U.S. Deploys Surveillance Aircraft Over Nigeria To Find Girls -- Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has deployed manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria and is sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian government to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents, a senior Obama administration official said on Monday.
Washington has sent military, law-enforcement and development experts to Nigeria to help search for the missing girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school in Chibok in remote northeastern Nigeria on April 14.
"We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians and are flying manned ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) assets over Nigeria with the government's permission," the U.S. official said.
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Update #1: US flying surveillance drones over Nigeria -- Global Post/AFP
Update #2: Pentagon using drone, surveillance aircraft in Nigeria -- USA Today
My Comment: The area in question is huge. This is finding a needle in a haystack.
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