Uncertainty about the status of Nigeria’s 276 kidnapped schoolgirls seems to have been settled, with the nation’s defense ministry confirming today that they have located where they are being held.
That’s the good news, but the bad news is they’re no closer to getting them back, as the Boko Haram forces are holding them in a secure site, where any rescue attempts would be future.
“We can’t kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back,” warned Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff Alex Baden. Boko Haram has offered to exchange the girls for prisoners from their movement.
That doesn’t seem to be happening either, though, as a deal was reportedly virtually finalized and the Nigerian government pulled out at the last minute. The reason is unclear, though the deal was scrapped after Nigerian President Jonathan met with world leaders in Paris. The US and other foreign leaders have made it clear they oppose any deal to get the girls released.
Why ? The girls are not the daughters of U.S and foreign leaders . We ask Israel to release terrorists to show good faith . Israel releases a 1000 terrorists for one soldier . Nigeria has a lot of Muslims , Kidnaping has always been a way for Muslims to make money . We should confront all of Islam and punish them with their own laws until they give up some of these barbaric practices they claim as their God given right .
"The reason (negotiations failed) is unclear… The US … made it clear they oppose any deal." I'd say that clears it up.
"The US and other foreign leaders have made it clear they oppose any deal to get the girls released."
Why? And why were those 80 US troops headed for Chad? "Boko Haram, the Chibok Outrage and Big Oil Interests: 'the scale of the chorus of humanitarian concern over the outrage dovetails with growing concerns about the Nigerian government's capacity to fend off Boko Haram's threat to oil exploration in the borderlands with Chad'." http://karl-naylor.blogspot.com/2014/05/boko-hara…
"….where any rescue attempts would be future." Typo here, it should be future, obviously.