This kind of murderous attack is almost a daily occurrence in Nigeria, but the mainstream media and the world “human rights community” doesn’t care. Why not? Wrong victims. Now when you start talking about Muslims being victimized in Burma or the Central African Republic, then you have a story! But this? Naaah. These Infidels had it coming.
“Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria kills 60: police,” from AFP, February 20 (thanks to Lookmann):
AFP_KANO: An attack by scores of Boko Haram militants in the northeast Nigeria town of Bama has killed 60 people and caused massive destruction to public buildings, police told AFP Thursday.
Residents said gunmen stormed the town at roughly 4:00 am on Wednesday, armed with heavy weapons and tossed explosives into various buildings, forcing residents to flee into the surrounding bush.
“We are collating the figures and the death toll has risen to 60 from the Bama attack,” said Lawal Tanko, the police commissioner in Borno state, which is the epicentre of Boko Haram’s four-and-half-year Islamist uprising.
“The toll is likely to rise,” he said. “The attackers caused enormous destruction. They burnt down some of the major landmarks in the town including the local government secretariat,” and the palace of the area’s top cleric, Tanko added….
The latest unrest in Nigeria’s embattled northeast came as Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau threated to widen his rebellion to the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region.
In a video statement delivered to AFP Wednesday, Shekau promised to strike the region which churns out some two million barrels of crude per day, the highest oil output in Africa.
Shekau has made various threats in a series of videos since 2012 and many have not materialised….
Boko Haram has killed thousands in the north and centre of the country since 2009 in its rebellion aimed at creating a strict Islamic state in Nigeria’s north.
John Dattilo says
The media is the same way with hate crimes. They gave non stop coverage of the loud music shooting but won’t cover the knockout game. Plus none of the suspects have been charged with a hate crime. The funny thing is that all these liberals posting these white on black crimes refuse to acknowledge the fact blacks committ far more hate crimes than whites do. Plus they should keep quiet since they voted for a racist for President. What hypocrisy!
John Dattilo says
The media is the same way with hate crimes. They gave non stop coverage of the loud music shooting but won’t cover the knockout game. Plus none of the suspects have been charged with a hate crime. The funny thing is that all these liberals posting these white on black crimes refuse to acknowledge the fact blacks committ far more hate crimes than whites do. Plus they should keep quiet since they voted for a racist for President. What hypocrisy!
Chris Mullans says
John, I was speaking to one of these what I’d call ‘pseudo-liberals’ on twitter the other day and this subject came up. He said “racism against whites doesn’t exist” and when pressed I discovered that he meant that it CANNOT exist. Like a square-circle, he considers it actually impossible for a person to be racist against white people.
This is the level of irrational thinking we are dealing with here. Of course he is also staunchly opposed to ‘Islamaphobia’.
Chris Mullans says
(I did ask him to explain his reasoning and was met with total silence btw)
King Dave says
Thank you Robert Spencer for covering Nigeria
The world press other than the BBC is ignoring it.
I said it here before, it’s every three or four days Boko Haram launche another attack, as the police and army flee from them. Boko Haram loots and then burns the homes down. They are also a for- profit militant group. They pray to Allah and prey on humans
I don’t think that’s Boko Haram in the picture however.
pongidae rex says
The really REALLY scary thing is that a lot of the people in the Jihadi gang photograph could become your neighbors, brought here all expenses paid as ‘refugees’ by the US government to plot jihad while collecting welfare. Think it hasn’t happened? Think again.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists throw bombs into public buildings, murder 60 people
This kind of murderous attack is almost a daily occurrence in Nigeria, but the mainstream media and the world “human rights community” doesn’t care. Why not? Wrong victims.
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Yes—there is only occasional mention of what is now a full genocide against Christians in sub-Saharan Africa, and Nigeria is one of the principal fronts.
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The latest unrest in Nigeria’s embattled northeast came as Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau threated to widen his rebellion to the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region…
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This isn’t “unrest”—it is full-on Jihad.
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Boko Haram has killed thousands in the north and centre of the country since 2009 in its rebellion aimed at creating a strict Islamic state in Nigeria’s north.
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And Nigeria has already foolishly allowed Shari’ah law in the Muslim north of the country.
But as always with pious Muslims, no amount of Shari’ah is *ever* enough, which necessitates waging bloody Jihad to impose more and more…
God, I hate Islam.