Time for another round of media hysteria over “right-wing extremism.”
“Gunmen kill at least 58 in attack on Niger market sellers,” by Dalatou Mamane, Associated Press, March 16, 2021:
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a group of civilians returning from market day in a volatile corner of Niger, leaving at least 58 people dead and then burning granaries to the ground, the government said Tuesday.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday’s massacres, though extremists belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group are known to be active in the Tillaberi region where the villages were attacked.
The victims were returning home from a large livestock market in Banibangou, near Niger’s troubled border with Mali. The suspected extremists also destroyed nearby granaries that held valuable food stores….
Not only are jihadis active in the Tillaberi region, but the counterterrorism offensives against those extremists have helped given rise to ethnic militias, analysts say. Intercommunal tensions have been exacerbated as a result, particularly near the border between Mali and Niger….
mgoldberg says
Don’t you love how they use the term ‘extremists’ to describe the two men who machine gunned 58 dead people. Extremists??
How about homicidal muslims- Jihadists- as more accurately describing two people who machine gun innocent people returning from shopping. We need some explosive news reporting on the abomination of those who present this as ‘extremists’.
Billy Chickens says
It’s a wonder they didn’t describe them as “gentlemen”…as in – “A few gentlemen on motorcycles attacked 58 villagers returning from market day, killing 58 and burning granaries to the ground.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
How about, “humanitarians?”
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Consider that Niger’s fertility rate is 7 children per woman and Mali’s fertility rate is 6 children per woman. Clearly, they cannot nurture all these children. It must surely be having a devastating impact on their environment and society at large. Women must have access to family planning.
Until this overarching issue is addressed, nothing will improve, regardless of the presence or absence of fascist Islam.
gravenimage says
This *is* a problem–but I think that mass murder is an even greater concern that are high birth rates. It is not high birth rates that causes Jihad terror.
Ade Fegan says
That’s more than died at Christchurch .. OMG just imagine the outrage !
(the sound of crickets)
James Lincoln says
Different optics, Ade…
gravenimage says
Niger: Muslims attack civilians returning from market, murder at least 58
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Just horrifying–yet the Jihad in Africa is still little known.