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Community => Politics and Government => Topic started by: armandtanzarian on January 21, 2012, 11:10:10 am

Title: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: armandtanzarian on January 21, 2012, 11:10:10 am

In what is probably the largest simultaneous attack ever, over 100 bombs went off in Kano, the next-largest city of Nigeria, which according to the BBC as of this post killed ~150 people. Boko Haram, the Islamic group who've attacked Nigeria intermittently over the past few years, have continuously called on Christians to leave North Nigeria. This is, undoubtedly, an incredible crisis for Nigeria, and gives a glimpse into a country that is, essentially, cobbled together by former British colonies from dozens of otherwise disparate tribes.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: DiscoBerry on January 21, 2012, 11:41:38 am

Fill up your gas tank...going up tomorrow

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 21, 2012, 11:46:27 am

Holy shit...

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: N. De Plume on January 21, 2012, 11:53:48 am

This is just horrible. That is all I can say about it right now.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: Vene on January 21, 2012, 12:34:16 pm

Quote from: DiscoBerry on January 21, 2012, 11:41:38 am

Fill up your gas tank...going up tomorrow

Really? That's what you're concerned about? Classy as fuck.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: Kain on January 21, 2012, 12:39:41 pm

Jesus.

Can you chuck us a link?

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 21, 2012, 12:40:00 pm

Since the OP is without a link, here's one (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/us-nigeria-blast-idUSTRE80J1WO20120121) from Reuters.

And here (http://www.eurasiareview.com/21012012-nigeria-timeline-of-boko-haram-attacks-and-related-violence/) is a timeline of the events.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: Stormwarden on January 21, 2012, 09:24:25 pm

Aw hell...not again. And this, folks, is why colonization was NOT one of the better ideas in history.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: MadCatTLX on January 21, 2012, 11:45:06 pm

Is it bad that I barely have any reaction to this? This crap doesn't surprise me anymore.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: DasFuchs on January 22, 2012, 01:54:08 am

Oh no, did they get the prince? Those poor Nigerians will need new bank accounts again

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Aw hell...not again. And this, folks, is why colonization was NOT one of the better ideas in history.

Given historical content of fundamentalists, colony or not, stuff like this would still occour over anything from the trivial to the most serious.

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on January 22, 2012, 02:25:45 am

Wow. Horrific. :(

Title: Re: 100+ bombs go off in Nigeria
Post by: rosenewock21 on January 22, 2012, 07:05:25 am

I predict this will be a 10 second blurb on HLN and will be largely overshadowed by Nancy Grace's next I'm shootping my dance instructor Dancing With The Stars special.