US EditionTrump Orders Strikes on Nigeria: Is the African Country Witnessing the Persecution of Christians?
The strikes targeted Islamic State camps in Sokoto state, coordinated with Nigerian forces, following over 12,000 deaths from violent groups this year, officials said.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced the United States launched strikes on Islamic State group camps in northwestern Nigeria, targeting insurgents in Sokoto state.
- Christian evangelical groups and senior Republicans amplified allegations of targeting Christians, prompting in November The Defense Department and United States Africa Command to prepare intervention plans.
- The operation was carried out with Nigerian military cooperation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed gratitude, while The Defense Department declined to provide additional details.
- Some local politicians reported no knowledge of casualties, while Nigerian authorities rejected genocide claims and said they have stepped up engagement with U.S. officials amid U.S. statements about follow-up strikes.
- Observers note the violence is multi-faceted and concentrated in the northeast, where Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have killed tens of thousands and more than 12,000 this year, Armed Conflict Location and Event Data found.
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The American government is more concerned with raw materials than with religion. The claim to stop genocide against the Christian population is probably propaganda.
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(End of the American Dream)—While Christians in the western world peacefully celebrate Christmas, most of them have absolutely no idea what is happening to their brothers and sisters on the other side of the globe. As I detailed a couple of months ago, most of the population of the world lives in a country where Christians are being violently persecuted. Believers are being rounded up for de-programming in China, churches are being burned to t…
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President Trump said that he delayed U.S. military strikes in Nigeria until Christmas Day to deliver a message to groups he alleges are targeting Christians. The Nigerian government praised the attacks and said it provided the U.S. with the necessary intelligence. Nick Schifrin discussed more with former Amb. J. Peter Pham, the special envoy for the Sahel Region during Trump's first term.
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