Posted on 11/01/2014 10:33:02 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
LAGOS, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 42 Boko Haram insurgents have been killed in a clash with military forces in a failed attack in northeast Nigeria's Borno State, a security source said on Saturday.
The insurgents on motorcycles and one Hilux vehicle invaded Sabon Gari, near Biu, about 189 kilometers from Maiduguri, on Friday morning but were repelled by miliary troops who have been on ground before the insurgents arrived, the source told Xinhua.
"Our men were mobilized to Sabon-Gari to repel the attack with support from the youth vigilante in the area and we dealt with them well," a military officer in Maiduguri who did not want his name in print said.
Audu Uba, a youth vigilante in Biu also confirmed the incident, adding that the military troops in the area pursue the flee insurgents up to a nearby village where they were intercepted and killed.
Sabon Gari has witnessed two attacks in the past. In mid May, Boko Haram attacked the remote community nearly a month after the first attack, killing at least 12 people. The attack forced over a thousand residents to flee the area.
Failing to advocate the indiscriminate killing of someone, simply because of what religion they embrace, is not "kumbaya theology".
Attempting to conflate the two is a gross exaggeration, and amounts to nothing more than a mean-spirited smear.
About damn time. How long was Boko Haram going to be allowed to go around and torture, rape, murder and pillage, ie practice their religion?
But have it your way, and good luck with it.
ps: just for the record, speaking of conflation, I didn't advocate the slaughter of women and/or children above .. however, should they subsequently inherit and employ the sword/IED/etc > them too.
Thank you for your service, Sir!
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