Boko Haram leader claims massacre in Baga, threatens more

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened more violence.

As many as 2,000 civilians were killed and 3,700 homes and business were destroyed in the Jan. 3 attack on the town near Nigeria's border with Cameroon, said Amnesty International.

The leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists took responsibility for the killings in a video posted on YouTube Tuesday, the same day International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she is examining the allegations of mass killings and will prosecute those most responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Nigeria.

"We are the ones who fought the people of Baga, and we have killed them with such a killing as He (Allah) commanded us in his book," Shekau says, according to a translation from Arabic provided by SITE Intelligence Group.

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[oberliner]

1. 2000 civilians killed in one day?

These people seriously need to be stopped.

[newfie11]

2. Why are countries not sending in troops

This is horrific and not the first time for these murders.

Where is their money coming from to buy weapons?

[iandhr]

4. In terms of money

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#Kidnappings.2C_robbery_and_extortion

[newfie11]

5. Thank you Iandhr

That explains so much.
What a horrible bunch of thugs.

[iandhr]

6. This is why we shouldn't pay

ransom for hostages.

[iandhr]

3. Can we drone this mother ******