adnkronos.com - 7/27/2009
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Potisk, 27 July (AKI) - Islamist militants have attacked Nigerian police in two northern states, the Nigerian daily Tribune newspaper reported on Monday. So-called "Taliban" militants clashed with police in Nigeria's Borno state after at least 200 people were killed in clashes between Islamic ...
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news.bbc.co.uk - 7/31/2009
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A Nigerian government minister has expressed relief at
the death of an Islamic sect leader, Mohammed Yusuf....
Yusuf's body was shown to journalists on Thursday just hours after police said they had captured him. Human rights campaigners alleged he had ...
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Islamist death 'good for Nigeria'
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Nigeria: Self-described "Taliban" attack police in northern states
Jihad Watch —
... Sharia is already in place in northern Nigeria, but even that is not enough. It never is, because Sharia is a package deal (lest one pick and choose from Allah's own law). Thus, concessions toward it only set a precedent for more, and generate perpetual tension (and often violence) over how much Sharia is "enough," even in Islamic states. "Nigeria: Islamist attacks spread to second northern state," from Adnkronos International, July 27: ...
The Expansion of the Bloody Borders
Gates of Vienna —
... of the struggle against radical Islam, and the Muslim population in the north of the country is becoming Talibanized. The most recent figures I have for Nigeria put its Muslim population at 50%, but that was several years ago, and Islam may well own a majority share by now. To make matters worse, the non-Muslims are not just Christians, but animists as well, so that Islam is presumably already the largest religious faith in Nigeria. Here’s the latest from AKI: Nigeria: Islamist Attacks Spread to Second Northern State ...
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news.bbc.co.uk 7/31/2009 — Nigerian Islamic sect leader Mohammed Yusuf was alive when he was captured, the commander of the operation against the militant group has told the BBC. The comments by Col Ben Ahanotu appear to contradict police statements that Mr Yusuf, 39, was ...
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echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com 12/7/2008 — Child brides are common and this results in fistula being common, too: Northern Nigeria has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world: nearly half of all girls here are married by the age of 15. The consequences have been devastating. ...
BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria gay activists speak out
news.bbc.co.uk 3/11/2009 — Nigerian gay rights activists have told the country's lawmakers that a new bill to outlaw same sex marriage would lead to widespread human rights abuses. The new law would mean prison sentences for gay people who live together, and anyone who "aids ...
BBC NEWS | Business | Gazprom seals $2.5bn Nigeria deal
news.bbc.co.uk 6/26/2009 — Russia's energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn ( 1.53bn) deal with Nigeria's state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture. The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria. Analysts ...
CBS Silent on Clinton Comparing Bush v. Gore to Massive Corruption in Africa
newsbusters.org 8/13/2009 — Of the three major networks, only CBS has managed, thus far, to ignore controversial comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that compared America’s disputed election in 2000 to political corruption of Nigeria. ABC, however, highlighted the August 12 comments on Thursday’s Good Morning ...
NYT: Bush nixed using GIs in U.S. —
msnbc.com: Politics 7/25/2009
Bush administration officials in 2002 debated sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
Gates talks security, arms sales in Iraq —
Reuters: Politics 7/28/2009
TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Tuesday to discuss security issues and arms sales as the two nations look toward the gradual withdrawal of all U.S. forces by the end of 2011.
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