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U.S. to name Nigeria's Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources
Source: Reuters
The U.S. State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a "foreign terrorist organization" on Wednesday, congressional sources and others briefed on the matter said.
The designation is significant because it directs U.S. law enforcement and regulatory agencies to block business and financial transactions with Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic law in northern Nigeria.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/12/us-usa-nigeria-boko-idUSBRE9AB19N20131112
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U.S. to name Nigeria's Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources (Original Post)
alp227
Nov 2013
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dimbear
(6,271 posts)1. Surprised that monstrous organization wasn't already on the list. Rumor has it Osama bin Laden
thought they were too extreme.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)2. I can't be the only one that thought of
these guys after reading that too fast.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)5. Procol Harum? Terrists? Stones would kick their asses! nt
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)3. That is astonishingly overdue. (nt)
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)4. it took two years....