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US played secret role in 2017 Nigeria IDP bombing that killed over 160: Report

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The U.S. played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children. A surveillance plane circled above the Rann IDP camp, which housed 43,000 people and was controlled by the Nigerian military. A jet arrived and bombed the area where people draw water from a borehole, survivors of the attack said. The jet then circled and dropped another bomb on the tents of displaced civilians sheltering there.
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US played secret role in 2017 Nigeria IDP bombing that killed over 160: Report

The US government played a clandestine role in a military operation in Nigeria in 2017 that killed hundreds of civilians, a damning new report has revealed.

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U.S. Played Secret Role In Nigeria Attack That Killed More Than 160 Civilians - HumAngle Media

The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children. A surveillance plane circled above the Rann IDP camp, which housed 43,000 people and was controlled by the Nigerian military, before a jet arrived and bombed …

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PressTV broke the news in Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of) on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
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