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blackspade

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66. Abubakar Shekau is a criminal scumbag
Mon May 5, 2014, 03:51 PM
May 2014

using religion as a tool for his crimes.
Like most other religious leaders IMO.

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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
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