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Boko Haram and Ansaru may be joining force.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 8:36 PM by Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

A nun working in the community said the kidnappers spoke English, not French, the predominant European language in that part of Cameroon. A Cameroonian official says that Fr. Vandenbeusch has been spirited away to Nigeria. An anonymous sources, quoted by radio station France-24, claim that the operation was joint between Boko Haram and Ansaru.

Ansaru has previously

Ansaru and Boko Haram have not cooperated in operations since they split in January 2012. Ostensibly, Ansaru split because it objected to the large number of Muslims among Boko Haram’s victims. It is plausible, however, that with increased Nigerian government pressure on Boko Haram, it is willing to cooperate with Ansaru on highly lucrative kidnapping activities and perhaps on other operations.

By John Campbell

Source: Legit.ng

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