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8. The Nigerian government has done a horrible job

Mon May 5, 2014, 11:17 AM

May 2014

of addressing the grievances of northern Nigerians (who are mostly Muslim who depend on farming for their income) - most of the massive oil wealth in Nigeria stays in the southern, Christian parts of the country. Boko Haram is a violent group that is to be opposed, but the government's brutality against the northerners is often unreported or presented as a response to some provocation.

Western companies have always been given preferential access to a lot of land in the north and they have been the targets of attacks by northern Nigerians who are often cut off from good farm lands. The western nations who are so intent on reporting abuses by Boko Haram need to put pressure on Goodluck Jonathan to honestly pay attention to why northern Muslims there are upset.

I hope the abducted girls are returned safely and unharmed...

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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