Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by the extremist Boko Haram group to kill as many people as possible, a young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers.
Her two companions, however, completed their grisly mission earlier this week and walked into a crowd of hundreds at Dikwa refugee camp in northeast Nigeria and blew themselves up, killing 58 people.
Later found by local self-defence forces, the girl's tearful account is one of the first indications that at least some of the child bombers used by Boko Haram are aware that they are about to die and kill others.
"She said she was scared because she knew she would kill people. But she was also frightened of going against the instructions of the men who brought her to the camp," said Modu Awami, a self-defence fighter who helped question the girl.
This girl should a medal or something.
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Yeah, but let's not forget the crusades!
This girl should get some kind of recognition, reward... whatever.
Uplifting/restore hope kind of act.
Unlike clock kid, she probably wont be asked to visit the white house.
Goodness. How dramatic.
Troop, yesterday I read it is no longer acceptable to describe political opponents as unAmerican. No can do. Not when coming from "dissension is the finest form of patriotism," and "patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels," so a softer form for "that is un-American" is adopted euphemistically, "that's not who we are."
Fuck you. It's who I am.
For I am a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars I have a right to be here you dickbreath fuckface stop rattling my chain, hang on.
That other part I read yesterday.
OT - Hey, I just heard a great joke.
If Sanders wins he'll be the first Jew to occupy a public housing unit vacated by a Black family.
Well....I think it's funny.
This girl should get some kind of recognition, reward... whatever.
Uplifting/restore hope kind of act.
That you were willing to put energy into recognizing what she did by posting the story and calling attention to it is one form of honor, Lem. Encouragement builds.
"...walked into a crowd of hundreds at Dikwa refugee camp in northeast Nigeria and blew themselves up, killing 58 people."
The sheer evil of wanting someone to do that is beyond my capacity to understand. Refugees for Christ's sake! It's pure blood lust.
Hey, whatever happened to that hashtag campaign to get the girls back? Oh wait.
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