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February 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Al-Qaeda’s influence was also evident from the choice of weapons: car bombs
exploded outside some targets, while police found caches of “improvised
explosive devices”, with detonators and shrapnel packed into soft
drinks cans.
Since then, Boko Haram has kept up the momentum, launching night raids on two
more police stations in Kano.
Officials and experts in the Nigerian capital of Abuja believe Boko Haram has
learnt its new capabilities from AQIM. Niger, a key operating theatre for
AQIM, shares a largely unmarked frontier with Nigeria, spanning 900 miles of
desert and scrub.
Boko Haram probably has little need for weapons or money as its fighters are
accomplished bank robbers and whenever they raid a police station, they
usually empty the armoury. AQIM’s contribution is most likely to be in
tactics and expertise, with Boko Haram fighters taken out of Nigeria for
training.
While the country has a long history of political and religious violence,
experts point to the novelty of Boko Haram’s techniques.
“Suicide bombing was, until recently, something we saw in the movies,”
said Chinedu Nwagu, a security analyst from the Cleen Foundation, which
monitors Nigeria’s justice system.
“People never thought that anybody here would do that.”
The Kano attacks, he added, showed a degree of “coordination that you
would not just pick up without very specialised training”.
Abubakar Tsav, a former Nigerian police commissioner, said: “They [Boko
Haram] clearly have some connections with outsiders.”
Once, Boko Haram would steer clear of the security forces and strike largely
undefended targets. Today, its fighters frequently outclass and outgun their
opponents. “Their weapons and tactics are clearly superior to those
used by the Nigerian police,” said Yahaya Ibrahim Shinko, a retired
Nigerian army officer and security analyst.
If AQIM has passed on training and expertise, it may also transmit al-Qaeda’s
world view and its international targets. Britain, which is home to an
estimated 150,000 Nigerians, could be vulnerable.
So far Boko Haram’s agenda has been entirely domestic and there is no evidence
the leadership aims to strike outside the country.
Mr Nwagu said: “Boko Haram is very inviting for whatever influences there
might be out there.”
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