Posted on 05/14/2014 4:44:28 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Villagers in an area of Nigeria where Boko Haram operates have killed and detained scores of fighters who were suspected of planning a fresh attack, the residents and a security official said.
Locals in Nigeria's northern states have been forming vigilante groups in various areas to resist the armed group which has held more than 270 schoolgirls captive since last month.
In Kalabalge, a village about 250km from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri, residents said they were taking matters into their own hands because the Nigerian military was perceived as not doing enough to stem Boko Haram attacks.
On Tuesday morning, after learning about an impending attack by fighters, locals ambushed two trucks with gunmen, according to local officials.
At least 41 fighters were killed in the attack, officials, who spoke to Al Jazeera on conditions of anonymity, said
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The AP news agency was told that at least 10 armed men were detained. It was not immediately clear where the detainees were being held.
Kalabalge trader Ajid Musa said that after residents organised the vigilante group, "it is impossible" for fighters to successfully stage attacks there.
"That is why most attacks by the Boko Haram on our village continued [to] fail because they cannot come in here and start shooting and killing people," he said.
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Has Michelle called in a strike yet?
#killthechristians
At least 41 fighters were killed in the attack, officials, who spoke to Al Jazeera on conditions of anonymity, said
Sounds like a successful engagement to me.
In fact not something untrained villagers would be
able to pull off. Hmmmmm.
Has Kerry started brokering a piece agreement yet?
Now this is the way to deal with these creatures.
Them Israelis work really fast.
Watch Benghazi Barry Soetoro take credit; after all, he killed Osama.(sarc)
I don’t think it is the same village; Nigerians are learning quickly. We still prop up the same royal families that produced the 9/11 hijackers...
Might be residual effect of Bush’s WOT in Africa. He had a program for arming and training indigenous fighters and offering back-up. Even if the US abandoned the back-up part, Israel potentially could fill in the gap. If ever a country needed help from a more developed one, it is Nigeria. EMA marches on.
I like a happy ending
This is Nigeria’s only hope. That the locals take matters into their own hands
No trials
ditto with other so-called muslim countries
Take out your own trash
Nigerians would have to. Their news doesn’t happen on TV.
They better be careful. They hurt the muslim’s feelings, Obama will send the U.S. military to take them out. Or a drone strike.
If only there had been “reasonable” gun control, this carnage could not have occurred.
/sarcasm
Some of the most effective “mercenary” groups are based in Africa and have trained a lot of locals over the years.
And they got some of them alive so they can find were they come from.
Just make sure to tell them you also put pig grease on the bullets.
There.
Fixed.
What gets me is that some rich guy could hire a battalion of US combat veteran mercenaries who would go through Boko Haram like a class five tornado through a trailer park.
On the plus side, their ROE would be simple.
“Kill them all.”
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