The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Burning Churches

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Strategy Page:

 

June 19, 2013:

 

Having been chased out of its urban and suburban bases in the northeast, several hundred surviving Boko Haram members have set up operations in the mountain forests along the Cameroon border. This has included raiding villages in the thinly populated region, stealing cattle and anything else they could use. When they encountered Christian churches they burned them down and killed any clergy they found. The terrorists then moved deeper into the mountains, apparently to set up camps and get in touch with Boko Haram camps known to exist across the border in Cameroon. The army is now visiting the raided villages and seeking the new Boko Haram camps. There are still some armed Boko Haram members in the cities, especially Maiduguri. There they are sheltered by civilians and are difficult to root out.

 

The army is going to be forced to open up the roads to the cities and shut down many other roadblocks. Thats because all these restrictions are reducing the food supply. Rice and wheat crops are ready to harvest and they will rot if the farm workers cannot get to the fields in time. The cities are not getting enough food from the countryside as it is. Lifting the travel restrictions and restoring cell phone service will make it easier for Boko Haram to resume terror attacks in the cities.

 

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June 18, 2013: In the northeastern city of Maiduguri Boko Haram gunman entered a non-religious school and murdered nine students.

 

June 16, 2013: In the north (Yobe state) Boko Haram attacked a non-religious boarding school and killed two teachers and nine students. Two of the attackers were killed by security guards.

 

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