Members ChitHappens Posted May 5, 2014 Members Share Posted May 5, 2014 Sunny Hostin @SunnyHostin 1h 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members London Posted May 5, 2014 Members Share Posted May 5, 2014 I felt bad reading and seeing this story throughout the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted May 5, 2014 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2014 It's all so disgusting. I was in tears reading because we know what is happening to the girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nate4 Posted May 5, 2014 Members Share Posted May 5, 2014 I thought he was dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted May 6, 2014 Members Share Posted May 6, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted May 6, 2014 Members Share Posted May 6, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted May 6, 2014 Members Share Posted May 6, 2014 News outlets aren't interested in stuff in third world countries. That's Oprah and Sally Struthers' territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Money Posted May 8, 2014 Members Share Posted May 8, 2014 This has been going on for years in Nigeria and has only now received international attention. Now suddenly everyone is outraged *shakes head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted May 8, 2014 Members Share Posted May 8, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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