Dr. Brian Blodgett Over 25 years ago, I was in a platoon of infantrymen at Fort Drum, New York, who received a simple mission: to shoot down a drone as target practice for shooting at real enemy aircraft. After three passes over the 30-plus soldiers using automatic weapons, the drone landed unscathed. The men were…
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Suspected terrorists have killed a pastor and four church members in northern Burkina Faso, a state-owned radio station reported on Monday. The attack on the Protestant church occurred in the village of Silgadji in the northern province of Soum, said the broadcaster. The motive behind the attack remained unclear on Monday, but Burkina Faso regularly […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of “Operation LAFIYA DOLE” has destroyed some vehicles and neutralised some Boko Haram terrorists (BHT) at a suspected workshop in Sambisa Forest. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, […]
Residents of Kofa/Maikadiri village of Aslira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State in northeast Nigeria have said that, they all slept in the bushes after they were forced to flee their homes last night as a result of an attack by Boko Haram militants who stormed the village at about 8:00pm on Monday. Rakiya […]
The military on Monday chased out Boko Haram insurgents who tried to enter Michika, a commercial town in Adamawa, after a fierce battle that raged for hours. Confirming the incident, Adamawa Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, told NAN that the military was on top of the situation. According to Sajoh, the insurgents, […]
The Nigerian Army says troops of 192 Battalion Gwoza at 9:30 am on 30 January 2019 during fighting patrol with civilian joint tasks forces engaged Boko Haram Terrorists along Gwoza-Yemteke road and neutralised four terrorists.
The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that three soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole lost their lives while successfully fighting to repel Boko Haram terrorists who attacked Rann in eight gun trucks on Tuesday.
Egyptian security forces have killed 40 suspected “terrorists” in three separate raids in North Sinai and Giza, the ministry of interior said Saturday, a day after a deadly bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza killed four people. The ministry did not say whether the suspected militants were connected to Friday’s attack, but said…
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The Army said one soldier was killed on Sunday when troops neutralised four Boko Haram terrorists, who came to attack Maibukarti village on Maiduguri-Damboa road. […]
•Engaged in espionage, clandestine activities Senator Iroegbu The Nigerian military throough Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole has suspended the activities of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the Boko Haram terrorists affected parts of the North East for alleged espionage activities that have sabotaged the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency efforts. The Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command,…
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