Witness: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Town - Slaguhters Hundreds If Not Thousands Of People
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2015 · People & Blogs
Boko Haram is said to have massacred the town of Baga in northern Nigeria, killing hundreds in the process, according to witnesses. CNN reports. Would you like to know more? 2,000 feared killed in 'deadliest' Boko Haram attack in Nigeria (CNN, Jan 10, 2015) http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/09/africa/boko-haram-violence/ Boko Haram's Expanding Reach - Nigerian Army Feels Outgunned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avi9mAqNALI Focus On Nigeria https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpIHPQmTrX-LUNUoON7VxDDpw_DEHlRMx Report: 10 generals guilty of arming Boko Haram (yahoo/AP, June 3, 2014) http://news.yahoo.com/report-10-generals-guilty-arming-boko-haram-100856925.html "Ten generals and five other senior military officers were found guilty in courts-martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists, a leading Nigerian newspaper reported Tuesday. The news follows months of allegations from politicians and soldiers who have told The Associated Press that some senior officers were helping the Islamic extremists and that some rank-and-file soldiers even fight alongside the insurgents and then return to army camps. They have said that information provided by army officers has helped insurgents in ambushing military convoys and in attacks on army barracks and outposts in their northeastern stronghold. Leadership newspaper quoted one officer saying that four other officers, in addition to the 15, were found guilty of "being disloyal and for working for the members of the sect."...." Nigeria army 'abuses' in Boko Haram crackdown - Amnesty (BBC, Nov 1, 2012) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20163435 "Nigerian security forces have carried out widespread abuses in their campaign against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Amnesty International says. The rights group says in a report that abuses include extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture. A spokesman from the Nigerian army rejected the accusations, saying soldiers always operate within the law. Boko Haram campaigns for an Islamic state and has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of people this year. It has carried out frequent attacks in northern and central Nigeria since 2009. In its report, Amnesty blamed Boko Haram for widespread atrocities, including murder, burning down churches and schools, and attacks against the media. But it said a heavy-handed response by the security forces had only fuelled further violence. "The cycle of attack and counter-attack has been marked by unlawful violence on both sides, with devastating consequences for the human rights of those trapped in the middle," said the group's secretary general, Salil Shetty...."
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