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January 10, 2015

Amnesty International now use satellite photographs

to estimate death tolls from Boko Harum’s ministrations in rural Christian districts;

the Guardian today cites an estimate of two thousand dead at Baga, once a quiet fishing village on the western shore of Lake Chad. (The lake has been shrinking.) Most of these were women, children, and the elderly, according to reports: unable to run fast enough.
La guerre, yes sir : Essays in Idleness

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 10, 2015 2:38 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Satellites to count the slain? The whole thing is just awful, awful.

Posted by: tripletap [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 11, 2015 8:06 PM

Hey, either learn to run fast or learn to fight.
There isn't any other answer to their problem.

Stop looking for the world to step in to every slaughter.

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 12, 2015 9:50 AM

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