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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Boko Haram Thugs Forced Young Women to Do Their Dirty Work in Maiduguri.

"We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they set up with Allah that for which He has sent down no authority, & their abode is the fire, & evil is the abode of the unjust." So Allah tells his demented devotees, in the book that surely ranks as the worst ever written by mortal man (the claim that the creator of the Universe wrote it himself & it is, therefore, perfect is, frankly, embarrassing), the Koran, in verse 3:151. 

Trouble is, Allah doesn't seem able to do any terrorising himself for some reason & so Muslims feel they have to do it for him. Better still; send some poor brainwashed girls into the marketplace with bombs to do it. Which is exactly what happened in Nigeria yesterday, as reported by the BBC(hat-tip to QueeniesSoapbox @QueeniesSoapbox): 

Nigeria's Maiduguri city hit by deadly blasts

Suicide attacks by two female bombers at a crowded market in northern Nigeria's Maiduguri city have killed 78 people, medical officials say.

One teenage girl blew herself up first and as people gathered to help victims, the second girl detonated herself, witnesses say. 

No group has said it carried out the attacks, but the militant Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected. 

Its insurgency is to establish what it calls an Islamic state.

Campaign group Amnesty International says that the group killed at least 1,500 people in early 2014.

It was based in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, after its formation in 2002, but it has since been driven out of the city by the military and vigilante groups. 

'Bomber screamed'

It now controls a large number of towns and villages in Borno, amid fears that it is preparing to launch an assault to capture Maiduguri.

Boko Haram has not commented on the explosions.

It has been blamed for at least five female suicide bombings in Nigeria since June. 

The girls, dressed in full hijab, entered the busy market and detonated their explosives, said Abba Aji Kalli, the coordinator of a government-backed vigilante group in Borno, AP news agency reports.

The first bomber killed about three women, he said.

When people gathered at the scene, the second bomber screamed and blew herself up, killing about 30, Mr Kalli added.

Borno has been the epicentre of Boko Haram's campaign.

On Monday, suspected insurgents took over Damasak town, less than 200km (125 miles) from Maiduguri, setting fire to houses and killing an unspecified number of people.

The assailants entered the town disguised as traders, carrying boxes which were packed with AK-47 rifles. 

The insurgency has intensified despite the government declaring a state of emergency last year in Borno and two neighbouring states. 

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