Hunters kill 7 Islamic radicals

The Vanguard (Nigeria) ^ | Friday, January 09, 2004

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KANO— HUNTERS in Borno State have shot dead seven Islamic radicals who were fleeing a military crackdown on a group inspired by the Afghan Taliban militia.

On Tuesday, 13 members of the Muhajirun sect arrived in the village of Sandiya in the state, preaching and demanding transport after their vehicle broke down, villagers said. They shot dead the leader of a local group of hunters, triggering a bloody confrontation in which seven of the Islamic gang were shot dead. The remaining six fled into the bush. Police in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, yesterday showed journalists seven bodies and 13 seized AK-47 assault rifles.

The Muhajirun are a radical group of Nigerian Muslim university graduates inspired by Afghanistan’s former Taliban regime. Their aim is to set up an “Islamically pure” state in northern Nigeria. They style themselves on the Taliban, and have recently raised their movement’s black flag in the Kanamma and Geidam areas of Yobe State.

Last week, Nigerian soldiers launched a crackdown on the Muslim radicals after two police officers were killed during three weeks of clashes between the group and security forces. Officials say 47 members of the Muhajirun have been arrested so far and five killed, including their leader.

But the group was thought to be 200-strong and the gang is thought to have broken up into small groups and dispersed through the arid savannah along Nigeria’s border with Niger. Seven of those arrested were attempting to cross the frontier, officials said.

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I hope authorities waved the tag limit!

[Atlantic Friend]

"They shot dead the leader of a group of local hunters"...

Boy, talk about winning new friends and influential people !

[2banana]

Wow, who would have thunk the right to bear arms works!

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[stylin_geek]

Again, these people show their intelligence by provoking a confrontation with people who are armed.

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Boy, talk about winning new friends and influential people !

Yeah, I’m guessing they don’t teach Dale Carnegie at the Nigerian Muslim University.

Me and my old college buddies generally just get together to drink beer.

[Arkie2]

Bringin' a 60 IQ to a gun fight? Not a good idea!

[rabidralph]

I hope we can get this kind of hunting season over here.

[blam]

"I hope we can get this kind of hunting season over here."

Sit tight, we may.

[ArrogantBustard]

I guess terrorists qualify as "dangerous game" ... Good shooting, gentlemen!

[Atlantic Friend]

To put it mildly, shooting perfect strangers is considered by every civilized nation a slight but unforgivable breach of etiquette, the kind of breach that can be frowned upon by local hunters...

[AngryJawa]

If only some enterprising businessman would offer this new kind of African Safari to American hunters...

[Petruchio]

Sit tight, we may.

Sigh

(tapping fingers . . .)

[Vigilanteman]

Pay those Nigerian hunters bounty and buy them more bullets. Let them mount their Jihadist remains and serve the entrails to swine.

[petercooper]

Hunters kill 7 Islamic radicals

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[snippy_about_it]

Ping. FReepers humor is second to none! Not to mention it's an interesting event. Nigeria next?

[Enterprise]

"13 members of the Muhajirun sect arrived in the village of Sandiya in the state, preaching and demanding transport after their vehicle broke down"

Headline: "Pushy Islamic radicals who are expert at shooting off their mouths lose debate with hunters who are expert at shooting their guns."

[dixierat22]

I guess terrorists qualify as "dangerous game"

With the added excitement that they can shoot back! Do I need a license to hunt them?

[ArrogantBustard]

You can probably buy a license from one of those Nigerian dudes that needs your bank account number to move several million dollars he just inherited ...

[Boomer_45]

Wow! Who would have thought that a hunting rifle could be deadlier than an assualt rifle? On the other hand, that seems to me to be a pretty "sporting use" of a gun.