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Africa Subsaharan
Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri, bomb kills many
2015-06-03
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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...
attacked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday with deafening kabooms from the west and a suicide kaboom near the center that witnesses said killed as many as 20 people.

The attack began in the early hours of the morning when residents were wakened by booming kabooms, heavy gunfire and the screech of a fighter jet scrambled to protect the town.
Posted by:Fred

#1  As an aside, Boko Haram has renamed itself, according to An Nahar:

The group also released a new video -- its first since February and first using the logo "Islamic State in West Africa" -- disputing military claims that it had been routed.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-06-03 09:06  

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