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05-22-2014, 01:12 AM
Obama Sends Troops to Chad in Search of Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls
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President Obama on Wednesday deployed about 80 Armed Forces personnel to Chad to help find the Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing since April
Chad borders the eastern border of Nigeria, a region where officials suspect the Islamic militant group Boko Haram is keeping nearly 300 kidnapped girls.
See also: Bring Back Our Girls: Why the World Is Finally Talking About Nigeria's Kidnapped Students (http://mashable.com/2014/05/06/nigeria-girls-bringbackourgirls/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The administration's decision to deploy troops is a bit unexpected. Earlier this month, the U.Ssent an interdisciplinary team (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/u-s-nigeria-missing-girls/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) to Abuja, Nigeria to aid in the search. At the time, a Pentagon spokesperson told Mashable that “military personnel will **t physically search for the girls or Boko Haram” in Nigeria. Senator John McCain, however, told The Daily Beast (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/13/mccain-send-u-s-special-forces-to-rescue-nigerian-girls.html%E2%80%9D) on May 13 that he would send U.S. troops to rescue the girls “in a New York minute.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/21/obama-troops-nigeria-schoolgirls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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President Obama on Wednesday deployed about 80 Armed Forces personnel to Chad to help find the Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing since April
Chad borders the eastern border of Nigeria, a region where officials suspect the Islamic militant group Boko Haram is keeping nearly 300 kidnapped girls.
See also: Bring Back Our Girls: Why the World Is Finally Talking About Nigeria's Kidnapped Students (http://mashable.com/2014/05/06/nigeria-girls-bringbackourgirls/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The administration's decision to deploy troops is a bit unexpected. Earlier this month, the U.Ssent an interdisciplinary team (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/u-s-nigeria-missing-girls/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) to Abuja, Nigeria to aid in the search. At the time, a Pentagon spokesperson told Mashable that “military personnel will **t physically search for the girls or Boko Haram” in Nigeria. Senator John McCain, however, told The Daily Beast (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/13/mccain-send-u-s-special-forces-to-rescue-nigerian-girls.html%E2%80%9D) on May 13 that he would send U.S. troops to rescue the girls “in a New York minute.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/21/obama-troops-nigeria-schoolgirls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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