Posted on 10/17/2020 11:56:02 PM PDT by xomething
Fourteen soldiers killed in jihadist attack (Nigeria)
ISIS fighters launched an assault on a military base in the northeast of the country on Saturday. Several soldiers are also missing.
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State (IS) organization killed 14 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in the northeast of the country, military sources said on Saturday. Several soldiers are missing.
Two sources, who requested anonymity, told AFP that fighters from the Islamic State in West Africa (Iswap) group attacked the Jakana military base on Friday with machine guns and grenade launchers, a offensive followed by intense fighting.
"We lost 14 soldiers in the battle, including the officer in charge and another officer," said one source. Several soldiers are missing, said a second source, who gave an identical death toll. Four trucks loaded with machine guns were stolen in the attack.
Jakana is 25 km from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, the epicenter of the jihadist insurgency in Nigeria. It is at the intersection of a strategic road for Iswap fighters, connecting their camps in Benisheikh forest and their haunts in Buni Yadi, Yobe region.
The village and the military base there have been the target of numerous attacks by the group, which emerged from a split from Boko Haram. The Nigerian military began a massive search operation on Monday in an area including Jakana.
The Islamist insurgency developed in northeastern Nigeria from 2009, before spreading to neighboring countries, Cameroon, Niger and Chad. Since that date, more than 36,000 people (mainly in Nigeria) have been killed, and three million have had to flee their homes, according to the UN.
Further west, three villagers were killed and five children between the ages of three and fifteen abducted by Boko Haram fighters in the far north of Cameroon. The attack took place on the night of Thursday to Friday in the village of Oudal, 6 km from the border with Nigeria, Boukar Medjeweh, the mayor of Mayo-Moskota, a village to which Oudal is attached, told AFP on Saturday (google translate)
Des combattants de lEtat islamique ont lancé un assaut samedi contre une base militaire située dans le nord-est du pays. Plusieurs soldats sont également portés disparus.
Des djihadistes liés à lorganisation Etat islamique (EI) ont tué 14 soldats nigérians dans une attaque contre une base militaire dans le nord-est du pays, a-t-on appris samedi de sources militaires. Plusieurs soldats sont portés disparus.
Deux sources, qui ont requis lanonymat, ont indiqué à lAFP que des combattants du groupe Etat Islamique en Afrique de lOuest (Iswap) avaient attaqué vendredi la base militaire de Jakana avec des mitrailleuses et des lance-grenades, une offensive suivie dintenses combats.
«Nous avons perdu 14 soldats dans la bataille, dont lofficier en charge et un autre officier», a affirmé une de ces sources. Plusieurs soldats sont portés disparus, a précisé une seconde source, qui a donné un bilan des pertes identique. Quatre camions chargés de mitrailleuses ont été dérobés lors de lattaque.
Jakana se situe à 25 km de Maiduguri, la capitale de lEtat de Borno, épicentre de linsurrection djihadiste au Nigeria. Elle est à lintersection dune route stratégique pour les combattants de lIswap, reliant leurs camps dans la forêt de Benisheikh et leurs repaires de Buni Yadi, dans la région de Yobe.
Le village et la base militaire qui y est installée ont été la cible de nombreuses attaques du groupe, issu dune scission de Boko Haram. Larmée nigériane a entamé lundi une vaste opération de ratissage dans une zone comprenant Jakana.
Linsurrection islamiste sest développée dans le nord-est du Nigeria à partir de 2009, avant de se propager dans les pays voisins, au Cameroun, au Niger et au Tchad. Depuis cette date, plus de 36000 personnes (principalement au Nigeria) ont été tuées, et trois millions ont dû fuir leur domicile, selon l'ONU.
Plus à louest, trois villageois ont été tués et cinq enfants de trois à quinze ans enlevés par des combattants de Boko Haram dans lextrême nord du Cameroun. Lattaque sest déroulée dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi dans le village dOudal, à 6 km de la frontière avec le Nigeria, a affirmé samedi à lAFP Boukar Medjeweh, le maire de Mayo-Moskota, une bourgade à laquelle est rattaché Oudal. (original)
Si, Senor.
Why doesn’t the story tell us how many jihadists were killed.
...the Islamic State (IS) organization... the Islamic State in West Africa (Iswap) group... emerged from a split from Boko Haram... [which] developed in northeastern Nigeria from 2009, before spreading to neighboring countries, Cameroon, Niger and Chad. Since that date, more than 36,000 people (mainly in Nigeria) have been killed, and three million have had to flee their homes, according to the UN.
How much manpower do they have?
How much do they have *left*? :^) IMHO it's no coincidence that Erdgoan's gone in up to the eyeballs on African jihad and now this.
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