US EditionSen. Tuberville Supports Sending U.S. Troops to Nigeria to Protect Christians
Senator Tuberville endorses military intervention in Nigeria to address Islamist militant violence killing thousands of Christians, with over 20,000 civilian deaths reported since 2020.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he would support U.S. troops going into Nigeria, backing President Donald Trump's threat to intervene.
- President Donald Trump designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern on Friday and in a Saturday post instructed the Pentagon to prepare for possible action, citing 62,000 Christians killed in Nigeria and 100,000 killed across Africa with 18,000 churches burned.
- Data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data program shows 20,409 deaths and 11,862 attacks in Nigeria between January 2020 and this September, including 385 attacks targeting Christians causing 317 deaths and 417 deaths among Muslims in 196 attacks.
- Nigeria's Federal Government denied genocide claims and Minister Mohammed Idris said it strongly refutes these allegations earlier this year, while experts warned labeling the violence a genocide could worsen tensions.
- Late Tuesday the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed 11 top-ranking military officers, ending Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.'s months-long blockade as he framed deployment to Nigeria as aiding innocent civilians unlike actions in Russia, China or Iran.
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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration was ready and ready to “save” the entire Christian population worldwide, after again denouncing the massacres that this religious group has been suffering in Nigeria, reaching the point of ensuring that Christianity was suffering a genuine existential crisis in the African country. “Christianity faces an existential threat in Nigeria. The United States cannot stand by while su…
Tuberville backs sending US troops into Nigeria to protect Christians
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Wednesday that he would support President Trump should he follow through on his earlier threat to send U.S. troops into Nigeria to defend the country’s Christian population from Islamic extremists. Trump over the weekend threatened to mobilize American forces against Islamist terrorists killing Christians, blaming Nigeria’s leaders for failing to tackle the…
Tuberville says he supports sending US troops to Nigeria to protect Christians from slaughter
Nigeria’s 236 million residents are largely divided between Christians and Muslims, with terror groups like Boko Haram carrying out systemic executions of Christians in that country in a bid to impose Islamic law.
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