• Chad and Niger are launching a joint attack of Boko Haram in neighboring Nigeria; Unknown whether Ni
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[quote]Chad and Niger launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram in Nigeria on Sunday, military sources said, intensifying a regional push to try to defeat the armed group that has killed thousands in a six-year insurgency. Boko Haram has expanded cross-border raids into Cameroon, Chad and Niger in recent months, spurring Nigeria's neighbors to retaliate, [B]although cooperation between them and the government in Abuja has been limited and at times strained.[/B] Sunday's strike marks Niger's first incursion deep into Nigerian territory; the country's troops had until now only fought Boko Haram in the border area. [B]Chad has already sent troops many miles inside northeastern Nigeria[/B], winning back areas from the rebel group near the Nigeria-Cameroon border. [B]"We can confirm that Chadian and Nigerien forces launched an offensive this morning from Niger. The offensive is underway," said Col. Azem Bermandoa, spokesman for Chad's army.[/B] A witness in Niger's southeastern town of Diffa said he saw a convoy of at least 300 vehicles, including army jeeps equipped with heavy weapons as well as water and fuel trucks, leaving barracks overnight and heading toward the border. "I was told their plan was to join forces with other Niger troops from Bosso," he said, referring to another border town. Niger military sources said troops were attacking fighters from the armed group in Nigeria's Borno state, without giving details of the sites. [B]One of the sources said Abuja had given the green light for the operation, although this could not immediately be confirmed with Nigerian authorities.[/B] The African Union endorsed a plan to set up a regional force to combat the group in late January, and is pushing for a U.N. Security Council mandate for the operation.[/quote] [url]http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/8/chad-boko-haram.html[/url]
I believe there is precedent in attacking enemies of humanity, regardless of jurisdiction. Pirates are traditionally classed as enemies of humanity, and may be legally pursued regardless of which nation's flag they fly, and (I believe) even into another county's territorial waters, if necessary. I would expect little difficulty in classifying Boko Haram as an enemy of humanity.
If Nigeria lacks the willingness or the means to deal with something that appears evil to another group, that group doesn't need any extra justification. I mean this as an argument of perspective logic in response to any similarities people are thinking of to American interventions in the world. I'm not saying that American intervention has motives of dealing with existential threats or morality instead of blah blah blah blah blah
[QUOTE=bitches;47285219]If Nigeria lacks the willingness or the means to deal with something that appears evil to another group, that group doesn't need any extra justification. I mean this as an argument of perspective logic in response to any similarities people are thinking of to American interventions in the world. I'm not saying that American intervention has motives of dealing with existential threats or morality instead of blah blah blah blah blah[/QUOTE] Boko Haram has attacked Chad and Niger from Nigeria's borders, they are perfectly justified in responding this way as opposed to what America has done.
So, Nigerien forces have attacked terrorist forces located on Nigerian land. This may get confusing at some point.
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