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The [[United Nations]] has designated Boko Haram a terrorist organization after it bombed UN headquarters in Abuja. The UN has established a counterterrorism center in [[Saudi Arabia]] to coordinate efforts to combat the group's activities in Nigeria, Sudan and South Sudan. <ref>http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/35023-un-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-urges-jonathan-to-fight-sect-with-full-force-show-yourselves-jonathan-challenges-boko-haram-members-p53-britain-offers-to-assist-nigeriaun-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-</ref> | The [[United Nations]] has designated Boko Haram a terrorist organization after it bombed UN headquarters in Abuja. The UN has established a counterterrorism center in [[Saudi Arabia]] to coordinate efforts to combat the group's activities in Nigeria, Sudan and South Sudan. <ref>http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/35023-un-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-urges-jonathan-to-fight-sect-with-full-force-show-yourselves-jonathan-challenges-boko-haram-members-p53-britain-offers-to-assist-nigeriaun-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-</ref> | ||
| − | In May of 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 300 schoolgirls and threatend to sell the teenage girls after [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] refused to designate the organization as a terrorist | + | In May of 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 300 schoolgirls and threatend to sell the teenage girls after [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] refused to designate the organization as a terrorist organization;<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/nigeria-group-threatens-sell-kidnapped-girls</ref><ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-dropped-ball-boko-haram-020300046--politics.html?ref=gs Hillary Dropped the Ball on Boko Haram], Josh Rogin, [The Daily Beast], May 7, 2014. www.yahoo.com</ref><ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [http://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?] Hot Air website.</ref> Clinton was deeply involved with al-Qaede in North Africa at the time and was funneling its [[Libya]]n affiliates arms in the [[Libyan War]]. |
In June of 2014 Boko Haram attacked [[soccer]] stadiums and killed 40 people.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/06/12/Nigeria-Shuts-Down-World-Cup-Viewings-After-Boko-Haram-Threatens-Attack</ref> | In June of 2014 Boko Haram attacked [[soccer]] stadiums and killed 40 people.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/06/12/Nigeria-Shuts-Down-World-Cup-Viewings-After-Boko-Haram-Threatens-Attack</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:40, May 30, 2016
Boko Haram, officially Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad," is a Nigerian Sunni Muslim terrorist group. The group wants the overthrow of Nigeria and has killed thousands of people, including 44 people on Christmas day 2011, [1] coordinated attacks that killed at least 185 people on January 20. [2]
Muslim cleric Mohammed Yusuf formed Boko Haram in 2002. They publicly proclaim allegiance to al-Qaida.
The United Nations has designated Boko Haram a terrorist organization after it bombed UN headquarters in Abuja. The UN has established a counterterrorism center in Saudi Arabia to coordinate efforts to combat the group's activities in Nigeria, Sudan and South Sudan. [3]
In May of 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 300 schoolgirls and threatend to sell the teenage girls after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton refused to designate the organization as a terrorist organization;[4][5][6] Clinton was deeply involved with al-Qaede in North Africa at the time and was funneling its Libyan affiliates arms in the Libyan War.
In June of 2014 Boko Haram attacked soccer stadiums and killed 40 people.[7]
See Also
References
- ↑ Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists?, BBC, January 11, 2012
- ↑ 'We will attack Nigeria again and again', Boko Haram leader vows, The Telegraphe, January 27, 2012
- ↑ http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/35023-un-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-urges-jonathan-to-fight-sect-with-full-force-show-yourselves-jonathan-challenges-boko-haram-members-p53-britain-offers-to-assist-nigeriaun-declares-boko-haram-terror-group-
- ↑ http://cnsnews.com/news/article/nigeria-group-threatens-sell-kidnapped-girls
- ↑ Hillary Dropped the Ball on Boko Haram, Josh Rogin, [The Daily Beast], May 7, 2014. www.yahoo.com
- ↑ Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization? Hot Air website.
- ↑ http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/06/12/Nigeria-Shuts-Down-World-Cup-Viewings-After-Boko-Haram-Threatens-Attack