Nigerian Military In Heavy Fighting With Boko Haram Militants -- The Guardian
Army says it has faced fierce resistance in its offensive against Islamist insurgents who are armed with weapons from Libya
Nigeria's military has been involved in heavy fighting with Islamist insurgents armed with sophisticated weapons from Libya as it steps up an offensive aimed at flushing out Boko Haram from its north-eastern bases.
"They have been putting up fierce resistance and they are very, very well-armed with weapons from Libya," a senior military official told the Guardian, adding that most of the militants who have waged a bloody four-year battle to create an Islamist state have scattered across the region's semi-desert borders.
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My Comment: Like Mali .... the failure to control the flow of Libyan weapons has destabilized much of this region.
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