[ April 25, 2024 ]
Another unimaginable massacre in an unending war that will get little to no press for fear of offending the hypersensitivities of the Muslim world.
More than 70 soldiers feared killed in ambush in Niger
Islamist extremists suspected of attack that underlines growing insecurity in region
By Jason Burke Africa correspondent,
Story continues below advertisementMore than 70 soldiers are thought to have been killed in an ambush by suspected Islamist militants at a military post in western Niger.
The strike in In-Atès near the border with Mali on Tuesday night emphasises the growing insecurity in a wide belt of poor and anarchic territory in west Africa and, if the death toll is confirmed, is the deadliest on Niger’s forces in recent memory.
It came just days before a summit in France where President Emmanuel Macron is expected to meet regional leaders to discuss the future of the French military’s deployment in the Sahel, which stretches across Africa, south of the Sahara.
The Nigerien military has not released casualty figures, but a senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the provisional toll to reporters.
Local media reported that the attackers, who have not yet been identified, first targeted communications equipment at the remote base before over-running its defences.
A tweet sent from the account of the president, Mahamadou Issoufou, late on Wednesday said that he was returning early from an overseas trip in Egypt following the reported attack.
The violence was only 30 miles (48km) from Ouallam, where four US service members died along with four Nigerien soldiers two years ago when their joint patrol came under fire in a massive ambush.
Islamic extremists with links to both Islamic State and al-Qaida have long carried out attacks across the vast desert region. The French military mission and a regional Sahel force have failed to stem the violence. This year has also seen extremist groups increase their presence in neighbouring Burkina Faso.
In 2015, 46 soldiers and 28 civilians were killed in an attack by Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group, on a military post on Lake Chad.
Last month, gunmen in Burkina Faso killed nearly 40 civilians in an ambush on a convoy transporting workers for a Canadian goldmining company.
Two hundred and fifty British troops are scheduled to be deployed in a UN peacekeeping mission in neighbouring Mali in 2020.
Weapons have flooded the region in recent years, many of which were brought from Libya into Mali after the death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, enabling various groups to pursue different agendas.
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16 Comments4 years agoNo matter where Muslims are, they murder people. It doesn’t matter if they are not Muslims or are Muslims.
If they murder Muslims it is because they are of a different Muslim sect.It’s a good start. MORE needs to be done. Imagine if sanctuary cities had cooperated, the number would be higher and less U.S. citizens dead. Imagine if Congress wanted to fund more ICE and other people needed to get the job done how much better off our country would be.
ICE Deports Over Quarter of a Million Illegals, 5.5K Gang Members in 2019
JOHN BINDER
11 Dec 2019The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency deported more than a quarter of a million illegal aliens from the United States in Fiscal Year 2019, including roughly 5,500 gang members.
Between September 2018 and October 2019, ICE agents deported about 267,258 illegal aliens from the U.S. — a more than four percent increase compared to 2018 and a nearly 20 percent increase compared to 2017 deportation levels.
This year, about 85,958 of those illegal aliens were deported from the interior of the U.S., while the other more than 181,000 illegal aliens were deported after arriving at the southern border.
The overwhelming majority of illegal aliens deported from the U.S. interior, roughly 65,000, were convicted criminals, while another 13,500 illegal aliens had pending criminal charges against them. There are anywhere between 11 and 22 million illegal aliens living in the interior of the country at any given time, straining ICE’s resources.
Additionally, ICE deported 5,497 known or suspected gang members who were living in the U.S. in 2019. Nearly 60 known or suspected terrorists were also deported.
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Deporting illegal aliens from the U.S. saves American taxpayers about $622 billion over the course of a lifetime. This indicates that deporting illegal aliens is six times less costly than what it costs American taxpayers to currently subsidize the millions of illegal aliens living in the U.S.Compared to the annual $132 billion that illegal immigration costs taxpayers, deportations conducted in 2018 were more than 40 times less costly.
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Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to end all deportations, roughly 54 percent of all Americans say increasing deportations is very or somewhat important to enforcing national immigration law.Today, about 17.5 percent of the American workforce is made up of foreign-born workers. About 7.8 million of these foreign-born workers are illegal aliens living in the U.S..
4 years agoReply to felix1999I take exception to this report in that it does not accurately reflect the true economic damage. The actual number of illegal including their spawn is 40 Million, and the true cost of these vermin is $50,000 a year. That’s TWO TRILLION a year in direct and indirect costs our nation is suffering. If a lifetime is measured at 50 years then deporting 250,000 saves our economy 6.2 TRILLION DOLLARS. Deporting all of the vermin would save us over a lifetime an estimated 792 TRILLION! That enough to give every American citizen $2 million dollars in today’s money plus pay the national and state debt, buy 1000 new warships, cancel student debt, and make America the most prosperous, advanced nation in the world!
4 years ago“Weapons have flooded the region in recent years, many of which were
brought from Libya into Mali after the death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011” More of the outstanding legacy of Obummer and Shrillary.4 years agoReply to Trevor FortuneAn eternity of extreme torment awaits those two, and many more. Right now they are just building on their own judgment.
4 years agoBlack African Nazi Muslim invader of Sweden tortures an “evil” white male almost to death because the white male was complaining over the rape of his half Jewish girlfriend. https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/12/hitler-worshipping-islamist-migrant-nearly-kills-swedish-teen-during-hours-of-brutal-torture/#prettyPhoto
4 years agoMarxist Pope is robbing the poor to feed the rich. https://www.wsj.com/articles/vatican-uses-donations-for-the-poor-to-plug-its-budget-deficit-11576075764
4 years agoTHE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM……..
KILL….KILL….KILL….KILL….KILL….4 years agoReply to 0349 JATNow there you go throwing real facts into the situation. The libturd parasites hate facts and truth because they make their tiny libturd brain cell explode.
4 years agoAnd who is funding these islamic “extremists”? Because islamic terrorism isn’t a for-profit business venture is it? Or is it?
How many “moderate”, “secular”, “good”, “decent” muslums are funding these jihadi foot soldiers of allah? Or is it just muslum petorcracies? How many people actually know in our various law enforcement/intelligence entities but aren’t telling?4 years agoReply to MuhamMUDTheFakeProphetAll muslims are supporting these terrorist…they either are one or support them.
4 years agoThe Islamic cancer is every where. Gaddafi would have sorted this out but thanks to the three clowns: Obuma, Cameron and Sarkozy, they had him removed.
4 years agoReply to jkarnaGaddafi? Huh? Gadaffi financed/facilitated the bombing of the Lockerbie, Scotland airliner that killed everyone on board. The muslum who engineered the attack was brought home to Libya to a hero’s welcome.
4 years agonot a sh!thole country right?
4 years agoJust parasitic feral animal yard ape muslims doing what they do following their doctrine of hate…and you spelled “niger” wrong!!!
