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PANICKED RESIDENTS FLED their homes in northeast Nigeria today in fear of Boko Haram attacks while the military sought to recapture ground lost to the militants in recent weeks.
The Cameroon army has killed more than 100 Boko Haram fighters, its government said this evening.
Mass exodus
The exodus from Mubi, the commercial hub of Adamawa state, began on Sunday after the insurgents seized Michika 42 kilometres away the day before, heightening fears of an impending strike.
Nigeria’s military is under increasing pressure to stop Boko Haram, which has seized control of a number of towns in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states in recent weeks, prompting fears the government could soon lose control of the region.
Taking cover
On Monday, residents living near the airforce base in the Adamawa state capital, Yola, reported seeing an increase in sorties of military aircraft in the last few days. But residents in Michika said airforce jets seen circling overhead were unable to bomb the insurgents because they had taken cover in civilian houses.
Nigeria’s military on Friday tried to retake Madagali, which fell into rebel hands last month, forcing troops to withdraw to Gulak, then to Mubi itself.
The fear of attack was heightened after the families of police officers in the town were ordered to evacuate and seen leaving, said resident Muhammad Maishanu.
Mubi, which has previously been targeted by Boko Haram, had already seen an influx of thousands of residents escaping violence in Michika, Madagali, Gulak and several other villages near the border with Borno.
Locals have thronged the main bus depot in the town to catch taxis and commuter buses out of the town for the last few days, said Samaila Ado, who works at the coach station.
Conflicting claims
Many residents headed for Yola 145 kilometres away as well as the northern states of Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi and Kano, Ado added.
The spokesman of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, Gideon Obasogie, said he fled the town on Sunday. “Thousands of others have also left Mubi for Yola for fear of attack. The Boko Haram militants are just capturing everywhere,” he told AFP.
The Catholic church in Maiduguri diocese is gradually crumbling. A priest in Michika had to scale a fence yesterday to avoid being killed… He had to pass through some bush and mountains before he finally made it to Yola.
Security fears prompted the indefinite closure of the Adamawa State University in Mubi, according to a university statement.
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What a way to live. Terrible
Humans killing other humans inhumanly because of a warped ideology and the corrupt software of a virus called religion infected in their brains.
It’s strange that Nigeria, a developing nation with a fairly brutal military and police force, won’t bomb civilian homes in which highly dangerous extremists are hiding, but Israel, a supposedly advanced democratic nation, has no problem bringing down entire apartment blocks. That being said, Nigeria’s army has the ability to do much more than they currently are to combat Boko Haram, but there needs to be more cooperation with the surrounding nations, the local population, and as little interference from the US as possible. They can do it by themselves, but they have to do it
My friend from Nigeria told me her sister is moving because they were told their kids are in danger if they go back to school in their area.
Really sad stuff.
My godmother has a cleaning business in northeastern Nigeria, apparently it’s near impossible to find employees and clients now. The situation has been deteriorating for quite a while, and so far it’s been largely ignored. The president is understandably nervous to give the military the power to really fight Boko Haram seeing as Nigeria has had more coups than anywhere else (I may be wrong, but there’s been a hell of a lot), but now simply isn’t the time to worry about that. I think a lot of people would rather another coup over another version of IS
The terrain is different;you are comparing one of the most densely populated places on earth (Gaza) to a rural – jungle area. The one thing that both conflicts share is militant Islam which is a Martyr cult that believe by killing non Muslims especially Jews will open the door to a Drunken orgy for eternity.
The Nigerian army has no problem in rounding up thousands of young men in supposed anti terrorist swoops. These men are beaten tortured and executed without due process. HRW reports constantly on the matter and a recent C4 documentary has also highlighted this matter.
Joseph, I’ve been to Nigeria. I have a pretty decent idea of what the terrain is like. Boko Haram has been moving more and more into town and increasingly into urban areas. Yola and Madagali are both urban areas, not rural or jungle, and Michika is what we’d consider a shanty town, but it’s just a regular medium sized town.
SteoG, that’s why I mentioned that Nigeria’s army and police force is brutal. They only really have strong power in the South and Middle of the country, and a bit on the North East. They ride around on the back of trucks in the capital with their rifles on full display, and people are terrified at the slightest idea of the police being called if there’s something even as simple as one car tapping another.
Boko Haram is another false propaganda bogyman with evidence of photo shopping, errors and discrepancies.
http://africacheck.org/reports/boko-haram-massacre-image-fake/
Frank you stand accused of being a conspiracy theorist nut job! Is it the shape shifting lizard people or the intergalactic grey aliens pulling the strings? Cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo!! I hope you have your copy and pasting done for 3 days time! You’ll have a field day won’t you?
There is now more credibility in the Alternative news sources than the crap that is thrown at us from the Mainstream Media.. The only ones that seem to get really upset are the Website Shills and one in particular gets quite hot headed with personal abuse. .
This latest beheading is another HOAX just like its predecessor.
Someone made a “mistake” in the shadowing http://s24.postimg.org/97zvi6thx/Another_hoax.jpg
This cartoon sums up ISIS. http://postimg.org/image/yyyk1jlw1/55033f0d/
Frank I’d say your good self ,Jim Corr and David Icke would have some interesting(batshit crazy) conversations over a few pints and afterwards you guys could battle it out for the Conspiracy Oscar for biggest nut job.I hear your 3-1 favourite :) winner gets an all access pass to Area 51.
What kind of proof is that? “Oh look here’s a photo with some arrows drawn on, must be a fake beheading”
And yourself..believing everything you read in the Daily Mail and from Rupert Murdock..
I suppose you still believe those were Putins Missiles that shot down MH370 because you saw it in the Sun.
Danny Rigg .. duh ..Shadowing or should I say lack of it.
Did I actually state anything like that? No ! So pipedown! You can comment on anything I’ve actually posted don’t just go all Walter Mitty and start presuming you know what I read or believe etc! Let me guess too much X flies and a traumatic early childhood experience with a few experimental drugs for good measure frank?
Just remember good sir you’re the guy who posted all the mumbo jumbo far fetched and just plain weird nonsense from Antichrists to numerology and NWO conspiracy theories.(mark snow x flies theme started to play!) is it the smoking man or Obama or the little grey aliens or the shaping shifting lizard people or the good all fashion Satan character behind it all Frank?
If you post utter nonsense expect to be called out on it!
I expose a lot of nonsense..
I rarely use the term NWO.. I prefer to use the term the “Global Zi0nist infiltration conspiracy” or Rising Zi0nist Government because that is basically what it is. Political Zi0nism taking over the world like a CANCER, We saw a perfect example Government of it in GAZA where western Governments including the United States cheer leaded Israel’s offensive on Gaza. United Nations of NOTHING because it is infiltrated with Zi0nism.
As regards Barack Obama’s geriatric and numerology this was sussed before he took up first office. even the quick pic in the Illinois state lottery came up with 6667779 on the night he was elected… The numbers have been pointing at that man long enough to indicate to us where he is coming from and this should set off alarm bells considering he has access to the largest nuclear arsenal on the face of this planet.. but you are too naive to see this.,
Ablitive is another false propaganda bogeyman.
And James Darby is another web site shill.
So what happens when Obama ends his term and retires without using nukes? Will Hillary of whoever gets elected be the next 666 antichrist? Frank I will say this and I genuinely mean it.I hope you get real because you’re away far far far away in the land of delusion and I hope you find your way back to reality.Numerology like astrology and anything else that requires you to surrender logic sense and reason in order to believe is just a bunch of stuff! Stuff that is so ridiculous that to actually genuinely believe it is a disservice to the evolved human brain.
I firmly believe Obama may postpone the next presidential election under emergency powers such as NDAA / Martial and he can do this.
An interesting bit of numerology…
Taking 20th January as Inauguration date for the next president to be….Obama will be 55 years and 5 months on that date…. 55 years and 5 months is 666 months since his date of Birth….. His date of birth is 4th Auguat 1961 which is the 216th date of the year… 216 = 6x6x6..
Where he will be on that day??
As for Hillary Clinton she is another one of the ruling faces of Evil on this planet..
20th January 2017 is the next US presidential inauguration date ..
Actually had to look it up and I can tell you Ab, no, I’m no shill. You are deluded.
Hilarious stuff there must be a place somewhere on the telly for this guy.
Franklitive is really getting on my nerves ,every bloody article he’s commenting about false flags and paid shills. Goon.
He doesn’t believe a word of it. It’s Poe’s law.
He’s winding everyone up. He got me. If people stop responding to him, he’ll have to troll elsewhere.
He’s either a troll, a lonely teenage boy with serious self esteem issues or a really lonely 20 something who’s so desperate to belong to SOMETHING that he, like those IS nutters, will defy logic to make himself feel accepted in his own mind. If the latter is the case, I commend his lizard brain. At least the trip switch went and he’s not spiralling into something much worse. Better he’s out and about causing no harm to himself. If we save his life by allowing ourselves to get wound up, we’ve done a good deed. Good for you Frank.
Oh, and if you are a troll Frank, come on. At least be original and come up with a persona that we haven’t seen before.
I guess the fact that we can’t tell is the whole point. Either way, it makes me count my blessings.
Ablitive.
I presume you are in your 20s, “taking a year out” and enjoying the odd jazz cigarette.
You enjoy buzzing around on the web.
Well listen – one of the things that comes up regularly from people who have experience in U.S. policy making or enforcing it, ie soldiers, is how comically inefficient it is.
There is not a chance in hell those guys could organise on the intricate level you mention.
Remember Bush stealing the election?
It was blatant and crude.
Nothing subtle or smooth.
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