linked Lakurawa, as well as other “bandit” groups that specialize in kidnapping for ransom and illegal mining.
Recently, the crisis has worsened to include other militants from the neighboring Sahel region, including the...
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Isn’t that how we started out in Vietnam?
Extremism? Just say it, Monika —Jihadism. Mohamedan lunatics.
No.
I always thought this was a Muslims killing Christians thing. Where the Christians are drastically missing their own military. Not ours.
Nigeria is worth it...nothing like other African countries. Nigerians come to America because they are Christians. Have worked with them and have had Nigerian neighbors...
Glad it’s not Somalia - nothing there worth saving!
“”I always thought this was a Muslims killing Christians thing.””
You thought RIGHT!!!
The focus should be on defeating Islam.
Giving modern weapons to 45 IQ retards… what could possibly go wrong….
One worked for a company I worked for. He would call me in the office and tell me very formally who he was and I always told him that wasn’t necessary as no one else spoke English as beautifully as he did. Like the Persians who came here already spoke English!
“”45 IQ retards””
You’re wrong...
Bleh. Has this ever worked? EVER?
“45 IQ retards”?
Where they at?
So true! It's been my observation as well.
That means refugees from there headed our way in a few years.
We should stop being world policeman for a number of reasons -- including that we suck at it.
It would be easier to train monkeys to do the job.
Yup—if Nigeria refuses to name their enemies—Muslims—they are toast.
Yeah, suddenly we are about protecting Christianity? We don’t do it at home. We helped ISIS take over Syria. Communists take over a church in Minnesota... crickets.
But if Christians are in a place with rare earth minerals and a ton of light sweet oil, we are all in.
Tears of the Sun, here we come.
The best part of all, when you play with a turd, you get crap on your fingers. EVERY war we have fought in the last 80 years has unleashed a flood of new immigration.
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