NIGERIA Boko Haram Video Claims To Killing 35 People In The October 24 Attack

Friday, December 13, 2013

NIGERIA Boko Haram Video Claims To Killing 35 People In The October 24 Attack

| AP FILE: This file image made available from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2012, taken from video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows the leader of the radical Islamist sect Imam Abubakar Shekau. The leader of an Islamic uprising in northeastern Nigeria boasts in a new video of a daring attack on military bases in a provincial capital and threatens to attack the United States next, it has been reported on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Few believe the Boko Haram terrorist network has such capability though there are fears its insurgency could spread to neighboring states. In his first statement since Washington designated Boko Haram a terrorist network last month, Abubakar Shekau swore at the United States, calling it a prostitute nation of infidels and liars. The United States in July posted a reward of $7 million for information leading to Shekau’s arrest. (AP Photo, File ) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL

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Boko Haram video claims October 24 attack that killed 35

November 3, 2013

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video released Sunday that he led an October 24 attack in which 35 people found in military uniform were killed in the Nigerian city of Damaturu.

"Look at what happened in Damaturu (capital of northeastern Yobe state)," the head of the Islamist group said in the video obtained by AFP through the same intermediary as previous clips.

"Since we killed them with our hands -- in fact I was the commander of the operation -- so, you cannot say I'm making conjecture," he said.

The authenticity of the video clip -- in which Shekau spoke for about 11 minutes in Arabic, Hausa and Kanuri -- could not be independently confirmed.

"This is a brief message to the world. We carried out the Damaturu attacks with Allah's help, with Allah's might, with Allah's glory and with victory from Allah, the Creator," he said.

The video was titled "Battle of Damaturu" in Arabic.

Thirty-five bodies in military uniform were brought to a morgue in Nigeria's restive northeast after a coordinated assault by Boko Haram targeting the security forces, a hospital source had said.

The attack in Damaturu was the first significant raid in a major urban centre in several weeks by the insurgent group waging a four-year Islamist uprising.

Police and residents said large numbers of Boko Haram fighters, some in vehicles and some on foot, stormed Damaturu after dark.

Armed with guns and explosives, they attacked and torched four police buildings, sparking a fierce, hours-long gun battle with the security forces.

Contacted by AFP on October 28, Yobe state military spokesman Lazarus Eli did not deny reports that dozens of soldiers were killed during the clash.

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Islamic Extremist Leader Boasts of Nigerian Attack

Dec 12, 2013

Associated Press| by Michelle Paul

LAGOS, Nigeria - The leader of an Islamic uprising in northeastern Nigeria boasts in a new video of a daring attack on military bases in a provincial capital and threatens to attack the United States next.
Few believe the Boko Haram terrorist network has such capability though there are fears its insurgency could spread to neighboring states. Officials have said that fighters from Chad, Niger and Cameroon are fighting alongside the Nigerian insurgents. Boko Haram members have been identified fighting in the Islamic rebellion in northern Mali and it has said some of its fighters trained alongside al-Shabab in Somalia.
In his first statement since the United States designated Boko Haram a terrorist network last month, Abubakar Shekau swore at the United States, calling it a prostitute nation of infidels and liars. The United States in July posted a reward of $7 million for information leading to Shekau's arrest.

He suggests that the U.S., which could not defend itself against the September 2011 terrorist attacks, cannot hurt his movement.
"If you had the capability, you would have done it in your own country. Where were you when your World Trade Center was bombed, including your Pentagon, when you were faced on your own turf?" he asks.
Shekau, eyes glaring with an anger not exhibited in previous videos, gesticulates wildly as he vows: "By Allah, we will never stop. Don't think we will stop in Maiduguri. Tomorrow you will see us in America itself. Our operation is not confined to Nigeria, it is for the whole world."
A Nigerian unrelated to Boko Haram, Umar Farouk, sewed a bomb into his underwear to try to blow up a U.S. airliner heading from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. He is serving a life sentence.
Farouk, like Boko Haram, has spoken against the massive corruption in oil-rich Nigeria that allows many politicians and businessmen to live in opulence while the majority of Nigerians struggle to put food on the table. The northeast has the worst rates for poverty, literacy and health care.
In the video, Shekau, in military camouflage and cradling an assault rifle, criticizes democracy and says he will fight until Islamic law brings purity to all Nigeria, a country of more than 160 million almost equally divided between Christians and Muslims.
Shekau's video includes footage said to be of the Dec. 2 attack on the air force base outside Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, showing night shots of blazing buildings as explosions blasted, fighters yelled "Allahu akhbar," (God is great in Arabic), and victims screamed. As the sky lightens after daybreak, the video shows the extremists wandering freely over the base, apparently abandoned by the military, setting ablaze three fighter jets and two helicopters. Air force officials have refused to allow journalists onto the base since the attack.
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Islamic Extremist Leader Boasts of Nigerian Attack

LAGOS, Nigeria December 12, 2013 (AP)

By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press

The leader of an Islamic extremist group in northeastern Nigeria boasts in a new video of a daring attack on military bases in a provincial capital and threatens to attack the United States next.

Few believe the Boko Haram terrorist network currently has the capability for such complex attacks, although some officials fear its insurgency could spread to neighboring states.

In his first statement since the United States designated Boko Haram a terrorist network last month, Abubakar Shekau swore at the U.S., calling it a prostitute nation of infidels and liars. The U.S. government in July posted a reward of $7 million for information leading to Shekau's arrest.

He claims the U.S. cannot hurt his movement, citing the Sept. 2011 terrorist attacks as evidence.

"If you had the capability, you would have done it in your own country. Where were you when your World Trade Center was bombed, including your Pentagon, when you were confronted on your own turf?" he asks.

The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified. However, the video was distributed through the same channels the group has used before.

Eyes glaring with anger, Shekau is seen gesticulating wildly in the video as he vows: "By Allah, we will never stop. Don't think we will stop in Maiduguri. Tomorrow you will see us in America itself."

A Nigerian unrelated to Boko Haram, Umar Farouk, sewed a bomb into his underwear to try to blow up a U.S. airliner heading from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. He is serving a life sentence.