Posted on 07/12/2011 10:48:15 AM PDT by Nachum
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) - Thousands of residents have fled the Nigerian city of Maiduguri over the past two days fearing more Islamist attacks and after soldiers were accused of shooting civilians, residents said on Tuesday.
Residents piled into the backs of trucks and packed up their cars to leave the northeastern city, which has seen the brunt of the violence blamed on the Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.
The government has deployed hundreds of troops to Maiduguri in a bid to stop the sect, and last weekend a shootout between soldiers and suspected sect members left at least 11 dead.
Military officials say those killed were sect members, but residents say soldiers shot civilians and burnt their houses, accusing them of complicity in the Islamist attacks.
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Maybe they are confused and it is the Amish from which the flee...
Not the Amish. It is the French.
Let them eat yellow cake.
War kills.
Is that a charming 'religion' or what?
The ones with 'none' get promises of sex with virgins for eternity IF they'll just die...
War kills.
Young men die.
Is that a charming 'religion' or what?
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