I'm sorry I accepted the invitation:
"Number of missing Nigerian girls rises to 276" by Haruna Umar | Associated Press May 03, 2014
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The number of kidnapped schoolgirls missing in Nigeria has risen to 276, up by more than 30 from a previous estimate, police said, adding that the actual number abducted by Islamist extremists on April 14 was more than 300.
Police Commissioner Tanko Lawan said the number of girls and young women who have escaped also has risen, to 53.
He told a news conference Thursday night in Maiduguri, the northeastern capital of Borno state, that the figures keep increasing because students from other schools were brought into one school for final exams last month after all schools in Borno state were shut because of attacks by Islamist extremists.
Communications are difficult with the military often cutting cellphone service under a state of emergency and travel made dangerous on roads frequently attacked by the militants.
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Hundreds of women protested in at least three cities this week to express outrage the girls have not been found.
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Reports this week indicated some have been forced into ‘‘marriage’’ with their extremist abductors, who paid a price equivalent to $12 for each girl.
Other reports that also could not be verified said some have been taken across borders, to Chad, Cameroon, and to an island in Lake Chad. The reports come from parents and legislators who are in touch with villagers who have seen the girls with militants.
As the students, aged between 15 and 18, endure a third week of captivity, President Goodluck Jonathan referred to them publicly for the first time at a May Day rally on Thursday. Jonathan, a southern Christian who has been accused of insensitivity to the plight of mainly Muslim residents of the northeast, vowed ‘‘we must find our missing girls’’ and ‘‘the perpetrators must be brought to book.’’
He said ‘‘the cruel abduction of some innocent girls, our future mothers and leaders, in a very horrific and despicable situation in Borno state is quite regrettable.’’
‘‘We shall triumph over all this evil that wants to debase our humanity,’’ he added.
Yeah, whoever they are.
Girls who have escaped say their captors identified themselves as fighters in the Boko Haram terrorist network, though the extremists have not claimed responsibility for the abductions.
Boko Haram — the name means ‘‘Western education is sinful’’ — believes Western influences have corrupted their society and only an Islamic state can restore purity to Africa’s most populous nation of about 170 million people, divided almost equally between Muslims and Christians.
Whose disagreements were never much and had to mostly do with land use.
Strange how the "Islamic extremists" always show up near oil supplies and strategic resource-rich areas, 'eh?
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NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Nigerian leader orders push to free girls" Associated Press May 05, 2014
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerians’ outrage at the failure to rescue the students and protest marches last week in major Nigerian cities as well as New York City have spurred to action President Goodluck Jonathan’s government, which many see as uncaring of the girls’ plight....
He is now issuing directives like Herr President over here.
The police said last week that the number abducted had risen to more than 300 and that 276 remain in captivity. It said 53 of the students managed to escape their captors. None had been rescued by the military, which initially said it was in hot pursuit of the abductors.
Some of the girls had been forced into ‘‘marriage’’ with their abductors and paid a nominal bride price of $12, according to a federal senator from the area, whose report is unverified.
Huh?
Some of the young women have been taken across Nigeria’s borders to Cameroon and Chad, the parents said last week, quoting villagers. Child marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where it is allowed under Islamic law that clashes with the country’s Western-style constitution.
I got the narrative, thank you. Can we invade now?
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Odd that the name of the Harem was left out, 'eh?
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Nigerian leader orders push to free girls" Associated Press May 05, 2014
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerians’ outrage at the failure to rescue the students and protest marches last week in major Nigerian cities as well as New York City have spurred to action President Goodluck Jonathan’s government, which many see as uncaring of the girls’ plight....
He is now issuing directives like Herr President over here.
The police said last week that the number abducted had risen to more than 300 and that 276 remain in captivity. It said 53 of the students managed to escape their captors. None had been rescued by the military, which initially said it was in hot pursuit of the abductors.
Some of the girls had been forced into ‘‘marriage’’ with their abductors and paid a nominal bride price of $12, according to a federal senator from the area, whose report is unverified.
Huh?
Some of the young women have been taken across Nigeria’s borders to Cameroon and Chad, the parents said last week, quoting villagers. Child marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where it is allowed under Islamic law that clashes with the country’s Western-style constitution.
I got the narrative, thank you. Can we invade now?
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Odd that the name of the Harem was left out, 'eh?
