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2018-07-16 Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram overruns Nigerian military base
[PRESSTV] 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...
Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
forces of Evil have overrun a military base following a ferocious gun fight with Nigerian troops in the country's troubled northeast.

The Lions of Islam invaded the base holding hundreds of soldiers in Yobe state in an hours-long onslaught Saturday night.

"Boko Haram forces of Evil attacked troops of the 81st Division Forward Brigade at Jilli village in Geidam district. The forces of Evil came in huge numbers around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) and overran the base after a fierce battle that lasted till 9:10 pm," AFP quoted a military source as saying.

"The base had 734 troops. Currently the commander of the base and 63 soldiers have made it to Geidam (60 kilometers away) while the remaining 670 are being expected," he said.

"We don't know if there were any casualties among the troops. That will be known later."

A leader of a local anti-militant militia attributed the attack to the Abu-Mus'ab al-Barnawi faction of Boko Haram, which is known for targeting Nigerian forces.

"We learned that they drove from Lake Chad through Gubio (in nearby Borno state) and attacked the base."

Geidam resident Fannami Gana said that Boko Haram Lions of Islam "overwhelmed" the troops. "We don't know the details of what happened but we learnt they were overwhelmed by hundreds of Boko Haram button men."

The latest attack was carried out after Boko Haram forces of Evil ambushed a military convoy in neighboring Borno state. On Friday, nearly two dozen Nigerian soldiers went missing after Lions of Islam ambushed a convoy outside Bama, leading to the loss of several military vehicles. According to a military officer, "around 100 terrorists" attacked the convoy.

Yan St-Pierre, the counter-terrorism advisor and head of the Berlin-based Modern Security Consulting Group, said that the murderous Moslem raids showed the persistent threat of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region.

Posted by Fred 2018-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ]  Top
 File under: Boko Haram (ISIS) 

#1 
Posted by Jack Chaiter7913 2018-07-16 08:21||   2018-07-16 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Currently the commander of the base and 63 soldiers have made it to Geidam

Decided to lead from the rear?
Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-16 09:09||   2018-07-16 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 so around 100 terrorists attacked and the 750 Nigerian soldier brigade fought back for a while and then ran away

Posted by lord garth 2018-07-16 12:38||   2018-07-16 12:38|| Front Page Top

#4 
Supplied by the incompetents running the convoy then overran base with the captured supplies, most likely. Pathetic. Why does the press continue to call these posers soldiers?
PRESSTV must be Nigerian. Who else would say these 750 bums put up a fight?
Posted by Roger29 Palms 2018-07-16 13:00||   2018-07-16 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 PRESSTV must be Nigerian.

Iranian.
Posted by Otto Pholumble7741 2018-07-16 13:21||   2018-07-16 13:21|| Front Page Top

#6 What it takes to overrun 730 soldiers in a defensive position is either the biggest surprise since ma caught.... Anyway, or a lot more than 730 guys, or very heavy supporting fires. Assembling either of the latter two would be obvious to any military force paying attention.
Most charitable explanation is the commandos came in disguised as the week's shipment of twelve year old girls.
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Posted by Richard Aubrey 2018-07-16 16:05||   2018-07-16 16:05|| Front Page Top

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