 Pressure grows to list Nigerian militants as terrorists
 21.05.2012 18:05  0 views  0 comments
Tags: Staph, Obama, Republican, Bolt, Congress, Scott, Clinton, Secretary, Hillary, State Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Islamist, Nigeria, Nigerian, QaedaFrom:
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(Reuters) - Congress is stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to formally designate the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, which has alleged al Qaeda links, as a "foreign terrorist organization." Scott Brown, a Republican senator from Massachusetts, wrote Secretary of State Hillary Clinton late last week urging her to designate the group, an Islamist sect that has been linked to 700 killings in Nigeria over the last 18 months, as a terrorist organization under U.S. law. Then, on Sunday, U.S. ... Czytaj więcej »
| U.S. Justice Dept urges terror label for Nigerian militants
18.05.2012 1:40 0 views 0 comments
Tags: Staph, Debt, Park, Bolt, Department, List, January, Justice, Nigerian, Daniel, WASHINGTONFrom:
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department is pressing the State Department to designate Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group alleged to be responsible for hundreds of deaths, as a "foreign terrorist organization," according to a document obtained by Reuters. Lisa Monaco, head of the Justice Department's national security division, sent a letter in January to State Department counter-terrorism chief Daniel Benjamin requesting that Boko Haram, also known as the "Nigerian Taliban," be put on the list. ...
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| Bombs target Nigerian primary schools
17.05.2012 17:38 0 views 0 comments
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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities found improvised bombs in two primary schools in the northern city of Kano on Thursday, hours after the schools were attacked using explosives and gunfire by suspected militants from Islamist sect Boko Haram. Boko Haram is waging an insurgency against Nigeria's government to try to impose stricter sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria. It mostly targets authority figures and security forces, but has also struck civilians such as Christian worshippers. It has become the top security threat in Africa's leading energy producer. ... Czytaj więcej »
| Illegal immigrant a 20-year worker at NJ airport
15.05.2012 8:47 1 views 0 comments
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For 20 years, co-workers on the security team at one of the nation's busiest airports knew him as Jerry Thomas. His real name, authorities say, was Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, a Nigerian who used t... Czytaj więcej »
| NJ airport: Security supervisor used dead man's ID
15.05.2012 1:01 0 views 0 comments
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A Nigerian man used the identity of the victim in an unsolved murder to hide his status as an illegal immigrant while working undetected for two decades as a security guard and then a security supervisor at one of the United States' busiest airports, authorities said Monday in announcing his arrest. Czytaj więcej »
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