80 U.S. troops in Chad will aid search for abducted Nigerian ...
www.cnn.com/2014/05/21/world/africa/nigeria-violence/ CNN
May 22, 2014 - The United States deployed 80 members of its armed forces to Chad ... U.S. sends drone to look for school girls 01:34 ... President Barack Obama informed the House speaker and the ... Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls last month from a school ... "The Jos attack has only strengthened our resolve.
Looks like another Obama foreign affairs fiasco
Seriously, prayers for all involved.
Nothing Islamic to see here. Please move along.
Things would have turned out differently if the residents were armed. Even with old Russian Mosin–Nagant rifles.
It won’t be long now before we start hearing about Typhus, etc.
Then we will be invited to ‘help’
Supposedly Nigeria has over 130,000 front line soldiers. Nigeria would be better off if they hired a few thousand Western mercenaries to take on Boko.
Nigeria is a major country, for Africa. The fact they cannot or will not take care of this is disturbing.
I still do not understand the people in these cities.
If I was in that kind of situation, knowing the savages were beating on the doors, I would be on the front line with the soldiers. With 100,000 citizens, there has to several thousands of adult males who can pick up a rifle and shoot. Even if you have to pick one up from somebody who has died, you can still defend your family and country. (Hat tip to We Were Soldiers and Enemy at the Gate)
Nigeria’s Maiduguri curfew lifted
http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigerias-Maiduguri-curfew-lifted-20150126
“Nigerian Army spokesperson Colonel Sani Usman announced the lifting of the curfew from 06:00. “People can go about their legitimate business,” he said.”
Definitely mixed signals from what happened. I don’t think the city was taken over. CNN seems to be the only one reporting the city captured.
I’d vote for a new President if I were there, Johnathan does little to help.