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Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria Asks for U.N. Sanctions on Boko Haram
2014-05-21
[AnNahar] Nigeria asked the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on 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...
, the armed Islamist group that claimed the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls, and list it as a terrorist group, diplomats said Tuesday.
How embarrassing for former Secretary of State Clinton, who had refused to do such a thing not so long ago. And what a contrast to her former boss's Nobel Peace Prize for his lovely potential.
They said Nigeria lodged the request with a Security Council committee that deals with sanctions against al-Qaeda-linked groups.

The decision to add Boko Haram to the black list will go into effect on Thursday if no objections are raised by any of the council's 15 members.

The sanctions imposed by the committee typically involve freezing of assets, an arms embargo and travel bans.

Boko Haram has grabbed credit for the kidnapping in mid-April of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria.

Their attacks have left thousands dead since 2009.

The imposition of U.N. sanctions on the group was recommended Saturday at a conference in Gay Paree that brought together the presidents of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroun, Niger and Benin as well as representatives of the United States, Britannia and La Belle France.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  "Should be a no-brainer."

That's the Useless Nitwits, all right.
Posted by: Barbara   2014-05-21 15:50  

#2  Why not kick it up a notch to a full sternly worded letter? In Ink!

That'll show em!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-05-21 14:54  

#1  Should be a no-brainer.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-05-21 13:40  

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