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| Africa Subsaharan |
| After Fierce Gun Battle: 400 Boko Haram insurgents killed in battle to retake Bazza, Michika, Madagali |
| 2014-10-08 |
| [Osun Defender] Heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy... between Nigerian troops and Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... gunnies ensued yesterday in Adamawa State as soldiers backed from the air by Nigerian Airforce attack helicopters launched an attack to retake territories in the possession of Boko Haram. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I think they counted all the dead people they found, added in all the dead cattle, goats* and donkeys. Came to 400. * In East Timor, Australian troops called goats "Jordanian War Brides". |
| Posted by: frozen al 2014-10-08 11:05 |
| #4 They counted the number of bullets they came back with, subtracted that from the number they went out with and found out they were 400 short, hence the obvious conclusion that they killed 400 in battle. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-10-08 07:50 |
| #3 Choppers and tanks against local rebel infantry, and at night? Unlikely numbers unless the rebels were hobbled. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-10-08 00:19 |
| #2 I'd say inflated by a factor of ten. Maybe a hundred. |
| Posted by: Fred 2014-10-08 00:15 |
| #1 400 is a large number. Inflated? Real? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-10-08 00:03 |