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Igel

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28. Boko Haram's mostly NE.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 02:10 PM
5 hrs ago

Mali's to the NW. It's an utterly peaceful area, absolutely at ease.

Unless you ignore the siege of its capital city, Bamako, by ISIS affiliates and friends and the chaos that they've sown trying to establish Caliphate v. n + 1.

They have no trouble making nice with allies, of course.

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" villagers say Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the ... Botany 13 hrs ago #1
"local christians coexist..." until we started bombing them rampartd 13 hrs ago #2
Getting us involved in a sectarian Islam vs Christian conflict that we have stirred up in a country that is .. Botany 13 hrs ago #3
if there were no oil involved i would really be confused. rampartd 13 hrs ago #4
This 👆 Roy Rolling 11 hrs ago #12
If there is, he has super-duper Igel 5 hrs ago #27
HE'S A SADISTIC PSYCHOPATH! ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #5
he does intend to kill us all. rampartd 12 hrs ago #6
He certainly wouldn't care if he did. littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #9
i thought just carelessness rampartd 11 hrs ago #10
It's how psychopaths operate and they are birds of a feather who flock together. ... littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #11
I agree he wants to kill us all slightlv 3 hrs ago #34
all noted and agreed rampartd 2 hrs ago #35
The kind of guy, popsdenver 8 hrs ago #21
Yes he is! GCG 4 hrs ago #30
It was the idiot military that decided on the target. Biophilic 12 hrs ago #7
No more free passes for the US Military! GCG 4 hrs ago #32
Trump's love of attacking helpless POC Dave Id 11 hrs ago #8
So a Christmas bombing for no reason. travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #13
I've never once felt uncomfortable saying Merry Christmas. yardwork 10 hrs ago #14
i forced myself this year. barbtries 6 hrs ago #26
As I recall, he once said of the nuclear bombs, tavernier 10 hrs ago #15
Might make sense if Jabo wasn't way up north. paleotn 10 hrs ago #17
A stupid regime, stupidly operating on bad info, and not giving a shit who gets killed. paleotn 10 hrs ago #16
The mission was a total FAIL. No ISIS, no Christians. Fortunately the bomb landed in an empty field of onions. Martin68 9 hrs ago #18
ANYTHING and any-action to cover up the rape of little girls back-in-the-days. chouchou 8 hrs ago #19
U.S. bombs, while China builds infrastructure in the continent n/t hibbing 8 hrs ago #20
yeah. barbtries 6 hrs ago #25
How much more of this is he planning now, Bayard 7 hrs ago #22
I'm confused, I thought the main group in that area was Boko Haram, not ISIS tornado34jh 6 hrs ago #23
Boko Haram's mostly NE. Igel 5 hrs ago #28
I know that a lot of jihadist groups swear allegiance to IS/ISIS tornado34jh 4 hrs ago #31
this is so disturbing. barbtries 6 hrs ago #24
Anyone will do. Kind of like the small boats in Venezuela. IronLionZion 5 hrs ago #29
Yeah, the bombed villagers are just "scratching their heads" MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #33
Just flaunting power without much research. "They" are going to get us into multiple conflicts as distractions. Evolve Dammit 2 hrs ago #36
And they wonder why "they hate us for our freedom"... Blasphemer 2 hrs ago #37
It's just America's fearless and insightful leader doing his thing. Aussie105 1 hr ago #38
"...at levels not seen for many years, and even centuries!" Classic Trumperbole. It is a reliable indicator that... Ol Janx Spirit 1 hr ago #39
"Trumperbole." BumRushDaShow 55 min ago #40
Sorry Ol Janx Spirit 32 min ago #41
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