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(2,544 posts) Mon May 5, 2014, 09:09 AM May 2014

Boko Haram admits abducting Nigeria girls from Chibok [View all]

Source: BBC

About 230 girls are still believed to be missing, prompting widespread criticism of the Nigerian government.

"I abducted your girls," Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video obtained by the AFP news agency.

Meanwhile, a woman who helped organise protests over the abduction has been detained, her fellow community leaders say.

Naomi Mutah took part in a meeting on Sunday called by the president's wife, Patience Jonathan. Shortly afterwards, she was taken to a police station.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27283383

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Boko Haram admits abducting Nigeria girls from Chibok [View all] al bupp May 2014 OP

If these were white girls Le Taz Hot May 2014 #1

Maybe, but if they were males of any color, whathehell May 2014 #3

Attacks on gay men and women have been going on there for months and no one even talks about it Bluenorthwest May 2014 #4

Actually I've been seeing quite a bit about the appalling laws in Uganda.. whathehell May 2014 #75

The denial is pervasive al bupp May 2014 #16

I'm not denying anything -- The situation sounds horrifying. n/t whathehell May 2014 #43

I didn't mean to imply that you were denying anything al bupp May 2014 #54

Okay, thanks for clarifying. whathehell May 2014 #74

Link to a petition to get some attention for these girls... riderinthestorm May 2014 #2

Since they are selling for $12 each it would be fairly simple to buy them back. However that would jwirr May 2014 #5

Disagree. Pay the money, get the girls, and THEN hunt them down. Xithras May 2014 #12

If we do not pay then we should free them any way we can. Years ago didn't a army go into an jwirr May 2014 #13

Not quite. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #45

Thank you. I remembered it had happened but not the details. Jt will take something like that to end jwirr May 2014 #50

I am unsure what will happen and it almost seems surreal, as if this is something from the 1800s. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #51

Boko Haram 'to sell' Nigeria girls abducted from Chibok muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #6

It sounds like the terrorists are allowed to operate freely in the country seveneyes May 2014 #7

Realities are never quite that simple seveneyes... nyabingi May 2014 #9

Uh - no leftynyc May 2014 #11

They are doing this for a reason, no? nyabingi May 2014 #15

Making excuses leftynyc May 2014 #19

Why would any sane person excuse nyabingi May 2014 #22

You seem to think the "why" is important leftynyc May 2014 #30

If you don't bother to think "why" then nyabingi May 2014 #39

There is no context to leftynyc May 2014 #40

There is no context in selling school girls maddezmom May 2014 #41

No where did I say there nyabingi May 2014 #62

You implied it was justified, imo maddezmom May 2014 #64

Nonesense, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #48

they are doing this in the name of Islam cosmicone May 2014 #34

Yeah, Boko Haram advocates sharia law nyabingi May 2014 #37

Why Should The Moslems Of North Nigeria Be Consigned To Boko Haram's Rule, Sir? The Magistrate May 2014 #47

exactly the logic the nefaious brits cosmicone May 2014 #49

That Was A Hard Case, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #52

actually Borno State along with a number of other northern Nigerian States already live by choice azurnoir May 2014 #57

I Know That, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2014 #59

All true however my take on this and no one is saying it is that perhaps just maybe azurnoir May 2014 #65

If That Is Their Course, Ma'am, It Is A Seriously Mistaken One The Magistrate May 2014 #70

There could also be this Boko Harum has threatened to move attacks to the Southern oil region azurnoir May 2014 #73

Did I say they should be "consigned to Boko Haram's rule"? nyabingi May 2014 #61

That Is What Partition Would Result In, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #63

One need only ensure a world-wide lack of poverty and access to education for that to ever happen. LanternWaste May 2014 #68

"One need only ensure a world-wide lack of poverty and global access to education" EX500rider May 2014 #80

The Nigerian gov't is too bloated, corrupt and inept Blue_Tires May 2014 #71

The Nigerian government has done a horrible job nyabingi May 2014 #8

Amazing, Sir, How It is Always The West Is Responsible.... The Magistrate May 2014 #14

The Nigerians are ultimately responsible for what is nyabingi May 2014 #17

You Do Not Condemn Both Sides, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #20

My point is that nyabingi May 2014 #23

Your 'Point', Sir, Is That Boko Haram is Not To Blame, The 'West' is The Magistrate May 2014 #26

I never said Boko Haram is not to blame... nyabingi May 2014 #33

You Gave A Defense, Sir: A List Of Reasons Why They Are Right, And A Claim Others Behaved Worse The Magistrate May 2014 #44

OK buddy you've ridden this train into nyabingi May 2014 #58

Your Surrender Is Accepted, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #60

false equivalence cosmicone May 2014 #35

Haha! OK Rambo, go get 'em!! nyabingi May 2014 #38

They're selling girls for $12? leftynyc May 2014 #10

How swift it is that unscrupulous Africans nyabingi May 2014 #18

Don't even try pulling that racist bullshit leftynyc May 2014 #21

Well stop resorting to offensive racist language nyabingi May 2014 #24

Actually, Sir, You Are Defending It The Magistrate May 2014 #27

How is that statement a defense of the kidnap nyabingi May 2014 #36

You Declared You Could Argue The Nigerian Government did Worse, Sir: That is A Defense The Magistrate May 2014 #42

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #55

That Might Impose On People Who Cannot Read, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #56

YOU are defending leftynyc May 2014 #31

Disgusting maddezmom May 2014 #25

True On Both Counts, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2014 #28

The Nigerian gov't is corrupt as we all know but her actions really are out there maddezmom May 2014 #29

She Seems To fancy Herself Queen, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2014 #32

If there was ever a job for the Navy Seals..... ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #46

Maybe MosheFeingold May 2014 #53

"China's economy is bigger than ours; they should do it." not even close.. EX500rider May 2014 #69

Wrong MosheFeingold May 2014 #76

Yeah, the US is only 2x now...by GPD- Still not close for 1.3 billion in population to our 310m EX500rider May 2014 #79

Doesn't work that way -- It's not a quick-in/quick-out operation... Blue_Tires May 2014 #72

Abubakar Shekau is a criminal scumbag blackspade May 2014 #66

Personally i hope US Special Forces hunts them all down and gets all the girls back. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #67

I'm so incensed by this story that I waited days to post about it. Beacool May 2014 #77

Sickening. K&R Jefferson23 May 2014 #78