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2014-05-07 Africa Subsaharan

UK may send Special Air Service to help rescue Nigerian schoolgirls.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Interesting to note how infrequently mentioned by the MSM; the connection between Boko Haram [or any variant of radical Islam] and human trafficking and slavery.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-07 10:27|| 2014-05-07 10:27|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a link? And they're Muslim? I assumed it was some oddball Nigerian hillbilly fight.

Posted by Shipman 2014-05-07 10:35|| 2014-05-07 10:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I mean there was a movie some years back, 300 Brides for 50 Brothers, it was a musical IIRC.

Posted by Shipman 2014-05-07 10:37|| 2014-05-07 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Well between the SAS and Team 6, I suppose Boko Haram should now worry about Hollande sending the Legion into the fray also.

Can Putin spare some black berets from his festival in Crimea?

I wonder why no one ever answered Goodluck Jonathan when he asked the UN "Who is financing these maniacs" I hope the combined services of some really rough men focused on the problem will give us some really embarrassing answers to that question.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-05-07 11:01|| 2014-05-07 11:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd think if its being done right, this is old news for good reason. I'll leave it to Ambassador Stevens for the dissenting opinion.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-05-07 11:14|| 2014-05-07 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Belmont Club says 90% are christian. 53 have escaped. some have already been forcibly married to other Boko Haram members.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-05-07 12:26|| 2014-05-07 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 That's interesting Deacon Blues,I did a little Google search and was wondering about their faith. Couldn't find much other than to say most of the main-stream media images are showing weeping mothers wearing hijabs. Terrible business, but I wonder if the national backlash might be (other than increased security in girl schools) greater determination to put the girls in school. Me thinks some (Western-backed) special forces intervention might clean out some of the rubbish in the coming months. One hopes.

Posted by Incredulous 2014-05-07 13:04|| 2014-05-07 13:04|| Front Page Top

#8 time to make some widows

Posted by Frank G 2014-05-07 15:46|| 2014-05-07 15:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, if I were a Terrorist, of whatever stripe, I now know of the potential responses I could expect of swiping kids.

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-05-07 21:05|| 2014-05-07 21:05|| Front Page Top

#10 If sent, the ROE should be "Boko Haram casualties are irrelevant - no bag limit, kill many as you can while achieving mission objectives"

Posted by OldSpook 2014-05-07 23:15|| 2014-05-07 23:15|| Front Page Top

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