Nigerian Taliban Denied Religious Expression

Geez, these police officers ought to be commended not arrested for conducting a pre-emptive strike on the Nigerian version of the Taliban.

I know, I know, we can't go down to the level of the enemy, but really all these officers are guilty of is not allowing the suicide bombers in training from completing their "religious" training and probably murdering scores of innocent civilians when they suffered their holy martyr's death by detonation.

Nigeria has arrested 17 policemen who were filmed apparently executing unarmed members of a radical Islamist sect during a deadly uprising last year, a police source said Monday.

The arrest followed the February 9 broadcast of a five-minute video by Al-Jazeera satellite station showing policemen shooting dead unarmed young men and teenagers outside police headquarters in the northern city of Maiduguri.

The victims are believed to belong to Boko Haram, a Nigerian Islamist sect styled on Afghanistan's Taliban that was behind an uprising in north Nigeria last July in which more than 800 people died, most of them sect members.

The article says tensions in the area have risen since Christians have started settling in the area. Now I wonder who is raising the tensions? Surely not that peace, love and sharia spouting fanatics who dress women in bags and execute them in the public square while turning a small profit by selling tickets to the events.

I know murder should not be condoned no matter what, but I just can't muster much sympathy for those killed.

BTW the Nigerians love our TOTUS.

We are particularly thrilled by the feat of Barack Obama because for the very first time in the history of the USA, he has successfully broken the colour bar. We are even more thrilled that white voters rally forcefully behind this charismatic black man in his quest to become the first black president in the most powerful nation on earth…

The Obama political phenomenon has taken a life of its own. In a mild discussion between two friends, the concept of OBAMA NIGERIA INITIATIVES, LAGOS was born. In the very first day, 30 members of 40 in the highly respected LAGOS STATE PARLIAMENT, representing 75% of the entire population of Lagos State signed up and the list continue to grow.

Our mission is to continue building support base for this illustrious “Obamania” by popularizing what he represent through the production of souvenirs and other materials particularly in Lagos and generally in Nigeria. It is our aim to enlist as many as five million Nigerians from all walks of life; market men / women, artisans, academia, public service, trade unions and as many professional bodies as we could to this for this moral crusade; who share in our dream that the black man deserves its rightful place in the new World Order just unfolding before our very eyes. We share with millions across the world that an Obama Presidency would bring global peace.

So how is that whole World Peace thing working out?