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Nigerian Army massacred children in its war against Islamist insurgents, witnesses say (SMOTHERED, POISONED AND SHOT)
Reuters ^ | Dec. 12, 2022 | PAUL CARSTEN, DAVID LEWIS, READE LEVINSON and LIBBY GEORGE

Posted on 12/12/2022 1:07:00 PM PST by nickcarraway

More than 40 soldiers and civilians told Reuters they witnessed the Nigerian military kill children or saw children's corpses after a military operation. Estimates totaled in the thousands. Reuters investigated six incidents in which at least 60 died. One mother described the deaths of her twin babies: “The soldiers said they killed those children because they are children of Boko Haram.”

Portrait photography and videos by CHRISTOPHE VAN DER PERRE and PAUL CARSTEN Filed Dec. 12, 2022, 11 a.m. GMT FIRST he heard voices, then the sputter of gunfire.

Kaka crept behind an acacia tree and froze in terror. The teen was returning home after gathering firewood late one July afternoon in 2020. Peering ahead, he saw a group of men at a waterhole, most in Nigerian Army camouflage.

They stood over a line of children face down in the dirt, wailing for their mothers, Kaka recalled. Nearby, several adults lay prone – including mothers with infants tied to their backs. He heard some voices cry out to God.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; bokoharam; ngeria
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1 posted on 12/12/2022 1:07:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
civilians told Reuters they witnessed the Nigerian military kill children

We should always trust Nigerians.

An actual Nigerian Prince told me so.

I got like 60 million bucks coming, too, so it's legit.

2 posted on 12/12/2022 1:10:19 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

I’m going to guess that the source of these reports are Nigerian Muslims, who can always be relied upon to be absolutely truthful.


3 posted on 12/12/2022 1:13:07 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, wow, and Boko Haram is so peaceful. I wonder why the army is so brutal!


4 posted on 12/12/2022 1:15:57 PM PST by struggle
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To: nickcarraway

Well, if that happened, it’s horrific. Abduct the kids and get them out of Islam fast.

But as far as the adults go, they’re at war with everyone, so too bad if you get caught in the crossfire.

Eliminating Islam would be fantastic.


5 posted on 12/12/2022 1:17:12 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve been hearing how Boko Haram slaughters Christians for years now. Thousands upon thousands, maybe millions???

They sound like the perfect group our Deep State bastards would like to send arms and other support to now. If only Boko Haram could get their hands on a squadron of F16s, they could really protect themselves! A battalion of M1 tanks would be nice too.


6 posted on 12/12/2022 1:19:13 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Perhaps these children are like the undocumented "children" arriving in this country and Europe, who look more like military aged combatants than children.

Remember, in Islam, it is perfectly okay to deceive infidels.

7 posted on 12/12/2022 1:26:55 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Dogbert41

300,000 Christians massacred, mainly by Boko Haram, some by Hausa-Fulani herdsmen coveting the Christians’ land — all from the same tribe, though, and all willing to live by the massacre.

I guess, to paraphrase, “live by the massacre, die by the massacre”.

Very similar to the Hutu-Tutsi set-to in Rwanda 2 decades ago. Round ‘em up, kill ‘em all. Very uncivilized, Africa.


8 posted on 12/12/2022 1:30:24 PM PST by Migraine
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To: Dogbert41; All

I recently watched the movie:

“Beasts of No Nation”

It is a story how a seven year old orphaned African boy gets taken in by a militia in one of these sub Saharan countries. It stars Idris Elba as the war lord leader of the group.


9 posted on 12/12/2022 1:33:37 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: struggle

Islam uses their children as carriers of explosives


10 posted on 12/12/2022 1:35:21 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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so the muzzies haven’t killed women and children?haven’t burned churches down with people inside?...haven’t forced circumcision?haven’t done female mutilation?


11 posted on 12/12/2022 1:35:52 PM PST by cherry
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To: cherry

History has taught us that to peacefully end a war, is to elimimate all of the enemy. From Elder to child, it worked for the US Cavalry. Modern day man is much more corrupt, yet fears his own conscience on things relating to group survival.


12 posted on 12/12/2022 1:45:47 PM PST by Glad2bnuts ("None of the people I know who didn't take take the Jab regrets their decision" ZERO)
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To: humblegunner

Nits make lice.

L


13 posted on 12/12/2022 1:51:08 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: cherry
so the muzzies haven’t killed women and children?

Of course they have, pay attention.

haven’t burned churches down with people inside?

Probably have. I didn't see 'em though.

haven’t forced circumcision?

That would probably be a good thing.
So maybe they didn't.

haven’t done female mutilation?

Well, it's they own chicks they mutilatin'.
Maybe they like it that way.

14 posted on 12/12/2022 1:59:45 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: nickcarraway

You don’t suppose those Muslim kids were packin’, do you? I’d have shot them, too.


15 posted on 12/12/2022 2:17:47 PM PST by Combat_Liberalism
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To: Glad2bnuts

The American army eliminated all of the enemy. What does that mean?


16 posted on 12/12/2022 2:21:57 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: nickcarraway

It seems that Christian women and children are routinely kidnapped and killed by moslems. Were these people Christians?Were the soldiers moslem?


17 posted on 12/12/2022 2:23:09 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: woodbutcher1963

“Beasts of No Nation”

A really fine movie.


18 posted on 12/12/2022 2:23:11 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like the gloves finally came off, after decades of watching Christians being murdered and mutilated.

I spent a portion of 2012 hunting for Boko Haram bomb-makers, and never quite understood why the US didn’t commit a US Marine Expeditionary Brigade to exterminate them. In one move, we could have stabilized Nigeria and made it a serious trade partner and ally in West Africa; and a model for other African nations to follow.


19 posted on 12/12/2022 3:10:45 PM PST by Salvavida (“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”)
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To: nickcarraway

payback is a biatch.


20 posted on 12/12/2022 3:28:11 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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