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The Boko Haram Islamist group is taken “very seriously” by State Department officials in Washington, and their focus goes beyond mere words. For example, $20 Million U.S. dollars, or N3.176 billion, was delivered in military funding assistance to the Nigerians dating back to 2012 according to State Department officials. The substantial amount in assistance, although small relative to amounts the U.S. has spent in other countries fighting terrorism, has been largely under-reported.
SaharaReporters learned that the “very serious” focus has also involved ‘back channel’ discussions with Nigerian officials that have been ‘stepped-up’ since the car bomb attack at an Abuja bus station on April 15th 2014. In an exclusive memo sent to SaharaReporters by a State Department official who did so on the condition of anonymity, we learned several details of the talks and thinking inside the agency not widely reported.
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SaharaReporters learned that the “very serious” focus has also involved ‘back channel’ discussions with Nigerian officials that have been ‘stepped-up’ since the car bomb attack at an Abuja bus station on April 15th 2014. In an exclusive memo sent to SaharaReporters by a State Department official who did so on the condition of anonymity, we learned several details of the talks and thinking inside the agency not widely reported.
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Source: #SaharaReporters
