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Comrade Grumpy

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13. Who is more murderous, Boko Haram or the Nigerian military?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2014, 03:44 PM

Sep 2014

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_NIGERIA_VIOLENCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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The soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed detainees in the aftermath of that last attack [on Maidaguri], mostly civilians accused of belonging or supporting the insurgency. Amnesty International put the number of civilians killed by the soldiers at nearly 700.

Nigeria's military is accused of massive human rights abuses in the fight against the extremists, including the deaths of thousands of illegally detained people.

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Good. Lochloosa Sep 2014 #1

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Addition by subtraction. nt geek tragedy Sep 2014 #3

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Attribution for the original AP story - pinto Sep 2014 #5

"There were no military casualties" Laf.La.Dem. Sep 2014 #6

When you hear that language, you think massacre, not battle. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #9

looks like they wealked into a kill zone Kaleva Sep 2014 #12

And they did it without American troops, too! arcane1 Sep 2014 #7

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Convenient, timing is everything, do Americans honestly believe anonymous source? AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #11

Who is more murderous, Boko Haram or the Nigerian military? Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #13

Both awful oberliner Sep 2014 #16

Their supporters should get it to Cayenne Sep 2014 #19

GOOD JI7 Sep 2014 #14

"There were no military casualties" Billy Budd Sep 2014 #15

Some good news flamingdem Sep 2014 #17

Aw gee, Turbineguy Sep 2014 #18