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Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria
Reuters ^ | Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:49pm EST | Lanre Ola and Isaac Abrak

Posted on 01/10/2015 1:27:08 PM PST by BenLurkin

A bomb strapped to a girl aged around 10 years old exploded in a busy market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said.

"The explosive devices were wrapped around her body and the girl looked no more than 10 years old," a police source said.

Maiduguri, the capital of northern Borno state, lies in the heartland of an insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, and is often hit by bomb attacks

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


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bokoharam; bokoharamatrocities; borno; burqa; childsuicidebomber; islam; maiduguri; muslim; muslims; nigeria; suicidebomber
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1 posted on 01/10/2015 1:27:08 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

But of course, it had nothing to do with Islam.


2 posted on 01/10/2015 1:27:49 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

Wonder what her husband thought.


3 posted on 01/10/2015 1:30:37 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin

Just when you think Mohammedans can’t get more vile...


4 posted on 01/10/2015 1:30:44 PM PST by OldNewYork
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I would lay odds the child suicide bomber had no choice in it.


5 posted on 01/10/2015 1:34:02 PM PST by Beowulf9
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Scum parents.


6 posted on 01/10/2015 1:34:10 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Ouch!


7 posted on 01/10/2015 1:35:10 PM PST by dfwgator
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Hey, if she wasn’t married by 9 she’s risking being an old maid.


8 posted on 01/10/2015 1:37:11 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dfwgator

Boy they sure are playing hard for their team. How is ours doing?


9 posted on 01/10/2015 1:40:38 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: BlessedBeGod
I wonder if Boko Haram isnt using the Disappeared "girls" from a few months back to carry our such attacks??



#bringbackourgirls

10 posted on 01/10/2015 1:41:02 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Beowulf9
I would lay odds the child suicide bomber had no choice in it.

Agreed. The 10 year old was as much a victim of this bombing as the others killed by the bomb.

11 posted on 01/10/2015 1:41:08 PM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: BenLurkin

Could she have been one of the abducted girls?


12 posted on 01/10/2015 1:41:36 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: BenLurkin
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13 posted on 01/10/2015 1:43:41 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Wow, hadn’t thought of that. You could be right. I’m sure Boko Haram would think that was an appropriate use for them.


14 posted on 01/10/2015 1:45:06 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016!)
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To: BlessedBeGod

they claimed to have “married them off”,..but who’s to trust their word.


15 posted on 01/10/2015 1:46:23 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: BenLurkin

Religion of Peace doing what it does best....


16 posted on 01/10/2015 1:48:37 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Beowulf9

I would bet it was coercion.


17 posted on 01/10/2015 1:48:49 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: BlessedBeGod

or it could have been a Christian child just dropped there...


18 posted on 01/10/2015 1:54:02 PM PST by himno hero (hadnuff)
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19 posted on 01/10/2015 1:54:22 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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To: BenLurkin

Using children as human bombs, how nice..I bet her parents are proud and would gladly have another child just to do the same thing..but hey, this isn’t about Islam right media


20 posted on 01/10/2015 1:58:57 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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