05-27-2014, 07:50 PM
So, Now What -- Rock and a Hard Spot?...
Snip:
A top Nigerian military official believes he knows the whereabouts of girls kidnapped last month, but he says the nation's military will not use force to try to rescue them, a state news report said Monday.
"We want our girls back. I can tell you that our military can and will do it, but where they are held, can we go there with force?" asked Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
"Nobody should say Nigerian military does not know what it is doing; we can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back."
Badeh continued: "The good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/26/world/...hpt=iaf_c1
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Assuming military officials really know where the 200 remaining girls are being kept, how do they get them back without almost ensuring at least some of them will be killed by their captors or in the massive raid that would be required to retrieve them by force?
In the past, the Nigerian politicians and military might have negotiated with Boko Haram and released some of its members from jail. Maybe that's why Boko Haram has gotten bolder and bolder?
Anyway, now the eyes of the world are on Nigeria and even if the leadership wished to reluctantly negotiate a hostage for prisoners exchange this time, the UK's Africa Minister (Simmons) told the world two weeks back that Nigerian President Jonathan promised him that there would be no prisoner release negotiations this time (source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/nige...d=23717882). And, the international team of specialists now in Nigeria may well not support a negotiation with terrorists either.
Waiting...
Snip:
A top Nigerian military official believes he knows the whereabouts of girls kidnapped last month, but he says the nation's military will not use force to try to rescue them, a state news report said Monday.
"We want our girls back. I can tell you that our military can and will do it, but where they are held, can we go there with force?" asked Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
"Nobody should say Nigerian military does not know what it is doing; we can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back."
Badeh continued: "The good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/26/world/...hpt=iaf_c1
===================================================
Assuming military officials really know where the 200 remaining girls are being kept, how do they get them back without almost ensuring at least some of them will be killed by their captors or in the massive raid that would be required to retrieve them by force?
In the past, the Nigerian politicians and military might have negotiated with Boko Haram and released some of its members from jail. Maybe that's why Boko Haram has gotten bolder and bolder?
Anyway, now the eyes of the world are on Nigeria and even if the leadership wished to reluctantly negotiate a hostage for prisoners exchange this time, the UK's Africa Minister (Simmons) told the world two weeks back that Nigerian President Jonathan promised him that there would be no prisoner release negotiations this time (source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/nige...d=23717882). And, the international team of specialists now in Nigeria may well not support a negotiation with terrorists either.
Waiting...