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In reply to the discussion: Obama: 80 US Troops in Chad Seeking Abducted Girls [View all]undeterred
(34,658 posts)32. Thank you. They have been sighted.
Better late than never. Nigerias special forces from the Armys 7th Division have sighted and narrowed search for the over 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to three camps operated by the wicked Boko Haram sect north of Kukawa at the western corridors of the Lake Chad, senior military and government officials said.
That claim was supported by another senior commander from the Armys 7th Division, the military formation created to deal with the insurgency in the Northeast. The 7th Division is headquartered in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The breakthrough comes at a critical moment for the Nigerian military that has faced cutting criticism over its handling of the kidnapping of the girls more than a month ago.
Our team first sighted the girls on April 26 and we have been following their movement with the terrorists ever since. Thats why we just shake our heads when people insinuate that the military is lethargic in the search for the girls, one of the sources said.
It has been a most difficult but heroic breakthrough, a senior military official said in Abuja.
http://www.nairaland.com/1749546/soldiers-sighted-abducted-girls-boko
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Increased military presence in Africa with increased access to African resources
RufusTFirefly
May 2014
#11
Do you honestly believe Africa is incapable of addressing this issue without the U.S. military?
RufusTFirefly
May 2014
#12
It is you who is being manipulated. You clearly have zero understanding of the situation in Nigeria
okaawhatever
May 2014
#17