floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoUS launches 'powerful strikes' against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trumpwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down15
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minus-squaremiddlemanSI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 month agoCalling them “Islamic state”, so that brainwashed americans associate them to “bad brown people”. US is a terrorist state.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month agoNo the Islamic State is actually active in Nigeria as part of the insurgency there, though funnily enough they’re the less bad of the two main groups (the worse being Boko Haram).
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBoko Haram itself is a former ally of Islamic State, but they had a split almost a decade ago
Calling them “Islamic state”, so that brainwashed americans associate them to “bad brown people”. US is a terrorist state.
No the Islamic State is actually active in Nigeria as part of the insurgency there, though funnily enough they’re the less bad of the two main groups (the worse being Boko Haram).
Boko Haram itself is a former ally of Islamic State, but they had a split almost a decade ago