Boko Haram has killed hundreds this year in its campaign to carve out an Islamic state in Nigeria, whose population is split evenly between Christians and Muslims.
Not only does Obama demand that we "respect it," he refuses to designate the genocidal Muslim group, Boko Haram ("books bad" or Western Education is sinful), a terrorist organization, no matter how many they slaughter in the name of Islam.
Nigeria's Boko Haram kills 5 in new attacks - officials MAIDUGURI, Nigeria | Thu Jul 26, 2012
(Reuters) - Suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed at least five people in attacks on a police station, a local government office and a factory owned by Indians in the northeast city of Maiduguri, authorities said on Thursday.
Two Indians were killed when gunmen stormed their factory on Wednesday, while at least three people died in a separate attack the same day.
Witness Alhaji Bukar Aisami told Reuters he saw four dead policeman at the scene. He said a local government office was also attacked but there were no casualties.
"Information available indicates that suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked a gum arabic factory operated by Indians located at Bayan Quarters in Maiduguri on Wednesday," said Sagir Musa, spokesman for the military Joint Task Force.
"The incident led to the death of two Indians with one wounded, who is receiving treatment at the hospital."
The attackers stole 90,000 naira ($560), he said.
Boko Haram has killed hundreds this year in its campaign to carve out an Islamic state in Nigeria, whose population is split evenly between Christians and Muslims.
The group was born out of an uprising in 2009 in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.
Most of its attacks have been in Borno, but its threat has spread across northern Nigeria and to the capital Abuja this year, with suicide bombings and coordinated attacks increasingly common.
