Boko Haram Fights With JTF Over 2000 Homes Destroyed 185 Killed!

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Intense fighting between the military and Islamist militants in north Nigeria is reported to have killed at least 185 civilians and destroyed 2,000 homes.

Rocket-propelled grenades and heavy gunfire bombarded the remote town of Baga near the border with Chad for hours on Friday evening, government and military officials say.

Nigeria faces a long-running insurgency in its predominantly Muslim north.

The Boko Haram insurgency has left thousands of people dead since 2009.
'Markets burnt'

Residents of Baga fled into the bush and only returned on Sunday afternoon to find much of the town destroyed and human and animal corpses strewn through the streets.
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One local journalist said this marked a significant escalation in the insurgency in the area, with the militants using heavier weapons than in previous attacks.

Residents said most of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition in blazes that had destroyed much of the town.

One resident, Bashir Isa, told Associated Press: "Everyone has been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning to town because the governor came.

"To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks.''

Boko Haram wants to carve out an Islamic state across a swathe of Nigeria.

Its name in the local Hausa language means: "Western education is forbidden".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22243834

BAGA, Nigeria - Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighbourhoods filled with civilians.

The fighting in Baga began Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community on Lake Chad. By Sunday, when government officials finally felt safe enough to see the destruction, homes, businesses and vehicles were burned throughout the area.

The assault marks a significant escalation in the long-running insurgency Nigeria faces in its predominantly Muslim north, with extremists mounting a co-ordinated assault on soldiers using military-grade weaponry.

Authorities had found and buried at least 185 bodies as of Sunday afternoon, said Lawan Kole, a local government official in Baga. He spoke haltingly to Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima in the Kanuri language of Nigeria's northeast, surrounded by still-frightened villagers.


Edokpaye said extremists used civilians as human shields during the fighting — implying that soldiers opened fire in neighbourhoods where they knew civilians lived.

"'When we reinforced and returned to the scene the terrorists came out with heavy firepower, including (rocket-propelled grenades), which usually has a conflagration effect," the general said.

Sunday afternoon, the burned bodies of cattle and goats still filled the streets. Bullet holes marred burned buildings.

"Everyone has been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning back to town because the governor came to town today," grocer Bashir Isa said. "To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks."



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Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye, also on the visit, did not dispute the casualty figures. Edokpaye said the extremists used heavy machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the assault, which began after soldiers surrounded a mosque they believed housed members of the radical Islamic extremist network Boko Haram.

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So much for amnesty, this feels like Mutiny on the Bounty!! Ala Nigerian Army

IF ALL THE PEOPLE KILLED WERE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE BOKOHARAM SECT, THEN I'M VERY HAPPY. BUT VERY UNFORTUNATELY, RELIABLE REPORTS REACHING US PRESENTLY IS INDICATING THAT MAJORITY OF THOSE KILLED WERE INNOCENT CITIZEN. SOOO SAAAAD!! WHILE THEIR HOMES WERE SET ABLAZE.

Had_one: IF ALL THE PEOPLE KILLED WERE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE BOKOHARAM SECT, THEN I'M VERY HAPPY

they r not at least 4rm d report,the innocent once again lost der lives

Secure our borders & military administrators imposed in the most heated states,politics shouldn't be played with people's lives.....GEJ should provide results,simple!!!if he can't,he shouldn't give excuses,let him leave so we can someone who can

i feel pity for the helpless women and children may their soul rest in peace

@op next time add a picture of tonto dike you will make frontpage cos she's now a moderator in nairaland

Edokpaye said extremists used civilians as human shields during the fighting — implying that soldiers opened fire in neighbourhoods where they knew civilians lived

Boko Haram members are the biggest cowards ever why use innocent people as human shield , this is not how brave people fight. The MEND does not use innocent people as shield , Biafran soldiers did not use innocent people as shields , only cowards do

Had_one: IF ALL THE PEOPLE KILLED WERE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE BOKOHARAM SECT, THEN I'M VERY HAPPY

Bros...many innocents died. No way that they were all BH.

Anyway, very sad stuff.

Good riddance to bad nonsense.
I wld love more of such invasion.
Kudos to Nigerian Army

ekt_bear:

Bros...many innocents died. No way that they were all BH.

Anyway, very sad stuff.

if people in a neighbourhood could notice suspicious movement around them without making report, it wld be termed that they are also collaborator in this evil act.

A government that is yet to show any sign of commitment to the security of lives and properties of its citizens but is notorious for embezzling and massively corrupt officials is nothing but a shame to the nation.

#Nigeriansdeservebetter

nigeria WAY FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!......... i dont think there would still be a country like nigeria which my father dreamt about...coz nigeria is now a divisive state.

I HATE ISLAM

How credible is this source? We need credible source to verify the authenticity of the report. The mere mentioning of Associated Press is not sufficient.

@Op..,look for credible sources to corroborate the report. 185 people dead is not 185 goats dead and should not be toyed with.

GeneralJ: I HATE ISLAM

GeneralJ: I HATE ISLAM

I HATE U.
I HATE UU.
I HATE UUU.

Nigeria fighting 'kills scores' in Baga

Much of Baga was destroyed in fires

Intense fighting between the military and Islamist militants in north Nigeria is reported to have killed at least 185 civilians and destroyed 2,000 homes.

Rocket-propelled grenades and heavy gunfire bombarded the remote town of Baga near the border with Chad for hours on Friday evening, government and military officials say.

Nigeria faces a long-running insurgency in its predominantly Muslim north.

The Boko Haram insurgency has left thousands of people dead since 2009.

'Markets burnt'
Residents of Baga fled into the bush and only returned on Sunday afternoon to find much of the town destroyed and human and animal corpses strewn through the streets.


One local journalist said this marked a significant escalation in the insurgency in the area, with the militants using heavier weapons than in previous attacks.

Residents said most of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition in blazes that had destroyed much of the town.

One resident, Bashir Isa, told Associated Press: "Everyone has been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning to town because the governor came.

"To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks.''

Boko Haram wants to carve out an Islamic state across a swathe of Nigeria.

Its name in the local Hausa language means: "Western education is forbidden".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22243834

sunch:
if people in a neighbourhood could notice suspicious movement around them without making report, it wld be termed that they are also collaborator in this evil act.

Well, if drug dealers operated in my neighborhood, I don't think anyone would think too poorly of me if I decided not to get involved in stopping them. Especially if they know where I live, know my house specifically, are armed and dangerous (as drug dealers usually are), etc.

Ever heard of the phrase "snitches get stitches?" Not sure if it applied to the Nigerian context, but it very well may.

Long story short, innocent bystanders may have legitimate reasons for not getting involved. Especially if the cost of getting involved is the Nigerian army turning your village into a war zone and wiping out nearly 200 of you

i like the way army is fighting now, hit them hard both boko and co.

The Muslim North Nigeria will not continue tobe humiliated by the Crusader government of the South. This is a wakeup call to all who think the Muslims of the North will be subjugated quietly.

However, I weep for the innocent victims. Can't there be a less blood-thirsty way to liberate our land from the unbelievers? Allah knows best.

Allahu akbar...... Allah may u guide ur own as they fight against those who fight against Islam. Thanks for protecting ur mosque.

Make no mistake, the BH fighters are misguided and are committing unIslamic atrocities. But EVERY Nigerian Muslim, from Lagos to Katsina, must feel stirred to the soul by the violence that strikes our land. What was it to provoke Muslim youths to such barbarism. Was it a primal cry to defend Islam and our noble way of life passed on to us by our fathers but now under threat from the unspeakable filth of Nigerian (South-dominated) mainstream culture, a culture of wanton greed, of corruption, of adultery, of inhumanity, and above all of delusions.

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I dont think Nigerians fully understand what it means to lose 180 people from the same village. Try imagining this happening in your hometown... the number of your loved ones lost and the ripple effect is unimaginable. What kind of country does this to its own people? And some people are still singing for one Nigeria - lets see how loud you sing when the boots invade your neck of the woods.

nedu2000: Secure our borders & military administrators imposed in the most heated states,politics shouldn't be played with people's lives.....GEJ should provide results,simple!!!if he can't,he shouldn't give excuses,let him leave so we can someone who can

Pls, don't be an isi ewu!!!!! GEJ has got no business with what is happening in the north. One man already vowed to make the nation ungovernable....... Hahaha, now its a boomerang. Let the blood of the innocent continue to fill the streets so they have a taste of what happened in Odi in 1999 which they found funny. Let the fight continue, even they can choose to launch nuclear warheads, i don't give a Bleep..... All I need do is tune to AIT and watch the level od destruction they've suffered from the south. I'd also love to see women disemboweled, children die from hunger and starvation, and businesses brought to a halt. Every southerner can remain in the north at his own peril.....

They remind me of the Hamas terrorists in the Gaza strip who hide in neighborhoods to fire their missiles at Israel, only for them to cry out when the Iron Dome returns the favor by smoking out that neighborhood in a couple of minutes.

If you really believe within yourself that your cause is not a stupiid one, then I see no reason why you should foolishly hide under innocent people to commit your atrocities instead of facing your enemy head-on.

And some shameless politicians still have the nerve to tell us Boko Haram is similar to MEND.

Similar in what sense? By fighting to protect your land from the injustice and inhumane exploitation it's gone through as opposed to trying to ISLAMIZE the entire country for no apparent reason?

Bastaards.

alnaijiri: Make no mistake, the BH fighters are misguided and are committing unIslamic atrocities. But EVERY Nigerian Muslim, from Lagos to Katsina, must feel stirred to the soul by the violence that strikes our land. What was it to provoke Muslim youths to such barbarism. Was it a primal cry to defend Islam and our noble way of life passed on to us by our fathers but now under threat from the unspeakable filth of Nigerian (South-dominated) mainstream culture, a culture of wanton greed, of corruption, of adultery, of inhumanity, and above all of delusions.

How exactly are you 'defending' your land by trying to invade other people's land in a bid to force your barbaric religion on them? "Islamizing the entire Nigeria"?

What phucking bullshiit are you talking about, you evolution-neglected caveman?

Seondly, if you feel your way of life is being invaded by the South-dominated mainstream culture, why not do the country a phucking favor, secede today, proudly embrace your polio, Lassa fever, cholera, VVF and NOMA (flesh eating bacteria), and leave us the hell alone?

nedu2000: Secure our borders & military administrators imposed in the most heated states,politics shouldn't be played with people's lives.....GEJ should provide results,simple!!!if he can't,he shouldn't give excuses,let him leave so we can someone who can

Pls, don't be an isi ewu!!!!! GEJ has got no business with what is happening in the north. One man already vowed to make the nation ungovernable....... Hahaha, now its a boomerang. Let the blood of the innocent continue to fill the streets so they have a taste of what happened in Odi in 1999 which they found funny. Let the fight continue, even they can choose to launch nuclear warheads, i don't give a Bleep..... All I need do is tune to AIT and watch the level od destruction they've suffered from the south. I'd also love to see women disemboweled, children die from hunger and starvation, and businesses brought to a halt. Every southerner can remain in the north at his own peril.....

We are still picking corpses of women and children in the bush and creeks.'

This story is concocted from a previous one jor...most likely during the ND insurgency else which type of bush and creek do they have in Borno?

Actually, Buhari is making his place ungovernable and not Nigeria.

This ppl are not killing themselves as much as I want.... Let the blood flow, mr Bokos and mr armies....