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The Straight Story

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8. Posted some threads on it myself
Thu May 1, 2014, 10:35 AM
May 2014

And just like the Yemen threads one would think generate some interest pretty much nothing (one would think yemen covering for US drone strikes when they kill civilians would be front page news as would this story).

But it is not just DU. I posted three stories about this on reddit as well. One got some responses which generally were asking the same thing 'why isn't this bigger news'?

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234 Girls [View all] FourScore May 2014 OP
So sad that even this post is ignored. FourScore May 2014 #1
Yes, it is sad seveneyes May 2014 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #4
Probably because your OP has no context or links tritsofme May 2014 #10
The OP contains all of the story except the location- Nigeria riderinthestorm May 2014 #11
Thanks riderinthestorm! FourScore May 2014 #14
And that's my point. FourScore May 2014 #13
K&R nt Tree-Hugger May 2014 #3
k & R so sad Borchkins May 2014 #5
Yup, this thread in LBN sank like a stone riderinthestorm May 2014 #6
Posted some threads on it myself The Straight Story May 2014 #8
To be clear: it was the 1st responder, not the OP, who was called an Islamophobe muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #21
I only learned of this yesterday. hamsterjill May 2014 #7
Reports: Abducted girls married to Nigerian rebels The Straight Story May 2014 #9
All I see are tumbleweeds in these threads. K&R! LittleBlue May 2014 #12
signed angel823 May 2014 #15
signed! 95,000+ have signed. n/t FourScore May 2014 #16
Those are the number still needed LittleBlue May 2014 #19
LOL You're very kind, you know that? FourScore May 2014 #22
I signed, but I wish WHG would streamline their sign-in. Starry Messenger May 2014 #20
The response says a lot about who we really are. Mention Michael Vic and +1000 kelliekat44 May 2014 #17
If it's true that the girls have been taken to Chad and Cameroon Blue_Tires May 2014 #18
Terrible. Quantess May 2014 #23
This is heartbreaking. The press is more concerned with staking out V.Stiviano's condo Tanuki May 2014 #24
This is awful. cyberswede May 2014 #25
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