On January 10, 2015 across the seas in Africa the
extremist group “Boko Haram” has struck again. This terrorist group is
notoriously known for kidnapping young defenseless children and forcing them
promote the ideal Muslim society. Boys are most likely to be transformed into a
mindless killing machine and girls are being married off and used in the sex
trafficking business. In the case, a
little girl no more than 10 years old gave up her life to pursue a suicide bombing
mission instructed by the Boko Haram. As she walked into the crowded northern
Nigerian Market, the bombs hidden underneath her veil detonated, killing 20
innocent people and wounding many more.
People were shocked as
they were represented with a new tactic in the Islamists’ campaign with their
decision to use perhaps their youngest-ever suicide bomber.
To the people of Africa, this terrorist organization has
been motivated to increase the number of girls being kidnapped. The Boko Haram is
now using women as suicide bombers, even as it has stepped up its abductions of
girls across northeast Nigeria.
This Market place did have security and making sure that
people were safe. As the little girl approached and the men screened her with
the metal detectors they noticed bulging in her hip region. The girl resisted
being restrained and patted down, but it was too late and before security was
able to pat her down the bombs had already gone off killing 20 and injuring 18.
Due to all of the
recent terrorist attacks in Africa, police and security guards can no longer
trust anyone. Now, one has to be suspicious of any lady wearing a hijab —
whether it’s a young lady, or an old lady.
This
story reminds me much of how Ishmael in the book “A Long Way Gone” was
kidnapped and instructed to do nearly the same thing as the little girl.
Ishmael was kidnapped by the rebels and forced to put his own life in danger to
make sure he was satisfying the rebels.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/world/africa/suicide-bomber-hits-maiduguri-nigeria-market.html?_r=0&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Africa&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article
Is this a new tatcic of BH? If so, why do you think they would be as bold as to pull an attack like this?
ReplyDeleteI personally attribute it to an increased sense of impunity that BH has developed, as their has been little response to their actions from their own government,let alone other countries.It is becoming clear that they can do what they want,when they want, and to however they want, and nobody is going to do anything about it.Is this really the message we want to send? The world did they same thing in Rwanda and look what happened.Over 800k people died. We need to decide ow if we plan to act now,with force, or wait until another genocide occurs.The blood is on our hands...or not.
I agree with Josh completely. This group did not simply pop out of nowhere. They have gotten publicity, which is something they wanted. Now that we are paying attention to them, we are helping them achieve their own goals. Who's to say what their 'endgame' is? We could be doing exactly what they wish for us to do.
ReplyDeleteFrom the mouth of the BH leader,
ReplyDelete“I am going to marry out any woman who is twelve-years-old, and if she is younger, I will marry her out at the age of nine. You are all in danger. I am the one who captured all those girls and will sell all of them. Slavery is allowed in my religion, and I shall capture people and make them slaves. We are on our way to Abuja and we shall also visit the South. I am going to kill all the Imams and other Islamic clerics in Nigeria because they are not Muslims since they follow democracy and constitution. It is Allah that instructed us, until we soak the ground of Nigeria with Christian blood, and so-called Muslims contradicting Islam. We will kill and wonder what to do with their smelling corpses. This is a war against Christians and democracy and their constitution.’
So there you go. Boko Haram's struggle is against the West.
But unlike Al qaeda or other terrorist groups like them, BH is fighting a self proclaimed war against the country and its ideals, not just our involvement in their country
This makes me wonder, how will we respond when they start kidnapping Americans traveling throughout the world?Will we get involved then- and will it be too late?
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