Last week troops took back a key northern town captured by Boko Haram fighters last August. Upon taking back the town the troops found a bomb factory disguised as a fertilizer plant. Inside the factory they found suicide bomber vets and improvised detonator devices. The article goes on to talk about the newly forged relationship between Boko Haram and ISIS and outlines the terror Boko Haram has been inciting in Nigeria since 2009. Constantly in the news we are hearing about Boko Haram suicide bombings in Nigeria, any success troops can get against slowing and stopping the suicide attacks is a victory against the radicals that have been terrorizing Nigeria. Though the alliance between Boko Haram and ISIS is a horrifying thought but personally I think this is a last ditch effort by Boko Haram to remain alive. Lately it seems there have been more and more articles in the news about Boko Haram's defeats by military troops across Nigeria. At first I thought it was just propaganda by the US backed side but now I believe Boko Haram is truly struggling and needs to turn to other terrorist organizations for support.
Michael Johnson
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/14/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-bomb-factory/index.html
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