Is Nigeria The Next Front In The War On Terror? -- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Policy
The country's sectarian violence is getting out of control.
Violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria is drawing the country ever closer to a religious war. The instigator of this conflict is Boko Haram, an Islamist movement whose very name means "Western education is forbidden." If the Nigerian government can't stop this conflict from spiraling out of control, expect the United States to step in -- albeit with a relatively light hand -- to tip the scales against Boko Haram.
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My Comment: This can go either way. The worse case scenario is a repeat of Sudan's long civil war (Muslim in the north, Christians in the south) that has claimed millions in lives and a break-up of the country. Can the same thing happen in Nigeria .... it certainly appears to be heading that way.
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