Where is the media? The only reason I knew about this was because of a blurb I cam across buried on a website.
MUSLIM VIOLENCE SURGES FOR EASTER WEEK
The Muslim pogrom of Christians is going unabated all around Africa while Obama keeps a shameful silence.
Nigerian terror faction kills, kidnaps and bombs
WND 4/17/2014
by MICHAEL CARL
Michael Carl is a veteran journalist with overseas military experience and experience as a political consultant. He also has two Master’s Degrees, is a bi-vocational pastor and lives with his family in the Northeast United States.
A source with knowledge of the Boko Haram Muslim terror attacks on Christians in Nigeria says the violence is being stepped up now because it is Easter week.
In the latest attack in northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram, a group that seeks to establish Islamic law in Nigeria, reportedly kidnapped 200 girls from a school in the Borno state town of Chibok. There is no word if any of the students have been killed.
The kidnapping followed a Tuesday night attack on the Borno state village of Sabun Kasuwa, where the police chief was killed and other casualties were reported.
The nighttime raid of the village followed just one day after the jihadist group set off bombs in two Abuja region bus stations, killing a total of 70 people.
The bus station attacks follow a string of weekend attacks in the northeast which resulted in a three-day casualty count of approximately 270 people.
Emmanuel Ogebe, a managing partner in the U.S.-Nigeria Law Group, said the stepped-up pace is intentional, because Easter is an important holiday in Nigeria, and the attacks are both symbolic and tactical.
“A local partner in Nigeria contacted me that there was a bomb blast around the nation’s capital and over 100 people are feared killed,” he said. “Easter is a huge holiday in Nigeria and a five-day holiday weekend. As with D.C., Abuja is emptying out as people travel to their home states for the long holiday. The targeting of bus stations the week of Easter was therefore quite systematic.”
He said human rights workers are petitioning Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for help in stopping Boko Haram.
Brent McBurney, the CEO of Advocates International, a coalition of Christian lawyers, agreed that the death and mayhem is meant to disrupt Easter celebrations.
“I am quite certain that the timing of the latest bombing is not far from Mr. Ogebe’s assessment of the situation. Unfortunately, Boko Haram rebels are so intent on their overall campaign, that I fear they will continue apace, regardless of the Christian holidays,” McBurney said.
McBurney believes the fight must be taken directly to the jihadists.
“This is a battle that needs to be fought at every level, spiritually through prayer and fasting, physically, with assistance from the Nigerian government, as well as legally in any way possible,” McBurney said.
Center for Security Policy Vice President Clare Lopez says Boko Haram’s attacks often target holy days for Christians.
“Christian, Jewish, and other denominational holy days, along with commemorations of particular dates from history, have always been important to Islamic jihadists,” Lopez said.
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