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The African Union Readies an Army to Fight Boko Haram
War is Boring ^ | January 30, 2015 | Peter Dorrie

Posted on 01/31/2015 1:08:31 PM PST by C19fan

Boko Haram is officially an international problem. At least according to the African Union, which asked the United Nations Security Council on Jan. 29 to greenlight an intervention force to bring the Islamist group to its knees.

The A.U. plans a 7,500-strong military force, named the Multinational Joint Task Force, and staffed by Nigerian, Cameroonian, Chadian and Beninese troops.

If the coalition gets the go-ahead, the soldiers will base in their respective countries, but coordinate and assist each other.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; africanunion; benin; boko; cameroon; chad; islam; jihad; nigeria; rhodesia; robertmugabe; zimbabwe
Good luck to them. They will need it. Nigeria would be better off hiring 7,500 Western mercenaries.
1 posted on 01/31/2015 1:08:31 PM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

1. Bring in Special Forces.

2. ROE - Kill them and break their things.

3. Institute a bounty - $100 for each head

4. Drive the muslims out

5. Peace


2 posted on 01/31/2015 1:14:57 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: C19fan

Nigerian government is part of the problem. I predict the country goes full Islamofascist by 2020.


3 posted on 01/31/2015 1:15:20 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Nigerian gov is part of the problem

I'm wondering if they aren't the problem. They're STILL not protecting vulnerable Christians in rebel areas.

Nigeria is one of those countries that was making some progress because of oil revenues, and is suffering now. Granted, they mostly misused that money. Bun now they don't even have it coming in to fight the terrorists if they wanted to.

4 posted on 01/31/2015 1:28:29 PM PST by grania
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To: C19fan
It is about time someone stepped up to challenge these barbarians. We know Barry won't. He is trained to use chaos to consolidate power and muslim terrorism is chaos. They help each other.
5 posted on 01/31/2015 1:40:46 PM PST by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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Outlaw Islam
Expel all Muslims
Stop all aid to Muslim lands


6 posted on 01/31/2015 2:45:42 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: 2banana

That’s all the continent of Africa could come up with, 7500?


7 posted on 01/31/2015 3:50:11 PM PST by Husker24
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To: C19fan
The A.U. plans a 7,500-strong military force, named the Multinational Joint Task Force, and staffed by Nigerian, Cameroonian, Chadian and Beninese troops. If the coalition gets the go-ahead, the soldiers will base in their respective countries, but coordinate and assist each other.

Why do these countries need to wait for the "go-ahead" by the United Nations? Boko Haram is an imminent threat to the region that they have every right to confront whether the U.N. approves or not .

8 posted on 01/31/2015 3:54:38 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chayes-nigeria-corruption-election-20150201-story.html

“Some say Nigeria’s administration is its most kleptocratic ever.”


9 posted on 02/01/2015 12:20:22 AM PST by BeadCounter
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just another African hole to throw away our money in./
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10 posted on 02/01/2015 4:28:46 AM PST by Joe Boucher (The F.B.I. Is a division of holders Justice Dept. (Nuff said))
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