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Abubakar Shekau's refusal to adhere to an ISIS instruction has caused the Boko Haram terrorist group to fracture, a senior U.S. general said on Tuesday.
"Several months ago, about half of Boko Haram broke off to a separate group because they were not happy with the amount of buy-in, if you will, from Boko Haram into the ISIL brand," Marine Lieutenant General Thomas Waldhauser said at his nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
He was nominated to lead the U.S. military's Africa Command.
According to him, Shekau had not fallen into line with Islamic State's instructions, including calls for Boko Haram to stop using children as suicide bombers.
"He's been told by ISIL to stop doing that. But he has not done so. And that's one of the reasons why this splinter group has broken off," Waldhauser said, adding Islamic State was trying to "reconcile those two groups."
"What concerns me is the breakoff group of Boko Haram who wants to be more ISIL-like, and consequently buy into the ISIL-brand of attacking Western interests," he said.
"That would concern me," he reiterated.
Reuters
"Several months ago, about half of Boko Haram broke off to a separate group because they were not happy with the amount of buy-in, if you will, from Boko Haram into the ISIL brand," Marine Lieutenant General Thomas Waldhauser said at his nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
He was nominated to lead the U.S. military's Africa Command.
According to him, Shekau had not fallen into line with Islamic State's instructions, including calls for Boko Haram to stop using children as suicide bombers.
"He's been told by ISIL to stop doing that. But he has not done so. And that's one of the reasons why this splinter group has broken off," Waldhauser said, adding Islamic State was trying to "reconcile those two groups."
"What concerns me is the breakoff group of Boko Haram who wants to be more ISIL-like, and consequently buy into the ISIL-brand of attacking Western interests," he said.
"That would concern me," he reiterated.
Reuters
