A statement from one anonymous "official" is the basis for the article. The point of the article is that Boko Haram is not trained, funded or supplied by other Islamic groups primarily Libyan Muslims and AQ.
The article is nonsense. This terrorism in Nigeria is one more consequence of the so called Arab Spring and the American involvement in Libya.
Where are they getting arms? Hmmm, maybe...Benghazi? Or at least, they were...
“...arms are not being acquired systematically from other militant groups including al Qaeda and its African affiliates — but through “shady, black market” arrangements across barely marked borders, as the official put it.”
And the Shady Black Market by the Barely Marked Border gets them from the arms fairy, the official concluded.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ~ General George S. Patton
The article is nonsense.
Agreed.
If Sarah Palin had done that the Liberal Press would hound her endlessly.
The worlds biggest weapons provider to Islamic terrorists:
Definitely bull crap. This is a front story to wash away any suspicious covert US to Boko Haram arms deals. We were told that one of the reasons the Nigerian armed forces did not respond when it had a 4 hour warning to the kidnapping, is that they were reluctant because Boko Haram has better equipment. How did they get that better equipment if they were just poor terrorists ?
I thought they got them from unregulated gun shows /s
I suppose we’ll find out soon if this is a replay of ‘Obama killed Osama’ to rescue his poor approval ratings and divert from the numerous 0bama scandals.
I just wrote about where Boko Haram obtained its weapons from and that is in the wake of the Libyan Civil War.