Bokostan
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@BokoWatch
Analyzing Boko Haram, ISWAP, Ansaru & Nigerian/Sahelian security. Author "Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria" (Lynne Rienner, April 2020).
@BokoWatch This is a well detail and cristal info on exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria, this is worth international recognition, was opportune to go through many chapters and will like to write out my takes.
DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS CLARIFIES MISCHIEVIOUS REPORTS, VOWS TO SUSTAIN OFFENSIVE ACTION AGAINST FLEEING TERRORISTS The attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to a mischievous and misleading publication misrepresenting comments credited to the Defence Headquarters regarding the classification of terrorists and criminal elements operating within the South West of the country. For clarity, at no time did the Defence Headquarters undermine the authority of any democratically elected leader or sought to diminish the gravity of the heinous crime committed against innocent citizens by terrorist elements. The Armed Forces of Nigeria remain fully committed to supporting constitutional governance, protecting democratic institutions and working collaboratively with all levels of government to safeguard the nation. The clarification issued by the Defence Headquarters was solely to provide an intelligence-based context regarding the security in the South West, in order to prevent misinformation and public panic. The recent incidence of kidnap in Oyo State was clearly perpetrated by terrorists of the JAS Group that have been dislodged from other parts of the country due to high intensity operations being conducted all over. It is therefore inaccurate and misleading to suggest that the Defence Headquarters, at any point, referred to vicious and violent terrorists as criminals. Troops remain actively deployed across the affected areas in coordination with other security agencies and local stakeholders. The Armed Forces of Nigeria remains resolute in dismantling all criminal and terrorist networks threatening the peace, stability and unity of the nation. Signed MICHAEL ONOJA Major General Director, Defence Media Operations 21 May 2026
Those who knew Al-Minuki in his early years, during the rise of Mohammed Yusuf, the founder of Boko Haram, told @HumAngle_ that he was a young man who ran a small barbing salon in Mainok village, about 58 kilometres west of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria. Long before his name became associated with violence and insurgency, he was known simply as a village barber. humanglemedia.com/abu-bilal-al-m…
“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS…” - President Trump
An example of how they cook the books to absolve the Left of violence in the WSJ today: A graph it published that seems to show near parity between Left and Right wing political violence is sourced to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which by its own admission reclassified pro-Palestinian violence as "ethnonationalist". It classifies all antisemitism as Right-wing, and all pro-Palestinian "attacks on Jewish individuals or institutions" as "ethnonationalist." This is just nakedly partisan propaganda presented as "data" and then mainstreamed in the American press. More in my column below linked.
Debunking the Data That Claims to Show Most Political Violence Comes From the Right: There's a lot of funky data out there being compiled by nakedly partisan organizations and spread as though it's factual by the liberal media. My column: batya-us.com/p/debunking-th…
Al-Ghabass Ag Intalla a en charge les rapports avec le JNIM et Iyad Ag Ghali
