What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria -- The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria's on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that Nigeria's overstretched military has struggled with for years.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that the "powerful and deadly" strikes in Sokoto state were carried out against Islamic State militants "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians." Residents and security analysts have said Nigeria's security crisis affects both Christians, predominant in the south, and Muslims, who are the majority in the north.
Nigeria, which is battling multiple armed groups, said the U.S. strikes were part of an exchange of intelligence and strategic coordination between the two countries.
The Associated Press could not confirm the extent of the strikes' impact. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a post on X about the airstrikes, said: "More to come..."....
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Trump told them to stop slaughtering Christians. They didn't do it so Trump being a man of his word delivered special presents to ISIS in Nigeria. I wonder if those presents were delivered down their chimneys. I guess Trump isn't going to get the Noballs Peace Prize. Maduro should take note.
