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Africa Subsaharan
ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram leader injured confirms Nigeria’s leader
2016-08-29
[ALMASDARNEWS] Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that the leader of ISIS-affiliated 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...
, Abubakar Shekau
... the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fire by the Caliph and refused to step down ...
, was injured in an Arclight airstrike conducted by the country’s airforce.

"We learned that in an Arclight airstrike by the Nigeria air force he was maimed," Buhari said in a statement on Sunday from the Kenyan capital Nairobi, where he is attending a development conference.

He also went on to claim that the Lions of Islam were in a bad position.

"Indeed their top hierarchy and lower cadre have a problem," Buhari said, adding, "They are not holding any territory and they have split into small groups attacking soft targets."

Last week Nigeria’s military said Shekau was maimed in an Arclight airstrike but released no further evidence or statement on his condition.

PressTV reported that according to ISIS-linked media, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, a former front man for Boko Haram, has replaced Shekau, who had been in charge since 2009. It was not clear why the change has taken place.

Shekau later released an audio message saying, "People should know we are still around," apparently defying ISIS and the decision to oust him.

Barnawi claimed his group remains "a force to be reckoned with," adding that the fight would go on against West African countries.

Posted by:Fred

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[x] An unexpected e-mail from Nigeria arrives....
Posted by: Bov Flimbers   2016-08-29 02:38  

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