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Bring Back Our Girls: One Year Later, Still Sex Slaves to Boko Haram
Clarion Project ^ | Tue, April 14, 2015

Posted on 04/14/2015 9:24:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Today marks one year since the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 Christian girls from a school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria.

In the days before the kidnapping, Boko Haram had massacred some 200 schoolboys at a nearby school who had been on their way to take exams.

Despite initially being sent home, the girls had been called back to their school to take their final exams when the middle-of-the-night attack occurred. The regional government had closed all of 85 of its secondary schools and sent 120,000 students home because of previous attacks. […]

The girls were later sold into sex slavery for 2000 rials each—just $12 US each. […]

In March 2015, Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its self-styled Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

A year later, the girls are still in captivity. …

(Excerpt) Read more at clarionproject.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; bokoharam; bringbackourgirls; islam; nigeria; rop

1 posted on 04/14/2015 9:24:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

You mean that Boko Haram wasn’t defeated by the awesome power that is #hashtag?


2 posted on 04/14/2015 9:26:13 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Here's what they're doing about it now ........... some_text
3 posted on 04/14/2015 9:31:29 AM PDT by boycott
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To: dfwgator

At least Michelle Obama cared enough to text.


4 posted on 04/14/2015 9:32:07 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

Yes, she cares MORE than you. That’s all that matters to a liberal.


5 posted on 04/14/2015 9:32:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

At $12/girl Michelle or Hillary could have ordered a half dozen girls or so.


6 posted on 04/14/2015 9:34:39 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: dfwgator

But, but, but I forwarded her text!


7 posted on 04/14/2015 9:35:13 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Olog-hai

“and they lived happily ever after.” /s


8 posted on 04/14/2015 9:41:30 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Olog-hai

9 posted on 04/14/2015 9:50:36 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Olog-hai

0 and his horseface other half got political benefit from the girls. Then they were abandoned.


10 posted on 04/14/2015 9:52:16 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Olog-hai

The hash tag campaign was stupid, but the idiots in the press would never say anything against Michelle O. Other than Fox News will any others in the media notice the one year anniversary of this massive failure?


11 posted on 04/14/2015 10:05:17 AM PDT by The Great RJ (Pants up...Don't loot!)
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To: The Great RJ
Well, the BBC did, but they are downplaying the weakness on the part of “the West” in facing down this threat.
12 posted on 04/14/2015 10:09:11 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Another #HashtagFailure

Maybe terrorist don't understand English dope.

13 posted on 04/14/2015 10:26:41 AM PDT by McGruff (Ask yourself, what would Rick Grimes do?)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

How about #letmypeoplego . . . at least that one worked in the past!


14 posted on 04/14/2015 10:26:56 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: The Great RJ

That wookie is married to the leader of the free world, and the best she can do is hold a sign and show a pout face?


15 posted on 04/14/2015 10:29:31 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: boycott



16 posted on 04/14/2015 10:40:13 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: McGruff

Typical Western Liberal arrogance, what the Hell do they mean “Our Girls”?


17 posted on 04/14/2015 10:42:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: MeshugeMikey

If not for politics, I believe ole barackum would have been a dancer in gay night clubs.


18 posted on 04/14/2015 1:13:31 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

were it not for michelle...he still would be


19 posted on 04/14/2015 2:30:57 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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