Islamist sect claims Nigeria

artappraiser — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:33 +0000

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Islamist sect claims Nigeria attacks
Associated Press, December 28, 2010

Boko Haram claims responsibility for Christmas Eve bombings and church attacks that killed at least 38 people

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/28/islamist-sect-responsibility...

Boko Haram definitely making the guys who had just given the following news conference look clueless:

Jos bombing: Politicians 'fuel Nigeria unrest'
BBC News, December 28, 2010

Nigerian faith leaders have accused politicians of fuelling a recent upsurge in sectarian violence in which 80 people have died.

In a joint news conference, Muslim and Christian leaders said politicians were using religion to whip up trouble around the city of Jos.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12086630

Nigeria's Jos remains tense

artappraiser — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:53:52 +0000

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Nigeria's Jos remains tense after Christmas terror attacks

By Scott Baldauf, Staff writer, Seriki Adinoyi, Correspondent
Christian Science Monitor, December 27, 2010

Johannesburg, South Africa; and Jos, Nigeria

The Christmas church attacks and reprisal attacks on Muslim homes have residents of Jos, Nigeria, worrying about a spread of violence.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2010/1227/Nigeria-s-Jos-remains-te...

Nigerian Police Dispatched to Jos in Effort to Control Violence

By Annie Look from Dakar, Voice of America News, December 27, 2010

Nigerian authorities have deployed additional armed riot police to the city of Jos, where clashes broke out Sunday, two days after bombings that killed 32 people. Authorities say the situation is under control and government officials are calling for calm.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned separate attacks in central and northeastern Nigeria that killed at least 38 people over the holiday weekend....

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Nigeria-Deploys-Police-To-Con...

Official says 3 men arrested with bombs in Nigeria
From Giang Nguyen, CNN, December 28, 2010 --

(CNN) -- Three men were arrested with bombs in their possession one day after blasts ripped through the Nigerian city of Jos on Christmas Eve, a government official said Monday.

"They were heading to bomb a church when they were arrested," said Gyang Choji, a special advisor to the governor of Nigeria's Plateau state. He said one of the suspects is a citizen of the Republic of Chad, while the other two are Nigerian.....

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/12/27/nigeria.violence/

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