Boko Haram 'Trained in Algeria, Afghanistan'

Members of Boko Haram have received training from groups affiliated to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Algeria, according to a recent internal Nigerian intelligence report quoted by a United States’ newspaper, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), yesterday.


And in Abuja, also yesterday, the State Security Service (SSS) finally spoke on last week’s United Nations House bombing and confirmed that the suicide bomber had a link with al-Qaeda.


The security agency released the images of two suspects arrested in connection with the bombing and declared a third person wanted, while also disclosing that the nation’s intelligence community got information nine days ahead of the UN House bombing.


In a press release, SSS spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, said on August 18, 2011, “precise intelligence was obtained by this Service that some Boko Haram elements were on a mission to attack unspecified targets in Abuja in an ash-coloured Toyota Camry vehicle with registration number AA539GBL.


“On 21st August, 2011 about 1300 hours a joint operations by all security services led to the arrest of two (2) notorious leaders of the Boko Haram extremist sect, namely, Babagana Ismail KWALJIMA (a.k.a Abu SUMMAYA) [and] Babagana MALI (a.k.a Bulama)”.


Ogar said following their arrests, security was further beefed up in Abuja and its environs.

“Meanwhile the suspects have made valuable statements and are being held at a military facility,” she said, adding that investigation had revealed that one Mamman Nur, “a notorious Boko Haram element with Al-Qaeda links who returned recently from Somalia, working in concert with the two (2) suspects masterminded the attack on the United Nations (UN) building in Abuja”.


She said further investigation “has also revealed that the car used for the attack was a Honda car with Kano State registration number AV38NSR. It was purchased on 3rd September, 2002 and registered on 3rd December, 2002. The vehicle identification number is 1HGCBA7400A100748, Engine number, F22A72000540”.


SSS implored all Nigerians to be more security conscious and vigilant, while urging the general public to cooperate with security agencies by providing useful information that could lead to the arrest of Nur who is declared wanted.
Ogar said any person with useful information which could lead to the arrest of the suspect and other accomplices “should report to the nearest police station, military formations or any other security agency”.


The WSJ reported that the intelligence on the training of Boko Haram fighters in Afghanistan and Algeria was submitted to senior government officials in June. That marked roughly the beginning of a string of recent attacks, highlighted by the bombing of Police Headquarters in Abuja.


The June report, which was reviewed by WSJ, did not appear to contain specific intelligence on future attacks but the fact that bombings have been going on since then is indicative of “poor coordination and corruption” within the intelligence ranks.


WSJ sources pointed in particular to a finding in the report that four of the five top members of Boko Haram have been in police custody at least once in recent years but have been released without any reasons given for the releases.


The report, according to WSJ, presented a more detailed picture of foreign terror links than the government had acknowledged, portraying Boko Haram as a group with Jihadist aspirations and more substantial international connections than previously believed.


It said group members began travelling abroad for weapons training as early as 2002, with a trip that included several members heading to Mauritania.


In 2007, the report said, members of Boko Haram travelled to Afghanistan to receive training in the making of improvised explosive devices or IEDs, and in suicide-bombing techniques. The report named a man from Nigeria's Adamawa State it said "led a group of members to Afghanistan for training on IEDs and on their return they imparted their knowledge to others", according to WSJ.


An undercover security official from the North confirmed to WSJ that Boko Haram members had received training in Afghanistan.


"They usually fly there from neighbouring countries, like Niger or Chad," the official told the newspaper. The report also said Boko Haram members received combat and bomb-making training in Mauritania and in Algeria with members of al-Qaeda's North Africa branch, known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).


Algeria-based AQIM has claimed credit for several killings and kidnappings of foreigners in West Africa, including a Friday suicide bombing of an Algerian military academy that killed 18 people. The group still has at least four French hostages kidnapped last September in Mali.


A US official said it was unlikely that Boko Haram was active enough before 2009 to send people in considerable numbers to train elsewhere, the WSJ report said. But by 2009, Boko Haram made contacts and established relationships with members of AQIM. In 2010, they began training alongside elements of AQIM in northern Mali.


"Within the last year, they've established more contacts and training opportunities with AQIM," said the US official quoted by WSJ. "What we're seeing now is probably the result of the additional radicalisation of their viewpoints and the training."


The official said Boko Haram was estimated to contain a few hundred members.

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Just as we all assumed!

You do not require training to do what they or doing. All you need is the will and motivation.

^^it takes training in addition to the other factors.

Lol, what a coincidence!

Did you say Algeria? Watch out this name will appear more ofeten in the news as evil , because they are hosting Ghaddafi's wife and family.

Why is this old news a frontpage news? LOOK for solutions and stop talking about the problem, Mcheeeeeeeeeew!

the main thing here is they're being trained.

;d ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d

why can't they find any solution to this rather than given blinded excuses.

hmmmmmm

Like all this is new. an article written on the 27th of August has long suggested the they are reciving their training right under our nose , of course with help from abroad as well.

see http://www.naijahood.com/2011/08/boko-haram-school-of-suicide-bombing.html

this assumption and finding is stale.

Dalby:

You do not require training to do what they or doing. All you need is the will and motivation.

Absolutely!
Will and motivation are part of the training.Can you just tell me to go and bomb a place without being given some motivations?Nope!
That's it!

i think Boko Haram Members Are Trained In Algeria,


bardakta mısır

We re still waiting, by the way, i jst want to state how unpatriotic it ȋ̊s for nigerians to continue  blaming GEJ for all thiz, this ȋ̊s beyond the power of one man

Boko Haram members arent being trained in Afghanistan and Algeria. Such a thought doesnt even make sense. How many black Africans are there in Afghanistan and Algeria? Most likely, they are being trained in Chad.

Chad is the most reasonable answer because the Nigerian-Chad border is neglected and Chadians can easily cross the Chad lake and enter Borno State Nigeria by boat. This explains why many bombings are in Maiduguri. Besides if they were being trained in Algeria they would have been entering through the NW and causing trouble there instead of the NE.

And also, such activities do not require high0tech training. Any man can easily strap a homemade bomb across his chest under his garments.

Islam is a religion of violence.

sanayitipi:

i think Boko Haram Members Are Trained In Algeria,


bardakta mısır

what diff does ur post make?

borno borders a lot of places

and nothing suggests the boko haramites are being trained in only one place.

neither is west/central africa the only training ground for rebels and militants.

some of their leaders received training in somalia.

others no doubt are being indoctrinated elsewhere.

Nigeria will end up in a bloodly civil war. they need to remove edo,delta and Yorubas.  nigeria is a national, when Arm robber come to your house. Nobody call the police to arrest arm robber. The people are so bold, if they have weapon, they will shoot back and kill the arm robbers and not think about it. And they will not get arrested for killing the arm robber.

If an arm robber comes to your house in Nigeria. you kill him and you will never be arrested. that should tell you, how bold nigerian are. The UN bombing. People are going to retaliate

Only in Nigeria .   This is the south.  If you think they are not going to be a civil war. good lucky.
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Nobody does this in nigeria and get away with it.

Boko i-diots are trained in maidugiri,they are nigerians trained in nigeria.

Na wa ooo. We don't pray for War, but let look on to God for

Solution through our PRAYER.

Algeria has one of the best Anti-Alqaeda fighting forces in the world. We should have learned from them instead of inviting the clueless FBI!

SmoothCrim:

Algeria has one of the best Anti-Alqaeda fighting forces in the world. We should have learned from them instead of inviting the clueless FBI!

How do you know FBI are clueless?

Super T:

Na wa ooo. We don't pray for War, but let look on to God for

Solution through our PRAYER.

This things are said to happen in the bible, the bible also say that it will not come near us.

ahmedinho1:

How do they go to and fro Algeria without being detected. Just curious. Aren't they getting support from someone up there?

Yes, How did all this bombs get into this country?
Custom shine your eyes oh!!!

And 'nigerian intelligence got prior information' and did wat 2 avert d impendin doom?dey prolly thought it was a comic scenario.gr8 job!

The report sounds far-fetched.

switch47:

Like all this is new. an article written on the 27th of August has long suggested the they are reciving their training right under our nose , of course with help from abroad as well.

see http://www.naijahood.com/2011/08/boko-haram-school-of-suicide-bombing.html

this assumption and finding is stale.

Boko haram suicide bombers are being trained right here in nigeria