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davebtelford

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Nigeria is an important cesspit - why don't the USA get in and give Boko Haram a good slapping? Maybe a good redeployment from Afghanistan?
 
Probably because the last time they went into Africa (east) Mogadishu, Somalia, they got a very bitter wake up call despite all their high tech. Added to that there's not a great deal of value to be had there, so why bother?
 
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Poor little girls, probably sold into marriage or even something worse.
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Poor kids ... and all in the name of the Prophet ... All Muslims should be hanging their heads in shame or expressing outrage. But I for one ain't holding my breath.
 
Disgusting.
The total failure and lack of interest from the Nigerian government is the worst aspect. Good luck Jonathan must be to busy counting his millions.
 
Maybe if it was school boys rather than girls there would be more interest. It doesn't bear thinking about what might have happened to them. It must be terrible for their families.
 
From a piece on TV this morning which showed a young man speaking his mind, I think questions are starting to be asked by the Nigerian people about corruption in high places. He asked where the billons of dollars (I think he said $22 million) the USA gave Nigeria a few years ago which was supposed to specifically be spent on bringing the Boko Haram gangs to book.
 
Having been there a few times, happiness is landing gear up at Lagos:) I can assure you that Goodluck Johnson does not have a new jet, heck $22 mil will only buy a old biz jet. Most likely a Swiss or Grand Cayman bank account
 
The article throws up some interesting ideas.
The idea that the education of women in a westernised education system is to add to governmental corruption.....it is a different perspective I suppose.

Al Qaeda are against the education of girls. Educated girls become educated women. Women who want to be in control of their own destiny. This does not fill Al Qaeda with joy. They want their women to be uneducated, so that they are easier to control.....less of a problem. Isn't that why they shot the 15 year old girl in the head.....the girl who agitated for education for all girls in her own country?
Boko Haram are supposed to be allied to Al Qaeda, and will follow their lead.
The fact that these men have threatened to sell these girls as slaves show how little they think of women.
Islam is supposed to revere women.....not sell them as slaves.
 
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I think it depends on who's interpreting the words of the Koran rather than the original meaning. Twisting the text to control the female population seems common place. I seem to remember reading that men and women ' are as equal as two teeth on a comb' is in the Koran somewhere. Doesn't seem to be acknowledged much in a lot of Islamic countries around the world.
 
A lot of these militant fundamentalist groups follow the Hadith. The Hadith is supposed to be the sayings of the prophet , but they were not written down until 300 years after his death......so who knows what corruptions happened over those three centuries.
 
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