US Bombs Nigeria

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20 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

Merry Christmas!

No new wars!

Peace in Earth!

So much for the POTUS of peace.

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In an interview Friday with Politico, Trump said he decided on the timing of the strikes. “They were going to do it earlier,” he said. “And I said, ‘Nope, let’s give a Christmas present.’”

What a POS.

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I would think the same of another county attacked on Christmas Day, I think we did the right thing, on the wrong day, plenty of opportunity to do this before Christmas or after.  

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1 hour ago, Ron_Artest said:

So it wasn't even terrorists, we bombed a village.  Great.

Hopefully we got that Prince that's been scamming innocent people out of their hard earned money. 

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Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN https://share.google/pRwWbnqdUiipMz1XT

“In Jabo, we see Christians as our brothers. We don’t have religious conflicts, so we weren’t expecting this,” he said.

He said the projectile had struck a field “approximately 500 meters” from a Primary Health Center in Jabo and that, while there were no casualties, the incident had “caused fear and panic within the community.”

@Maximum Overkill @Mr Fantasy @jerryskids actually thought this was about fighting terrorism

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Nigeria averts unilateral U.S. action by cooperating on airstrike

>>>LAGOS – 

By publicly cooperating with the United States on a Christmas Day airstrike, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.

But security experts say it is unclear whether such strikes can do much to hinder Islamist militants who have long menaced communities in the area.<<<
 

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Abuja confirmed it had approved the operation. Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Friday that Nigeria had acted jointly with the U.S., but that no specific religion had been targeted.

"Nigeria is a multi-religious country, and we're working with partners like the U.S. to fight terrorism and ‌protect lives and property," Tuggar told Nigeria's Channels Television.<<<

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This specific ‌strike was carried out by the United States, the official said, in part because the location was ‌too remote for Nigerian forces to reach.

"It's partially symbolic," the official said, adding that the aim was also deterrence and to send a message that the ‌Trump administration was prepared to use the military.

The northwestern area where Thursday's airstrike took place has been plagued since 2024 by increasing violence from members of the Lakurawa sect, a strict Sunni Islamist movement that claims affiliation with the Islamic State group.

Formed as a vigilante outfit, the group evolved into a jihadist movement enforcing strict Islamist rule across hundreds of villages in the area. Nigeria declared the group a terrorist organization early this year.

"It's very likely this is the group Trump referred to when mentioning U.S. military strikes in Nigeria," said Confidence MacHarry, senior analyst at Lagos-based SBM Intelligence. "They've also been linked to widespread cattle theft, with most of the stolen animals ending up in markets along the Nigeria-Niger border."

Cameron Hudson, a former U.S. official who worked on Africa-related issues, said the strike was unlikely to have a big impact in the near term.

"It's not realistic to think that a few cruise missiles are going to change much in the short term," ‍Hudson ‍said. "The Trump administration will have to demonstrate its own long-term commitment to ending this militancy if it hopes to have any effect."

Nigeria's population of over 230 million people is roughly evenly divided among Christians, who predominate in the south, and Muslims, who predominate in the ‍north.

Last month, Trump threatened to order his forces to take military action in Nigeria unless the authorities there acted to stop what he described as the persecution of Christians.

While Nigeria has had persistent security challenges, including violence and kidnappings by Islamist insurgents in the north, it strongly denies that Christians are subjected to systematic persecution.

Its government responded to Trump's threat by saying it intended to work with Washington against militants, while rejecting U.S. language that ‌suggested Christians were in particular peril.

"After Trump threatened to come guns-blazing in Nigeria, we saw a Nigerian delegation visit the U.S.," said Kabir Adamu, managing director of Abuja-based Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited.

"The attorney general was involved, and agreements were signed. Then we learned of U.S. surveillance missions mapping terrorist locations."

Participating in the strike could raise a risk that the government could be perceived as endorsing Trump's language on wider sectarian strife, a sensitive issue throughout Nigeria's history.

"Trump is pandering to domestic evangelical Christian objectives with his 'Christian genocide' narrative," Adamu said.<<<

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Partly symbolic?  It was 100% symbolic, which was why donpedo chose Christmas day.

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On 12/26/2025 at 2:39 AM, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

You vote for the party of happy holidays. Spare me

Saying “happy holidays” is more offensive to you than bombing people on Christmas? 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

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2 hours ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

Nigeria averts unilateral U.S. action by cooperating on airstrike

>>>LAGOS – 

By publicly cooperating with the United States on a Christmas Day airstrike, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.

But security experts say it is unclear whether such strikes can do much to hinder Islamist militants who have long menaced communities in the area.<<<
 

>>>

Abuja confirmed it had approved the operation. Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Friday that Nigeria had acted jointly with the U.S., but that no specific religion had been targeted.

"Nigeria is a multi-religious country, and we're working with partners like the U.S. to fight terrorism and ‌protect lives and property," Tuggar told Nigeria's Channels Television.<<<

>>>

This specific ‌strike was carried out by the United States, the official said, in part because the location was ‌too remote for Nigerian forces to reach.

"It's partially symbolic," the official said, adding that the aim was also deterrence and to send a message that the ‌Trump administration was prepared to use the military.

The northwestern area where Thursday's airstrike took place has been plagued since 2024 by increasing violence from members of the Lakurawa sect, a strict Sunni Islamist movement that claims affiliation with the Islamic State group.

Formed as a vigilante outfit, the group evolved into a jihadist movement enforcing strict Islamist rule across hundreds of villages in the area. Nigeria declared the group a terrorist organization early this year.

"It's very likely this is the group Trump referred to when mentioning U.S. military strikes in Nigeria," said Confidence MacHarry, senior analyst at Lagos-based SBM Intelligence. "They've also been linked to widespread cattle theft, with most of the stolen animals ending up in markets along the Nigeria-Niger border."

Cameron Hudson, a former U.S. official who worked on Africa-related issues, said the strike was unlikely to have a big impact in the near term.

"It's not realistic to think that a few cruise missiles are going to change much in the short term," ‍Hudson ‍said. "The Trump administration will have to demonstrate its own long-term commitment to ending this militancy if it hopes to have any effect."

Nigeria's population of over 230 million people is roughly evenly divided among Christians, who predominate in the south, and Muslims, who predominate in the ‍north.

Last month, Trump threatened to order his forces to take military action in Nigeria unless the authorities there acted to stop what he described as the persecution of Christians.

While Nigeria has had persistent security challenges, including violence and kidnappings by Islamist insurgents in the north, it strongly denies that Christians are subjected to systematic persecution.

Its government responded to Trump's threat by saying it intended to work with Washington against militants, while rejecting U.S. language that ‌suggested Christians were in particular peril.

"After Trump threatened to come guns-blazing in Nigeria, we saw a Nigerian delegation visit the U.S.," said Kabir Adamu, managing director of Abuja-based Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited.

"The attorney general was involved, and agreements were signed. Then we learned of U.S. surveillance missions mapping terrorist locations."

Participating in the strike could raise a risk that the government could be perceived as endorsing Trump's language on wider sectarian strife, a sensitive issue throughout Nigeria's history.

"Trump is pandering to domestic evangelical Christian objectives with his 'Christian genocide' narrative," Adamu said.<<<

Wait, Nigeria is working with the US to fight terrorism?  @Ron_Artest told me it's not about terrorism, it's about bombing health centers in Jabo!

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19 hours ago, 5-Points said:

Hopefully we got that Prince that's been scamming innocent people out of their hard earned money. 

 

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11 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Wait, Nigeria is working with the US to fight terrorism?  @Ron_Artest told me it's not about terrorism, it's about bombing health centers in Jabo!

Artest used to believe the Iraqi information minister too.  Tim Hauck still does.

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15 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Wait, Nigeria is working with the US to fight terrorism?  @Ron_Artest told me it's not about terrorism, it's about bombing health centers in Jabo!

 

4 minutes ago, Strike said:

Artest used to believe the Iraqi information minister too.  Tim Hauck still does.

Did either of you actually read the article?

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2 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

Partly symbolic?  It was 100% symbolic, which was why donpedo chose Christmas day.

It was planned to be done earlier, meaning there was a purpose besides symbolic. 

Too easy, you just ain't smart. At all.  

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7 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

 

Did either of you actually read the article?

Yes.  It has quotes from Nigerian officials saying they are working with the US.  It describes a group of Islamic jihadists who were the likely targets.  The headline is lefty pap from Reuters which is unsubstantiated by the body of the article.

Since you apparently can't read, I'm glad I could be of help.   

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32 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Wait, Nigeria is working with the US to fight terrorism?  @Ron_Artest told me it's not about terrorism, it's about bombing health centers in Jabo!

And I’m inclined to agree with you that it is about terrorism. But by the same token I think Trump is clueless about it, he pulled out of our airbase in Niger, which has only encouraged Isis & reduced our ability to fight them. Same thing happened in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan. And this attack appears to have been insignificant.

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1 minute ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

And I’m inclined to agree with you that it is about terrorism. But by the same token I think Trump is clueless about it, he pulled out of our airbase in Niger, which has only encouraged Isis & reduced our ability to fight them. Same thing happened in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan.

It's Trumps fault Biden pulled us out of Afghanistan?  :cookoo:

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A lot of people here prefer the “smell test” over facts. They often dispute facts based on their distrust of any source other than Rupert Murdoch’s bunghole. So… let’s do it.

Trump says there is a genocide against Christians in Nigeria.

So then why did he cut the number of refugees allowed from 125,000 to 7,500?  

Even if you don’t want to read more extensively about how the genocide claims are wildly misleading, you should.be able to tell exactly how little this administration cares when they reduce refugees allowed by over 90%.

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4 minutes ago, Strike said:

It's Trumps fault Biden pulled us out of Afghanistan?  :cookoo:

Trump signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Feb. 2020, which included pulling out American forces, you Focking idiot.

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4 minutes ago, Strike said:

It's Trumps fault Biden pulled us out of Afghanistan?  :cookoo:

Trump’s guy Mike Pompeo signed the surrender agreement with the Taliban. A lot of Republicans raked him over the coals for it.

There’s plenty of blame to go around both parties when it comes to Afghanistan. I don’t think it’s a winning issue for either “side” to attack the other. American leaders screwed up royally in responding to 9/11 and then it took 20 years for them to finally extricate themselves from the morass they dove into.

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4 minutes ago, gas said:

Trump signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Feb. 2020, which included pulling out American forces, you Focking idiot.

The Taliban violated that agreement, thus rendering it void you focking idiot.

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4 minutes ago, gas said:

Trump signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Feb. 2020, which included pulling out American forces, you Focking idiot.

Unfortunately Trump didn’t have the balls to actually pull out as promised. But that didn’t stop him from sitting on the sidelines whining about how his successor did it wrong.  

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1 minute ago, gas said:

Trump signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Feb. 2020, which included pulling out American forces, you Focking idiot.

Wow

The agreement didn't need to and shouldn't have been followed by Biden because the Taliban didn't live up to their end of the bargain.  

 

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19 minutes ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

And I’m inclined to agree with you that it is about terrorism. But by the same token I think Trump is clueless about it, he pulled out of our airbase in Niger, which has only encouraged Isis & reduced our ability to fight them. Same thing happened in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan. And this attack appears to have been insignificant.

It was 2024 when the U.S. pulled out of that airbase. I wouldn’t put it on Biden or Trump. Nigerians didn’t want us there.

Their lukewarm comments on the Xmas bombing show they reluctantly agreed to allow the U.S. to do it. U.S. military interference isn’t wanted by them or us; Trump is doing the opposite of what he promised. Just another neocon warmonger.

This attack did nothing. It didn’t even hit the area where bad  HAD been happening. DoD just needed something to go BOOM and get Trump to STFU for 5 minutes.

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17 minutes ago, Strike said:

It's Trumps fault Biden pulled us out of Afghanistan?  :cookoo:

Yes. I know you know about the peace agreement signed excluding our allies, wuth the Taliban meeting Pompeo (who yanked Trump last second from surrendering to their chief mullah on 9/11 at Camp David. No need to rehash that but it needs to be reiterated).

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19 minutes ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

And I’m inclined to agree with you that it is about terrorism. But by the same token I think Trump is clueless about it, he pulled out of our airbase in Niger, which has only encouraged Isis & reduced our ability to fight them. Same thing happened in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan. And this attack appears to have been insignificant.

Trump was president in 2024?

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 Nigeria is good with it. Dog clowns , Boogerboy and saints in shitty NOL Are not.  . lol. 

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Everything Biden did was Trump's fault. 

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2 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Everything Biden did was Trump's fault. 

Biden: "Look. Trump tripped me!"

 

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20 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Trump was president in 2024?

Peace agreement between Trump & the Taliban was 2020. Part of the deal, a condition for us the USA, included the US releasing 5,000+ AQ & Taliban fighters.

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Just now, SaintsInDome2006 said:

Peace agreement between Trump & the Taliban was 2020. Part of the deal, a condition for us the USA, included the US releasing 5,000+ AQ & Taliban fighters.

When did Trump withdraw from the airbase in Niger?

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20 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Biden: "Look. Trump tripped me!"

September 2020. This was supposed to be Trump & Barader on 9/11/20, the Anniversary. Pompeo intervened.

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5 minutes ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

September 2020. This was supposed to be Trump & Barader on 9/11/20, the Anniversary. Pompeo intervened.

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40 minutes ago, dogcows said:

It was 2024 when the U.S. pulled out of that airbase. I wouldn’t put it on Biden or Trump. Nigerians didn’t want us there.

Their lukewarm comments on the Xmas bombing show they reluctantly agreed to allow the U.S. to do it. U.S. military interference isn’t wanted by them or us; Trump is doing the opposite of what he promised. Just another neocon warmonger.

This attack did nothing. It didn’t even hit the area where bad  HAD been happening. DoD just needed something to go BOOM and get Trump to STFU for 5 minutes.

Niger is thoroughly corrupt. All that happened was there was a coup then the Russians cut them a better deal & promptly moved into our base that we built with our toil & treasure. And it only hurt that the US was in the midst of eliminating USAID & other aid. Donkeys in China shops.

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1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Yes.  It has quotes from Nigerian officials saying they are working with the US.  It describes a group of Islamic jihadists who were the likely targets.  The headline is lefty pap from Reuters which is unsubstantiated by the body of the article.

Since you apparently can't read, I'm glad I could be of help.   

Did you read why they are working with the US?  Because Trump threatened to bomb them on his own unless they did something to stop Christian persecution, which Nigeria denies, but they bent the knee like everyone else Trump threatens. And that it's symbolic and won't means anything without a long term plan.  But yeah keep telling us this is fighting terrorism that threatens is. America first!

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28 minutes ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

Niger is thoroughly corrupt. All that happened was there was a coup then the Russians cut them a better deal & promptly moved into our base that we built with our toil & treasure. And it only hurt that the US was in the midst of eliminating USAID & other aid. Donkeys in China shops.

Why did Biden leave the base for Russia?