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#Nigéria vidéo de 16:51 de l’#EI sur les opérations dans le #Borno & #Yobi sur plusieurs mois. Extrait 1 qui confirme encore une fois l’usage de blindé en tête des troupes pour percer les défenses de l’armée
#Nigéria au delà des images de combats habituelles, à part quelques aspects mineurs d’armements, deux aspects importants dans le dernière vidéo de l’#EI, 1. la célébration du Eid entre combattants+familles #LacTchad & #Sambisa rapl. vidéos en provenance de #Syrie #Irak ~2013
#Nigéria 2. Les célébrations du Eid avec les communautés locales dans différentes régions, surtout à #Sambisa ancien fief #JAS #Shekau. Ces deux aspects démontrent une aisance et une implantation de plus en plus importante du groupe
Sur 14:16 de vidéo, ces 1 minute 17 sec. sont les plus importantes à mon sens. Pour le detail de l’armement visible l’usage d’un lance roquettes multiples est à noter. Pour plus de détails armement thread @CalibreObscura 
NEW: Just released @UN report warns of "heightened threats emerging" from #ISIS #alQaida affiliated groups worldwide
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
1. Last night, #IS published a new statement from its spokesman Abu Hamza al-Qurashi in which, among other things, he lauded the recent exploits of #ISWAP—#IS’s West Africa Province—in #Nigeria, alluding to Abubakar #Shekau's group, #JAS, as "khawarij."
L’#EI diffuse un audio de son porte parole Abou Hamza al-Qourachi
Félicite en particulier « les moudjahidin d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Afrique centrale … soyez humbles … aux communs musulmans soyez les soutiens des moudjahidin et apprenez des leçons d’#Irak et du Levant … les portes de la dawla sont ouvertes »
Félicite les moudjahidin d’avoir fini avec les khawarij [les extrémistes déviants] » donc #Shekau et ses hommes sans les nommer
1. Another #BokoHaram thread, this time about #ISWAP’s Abu Musab al-Barnawi audio about the death of #Shekau (Abu Musab is chatty these days). He says that Shekau was attacked in his markaz and fled, and escaped capture for several days.
2. ISWAP fighters tried to convince Shekau to surrender, but he blew himself up.
3. Abu Musab reiterates his earlier statement that they told Shekau “we didn't come to kill you, come and repent and obey the orders of Amirul mumineen. In his wisdom, he may reappoint you as a leader and we are ready to accept his position”.
1. More news from ISWAP – in an audio released some time ago (before the Sambisa blitz against #Shekau, I think), Abu Musab al Barnawi, the ad interim boss (wali?) of #ISWAP #BokoHaram, details a point he had made in a statement that I have commented earlier. A thread.
2. This new audio revolves around Abu Musab's earlier promise to review past injustices committed by ISWAP. He reiterates. He calls all those aggrieved, whether ISWAP members or civilians, to put forth their claims. He confirms a forum will examine these claims.
3. He insists justice applies to leadership, rank and file, and civilians alike. He insists both leaders and followers in ISWAP have done some wrong. He insists that even soldiers of the Caliphate will be punished if they kill without a good reason.
Tomorrow Friday, I'll drop a thread about the Insecurity State of Nigeria.
Let me Start by Saying Alhamdulillah........
The Insecurity State of Nigeria Today:
Nigerians can be very touchy when it comes to the performance of their economy. In its effort to project an image of Nigeria as the leading heavyweight on the continent.
The Insecurity State of Nigeria Today:
Nigerians can be very touchy when it comes to the performance of their economy. In its effort to project an image of Nigeria as the leading heavyweight on the continent.
despite its huge and seemingly growing insecurity problems, the Nigerian government is not taking any negative statements about its economic growth lying down.
Was Abubakar Shekau ever dead?
On August 2016, the Nigerian @HQNigerianArmy announced that the Air force had killed a number of senior #BokoHaram militants, including the terrorist group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau. tinyurl.com/y4mj7ojp
On August 2016, the Nigerian @HQNigerianArmy announced that the Air force had killed a number of senior #BokoHaram militants, including the terrorist group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau. tinyurl.com/y4mj7ojp
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the @HQNigerianArmy’s spokesperson at the time said in a statement that “their leader, so-called ‘Abubakar Shekau,’ is believed to be fatally wounded on his shoulders.” tinyurl.com/y4mj7ojp
Barely, a month later the wanted leader of the Nigerian Islamist group #BokoHaram released a video message refuting the claim by the military that he was killed or badly wounded in an airstrike. tinyurl.com/y4mj7ojp
#Gandollars presents new Emir #Bayero of Kano state to #Buhari & Kyari at d statehouse after deposing & banishing Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi #SLS. See Emir Bayero bowing to greet Buhari. A big disgrace & desecration of d royalty
Pic 1 Emir Bayero
Pic 2 Emir Sanusi
#FreeSanusiNow
Pic 1 Emir Bayero
Pic 2 Emir Sanusi
#FreeSanusiNow
Now, see @atiku, a man of honor & respect for the #Nigeria revered traditional institutions. That's how to treat royalty. #Respect!
Pic 1. @atiku & Obi of #Onitsha
Pic 2. @atiku & Ooni of #Ife
Pic 3. @atiku & #SanusiLamido
#FreeSanusiNow
Pic 1. @atiku & Obi of #Onitsha
Pic 2. @atiku & Ooni of #Ife
Pic 3. @atiku & #SanusiLamido
#FreeSanusiNow
This is not a capture. Nearly every village or town ISWAP attacked has a military facility. Meanwhile, as attention has shifted to #ISWAP, #Bokoharam may recuperate, this was how ISWAP became what they are and the factions have given up killing themselves. Read between the lines.
The insurgents no longer have the resources to capture and hold new territories. They are more secure in the limited areas they held and maintained from start. They are using the raining season to build up arms before the dry season, when air and ground troops are hard-hitting.
The insurgents have no doubt embraced the global jihad movements and are now regarded as important players, with growing ties, but the war strategy is local, to confront it requires street knowledge, which internationals don't know about and the govt seems to ignore at its peril.
Growing up as a child between #Biu and #Maiduguri in the 80's and 90's left me with vivid memories. There were clear memories of affinity, of love, of trust, of sharing and good neighbourliness. #Maiduguri, to me, is the only place I want to retire to.
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Today, the epitaph - home of peace, mock the state, its citizenry and govt. A crisis we all saw coming and I, in particular, wrote articles and reports in the New Sentinel and the Daily Trust, alerting the state of an impending threat to law and order, long before it occurred.
The official lines, then, was, the crisis "would fizzle out soon." Today, officials are pushing the same narrative. This is the wish of every well meaning citizen, but wishes are not horses. The evidence in Borno, especially rural areas, contrast sharply with official lines.
