First, a little background:
The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad[2][3] (Arabic: جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād)—better known by its Hausa name Boko Haram (pronounced [bōːkòː hàrâm])[4][5]—is an Islamic group and takfiri militant and terrorist organization based in the northeast of Nigeria,[6] north Cameroon and Niger.[7][8][9][10] Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2002,[11] the organisation seeks to establish a "pure" Islamic state ruled by sharia law,[12] putting a stop to what it deems "Westernization".[13][14] The group is known for attacking Christians and government targets,[13] bombing churches, attacking schools and police stations,[15][16] and kidnapping western tourists, but has also assassinated members of the Islamic establishment.[17] Violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency has resulted in an estimated 10,000 deaths between 2002 and 2013....
The group conducted its operations more or less peacefully during the first seven years of its existence.[6] That changed in 2009 when the Nigerian government launched an investigation into the group's activities following reports that its members were arming themselves.[103] Prior to that the government reportedly repeatedly ignored warnings about the increasingly militant character of the organisation, including that of a military officer.[103]
When the government came into action, several members of the group were arrested in Bauchi, sparking deadly clashes with Nigerian security forces which led to the deaths of an estimated 700 people. During the fighting with the security forces Boko Haram fighters reportedly "used fuel-laden motorcycles" and "bows with poison arrows" to attack a police station.[104] The group's founder and then leader Mohammed Yusuf was killed during this time while in police custody.[105][106][107] After Yusuf's killing, a new leader emerged whose identity was not known at the time.[108]
After the killing of Mohammed Yusuf, the group carried out its first attack in Borno in January 2011. It resulted in the killing of four people.[109] Abubakar Shekau, a former deputy to Yusuf, took control of the group after Yusuf's death in 2009. Shekau is an intensely private bookish theologian and ruthless killer. He rules a fractured organization.[110][111][112] Since Shekau's rise, the violence has only escalated in terms of both frequency and intensity.
This is the jihadist faction that Hillary Clinton refused to designate as a terrorist organization. And you won't believe why not:
She didn't want to raise Boko Haram's profile? Didn't want to give them publicity and credibility? But, Mrs. Clinton, you do know how jihadists go about obtaining those commodities, right? By kidnapping hundreds of young girls, massacring entire villages, and otherwise torturing, maiming, and murdering infidels en masse. As though Boko Haram wouldn't wage "holy war" against its non-Muslim foes if Hillary Clinton's Foggy Bottom didn't "call them names," no matter how accurate.
This kind of foolishness is so suicidally idiotic that I'm starting to wonder if the Empress might not have a shot at getting back to the White House in 2016 after all.
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