Boko Haram leader blows himself up
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Not a failed bomb school effort this time but schoolgirl kidnapping Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau blows himself up as rival terrorists from Islamic state’s west Africa club closed in on him.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boko-haram-lead...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57378493
Interestingly Abubakar Shekau has been proven to be fairly difficult to vanquish and reported dead a few times before but keeps reappearing.
Seems like he was offered the chance to “repent” by Islamic state but didn’t like their offer.
I assumed all these Islamic terrorists were in it together but apparently not?
Fingers crossed they keep removing each other rather than kidnapping and generally being fundamentalist terrorists d
heads.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boko-haram-lead...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57378493
Interestingly Abubakar Shekau has been proven to be fairly difficult to vanquish and reported dead a few times before but keeps reappearing.
Seems like he was offered the chance to “repent” by Islamic state but didn’t like their offer.
the bbc said:
In the undated audio recording, a voice thought to be that of Iswap leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi said Shekau "killed himself instantly by detonating an explosive".
Iswap fighters hunted down the warlord and offered him the chance to repent and join them, al-Barnawi said.
"Shekau preferred to be humiliated in the afterlife than getting humiliated on earth," he said.
Some nutty stuff going on there indeed.Iswap fighters hunted down the warlord and offered him the chance to repent and join them, al-Barnawi said.
"Shekau preferred to be humiliated in the afterlife than getting humiliated on earth," he said.
I assumed all these Islamic terrorists were in it together but apparently not?
Fingers crossed they keep removing each other rather than kidnapping and generally being fundamentalist terrorists d
heads.Islamic State seem to be in a league of their own compared to other fundamentalist Islamic groups, largely because of their indiscriminate killing of other groups of Muslims who don't adhere to their particularly draconian rules, many of which have no basis in any scriptures whatsoever
Even using the most murderous interpretation of the Quran etc. that the likes of al-Qaeda and Boko haram use there isn't much Islamic about that.
Even using the most murderous interpretation of the Quran etc. that the likes of al-Qaeda and Boko haram use there isn't much Islamic about that.
Edited by BritishBlitz87 on Monday 7th June 09:14
Here is a link to the original source of Shekau's death.
https://humangle.ng/iswap-confirms-shekaus-death-s...
HumAngle is a very good resource for information coming out of West Africa and the Sahel.
https://humangle.ng/iswap-confirms-shekaus-death-s...
HumAngle is a very good resource for information coming out of West Africa and the Sahel.
BritishBlitz87 said:
Islamic State seem to be in a league of their own compared to other fundamentalist Islamic groups, largely because of their indiscriminate killing of other groups of Muslims who don't adhere to their particularly draconian rules, many of which have no basis in any scriptures whatsoever
Even using the most murderous interpretation of the Quran etc. that the likes of al-Qaeda and Boko haram use there isn't much Islamic about that.
They are all much of a much, Al Qaeda were the worst and most feared until the next one game along.Even using the most murderous interpretation of the Quran etc. that the likes of al-Qaeda and Boko haram use there isn't much Islamic about that.
Edited by BritishBlitz87 on Monday 7th June 09:14
There will be another to replace ISIS and Boko Haram when they expire.
It'll be interesting to see how the Sahel situation develops. Macron stopped cooperation with Mali forces after the latest coup saying he wouldn't re-join until a civilian government is in power; a few days later we have Col. Goita once again declaring himself transitional president. Meanwhile 130 are massacred in the spill over in Burkina, continuing the last few years upsurge in violence. Libyan 'peace' accords [even with its two armies running themselves over] may signal a push south for the jobless mercenary forces [not Wagner, the less controllable ones]. Things are tense once again in Western Sahara with Spain being embroiled with the support of the Polisario president and the situation with illegal immigration, and Algeria, 'the old enemy', having minor skirmishes on the border. Chad is increasingly unstable and Niger seems only to hold itself together with foreign support that is 'resource protection' based rather than holistic.
This thin band between the north and south of the continent seems ripe for being a geographical centre of excellence for lawlessness and terrorist groups and all international efforts to impose some order has not diminished that trajectory. It really seems to be on life support at the moment.
This thin band between the north and south of the continent seems ripe for being a geographical centre of excellence for lawlessness and terrorist groups and all international efforts to impose some order has not diminished that trajectory. It really seems to be on life support at the moment.
andy_s said:
It'll be interesting to see how the Sahel situation develops. Macron stopped cooperation with Mali forces after the latest coup saying he wouldn't re-join until a civilian government is in power; a few days later we have Col. Goita once again declaring himself transitional president. Meanwhile 130 are massacred in the spill over in Burkina, continuing the last few years upsurge in violence. Libyan 'peace' accords [even with its two armies running themselves over] may signal a push south for the jobless mercenary forces [not Wagner, the less controllable ones]. Things are tense once again in Western Sahara with Spain being embroiled with the support of the Polisario president and the situation with illegal immigration, and Algeria, 'the old enemy', having minor skirmishes on the border. Chad is increasingly unstable and Niger seems only to hold itself together with foreign support that is 'resource protection' based rather than holistic.
This thin band between the north and south of the continent seems ripe for being a geographical centre of excellence for lawlessness and terrorist groups and all international efforts to impose some order has not diminished that trajectory. It really seems to be on life support at the moment.
It would help if the UN had actually done something about Western Sahara in the last 30 years rather than just let Morocco do what they like and twiddle their thumbs waiting for unicorns to turn up carrying a golden ark containing a definitive statement of who owns what.This thin band between the north and south of the continent seems ripe for being a geographical centre of excellence for lawlessness and terrorist groups and all international efforts to impose some order has not diminished that trajectory. It really seems to be on life support at the moment.
hidetheelephants said:
It would help if the UN had actually done something about Western Sahara in the last 30 years rather than just let Morocco do what they like and twiddle their thumbs waiting for unicorns to turn up carrying a golden ark containing a definitive statement of who owns what.
Oh, don't get me started. I can tell you there is more sense around the average dinner table than in all the halls of that great and good.hidetheelephants said:
It would help if the UN had actually done something about Western Sahara in the last 30 years rather than just let Morocco do what they like and twiddle their thumbs waiting for unicorns to turn up carrying a golden ark containing a definitive statement of who owns what.
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