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Boko Haram agrees to ceasefire, release of school girls
Deutsche Welle ^ | 17.10.2014 | slk/shs (AP, AFP, Reuters)

Posted on 10/17/2014 12:22:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has agreed to a ceasefire and the release of more than 200 kidnapped school girls, according to Nigerian officials. The girls were abducted six months ago from a school in Chibok. […]

“Boko Haram issued the ceasefire as a result of the discussions we have been having with them,” said Hassan Tukur, who represented the Nigerian government at talks with the militant organization in neighboring Chad. “They have agreed to release the Chibok girls,” he continued.

The girls have been missing for the past six months, despite international efforts mobilized by the Twitter hashtag campaign #BringBackOurGirls to rescue them from captivity. France, Great Britain and the United States have helped with the search for the girls, while China, Israel and other nations have also provided various forms of assistance. …

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bokoharam; bringbackourgirls; chad; chibok; nigeria; rop; slaves
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1 posted on 10/17/2014 12:22:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
despite international efforts mobilized by the Twitter hashtag campaign #BringBackOurGirls

I'm sure that played a huge part in this ceasefire.

2 posted on 10/17/2014 12:25:21 PM PDT by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: Kandy Atz

See! See! The hashtag worked!


3 posted on 10/17/2014 12:26:31 PM PDT by gr8eman (Bill Carson...meet Arch Stanton!)
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To: Olog-hai

I bet they are lying their butts off to buy time.


4 posted on 10/17/2014 12:27:04 PM PDT by stboz
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To: Kandy Atz

Yea, that was the tipping point.


5 posted on 10/17/2014 12:27:05 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Kandy Atz

Magical thinking in action.


6 posted on 10/17/2014 12:27:16 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Olog-hai

How many of those girls are jihadists?


7 posted on 10/17/2014 12:30:32 PM PDT by sagar
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To: Olog-hai

I am sure The One is asking, in Idi Amin fashion, “What did I do? How’d I do it?”


8 posted on 10/17/2014 12:31:17 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

and surprisingly they are all pregnant and contaminated with some STD


9 posted on 10/17/2014 12:31:46 PM PDT by shadeaud (Be strong when you are weak and stand up for our Constitution.)
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To: Olog-hai

The girls are probably all positive for Ebola


10 posted on 10/17/2014 12:32:31 PM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: epluribus_2

Like he supposedly said after the raid on entebbe freed the hostages.


11 posted on 10/17/2014 12:32:37 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: gr8eman

This is the real October surprise

I am one am so happy that these school girls will be released I want to shake Obamas hand and dance with Michelle and her turnips (and of course I will vote for Democrats)


12 posted on 10/17/2014 12:35:23 PM PDT by woofie
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To: shadeaud

Just what I was thinking!


13 posted on 10/17/2014 12:36:48 PM PDT by punknpuss
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To: Olog-hai

What did Boko Harem gain by declaring ‘cease fire’ now, with a return of the girls? I doubt it had anything to do with ‘wanting to do the right thing in the eyes of the world’. John Kerry thinks that way, but not Islamists. Maybe Soros wrote a few checks to get this over with. Does that mean the girls and their families are declared refugees and plan to move to the USA? It worked for the Honderans.


14 posted on 10/17/2014 12:39:26 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Olog-hai

Goodluck with that!


15 posted on 10/17/2014 12:43:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

After being raped and abused for six months, it seems doubtful that these girls will be considered marriageable, or can return to a normal life.


16 posted on 10/17/2014 12:48:48 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Olog-hai

Prayers up for these girls. It’s hard to even imagine the horrors they are enduring.


17 posted on 10/17/2014 12:53:58 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: lee martell
Maybe Soros wrote a few checks to get this over with.

Money is being paid or some slime is being let out of prison. Gotta be something that the media is not telling us.

18 posted on 10/17/2014 12:54:56 PM PDT by sr4402
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To: Cicero

How likely is it that most will be murdered by their family to save their “family honor” after being raped for months?
ROP!


19 posted on 10/17/2014 12:58:31 PM PDT by ri4dc (I used to care, but I just take a pill for that now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t hold your breath.

Likely 199 are six months pregnant or was beaten enough to terminate.


20 posted on 10/17/2014 12:58:57 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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