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Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau statement on the abducted schoolgirls: I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market

Female protesters will be arrested if they continue to lie about the children being abducted. This from a female public official.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-nigeria-bokoharam-20140505,0,7243546.story

I felt bad reading and seeing this story throughout the news.

It's all so disgusting. I was in tears reading because we know what is happening to the girls.

I thought he was dead?

I felt bad reading and seeing this story throughout the news.

I am shocked at the lack of attention by the media. 200 girls are kidnapped and I have had to dig to find info on it.

It's all so disgusting. I was in tears reading because we know what is happening to the girls.

So disgusting. America can stick their nose in the most irrelevant sh-t but say nothing about this. Had 200 girls from Sweden been kidnapped it'd be a whole different story.

So disgusting. America can stick their nose in the most irrelevant sh-t but say nothing about this. Had 200 girls from Sweden been kidnapped it'd be a whole different story.

News outlets aren't interested in stuff in third world countries. That's Oprah and Sally Struthers' territory.

This has been going on for years in Nigeria and has only now received international attention. Now suddenly everyone is outraged *shakes head*

So disgusting. America can stick their nose in the most irrelevant sh-t but say nothing about this. Had 200 girls from Sweden been kidnapped it'd be a whole different story.

This has been going on for years in Nigeria and has only now received international attention. Now suddenly everyone is outraged *shakes head*

BH (don't even want to say their names) have been active for at least 6 years or so and I've been reading about this group terrorizing people for years now. It seems that the Nigerian government had (mistakenly) believed they pushed them back but it seems they were biding their time while they planned a comeback. But the government has fouled up on various fronts over the years, even matching BH in brutality at times over the years, which did not endear them to many of the population in the North. The government needs to formulate an active, effective and sensible strategy and they've been shakey at best--you see how they've handled some of the protesters.

I have several former college mates who are from Nigeria and it always disturbed me the seemingly glib attitude that some of my fellow students had about many West African countries' role in the Trans Atlantic slave trade. And to hear this sociopath seemingly gleefully talking about selling girls off into slavery really upsets me. There seems to be very little recognition of the brutality of slavery. Then again, sexual violence is always trivialized in situations like these as well.

All I can do is pray that that by some miracle these girls will be rescued but I cannot help but think this can take years. I don't even want to think of the alternatives at this time.

Edited May 8, 201411 yr by DramatistDreamer