Nigeria, Trump and Airstrikes
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President Trump announces US airstrikes hit ISIS in northwest Nigeria over Christian killings. Truth Social post details "perfect strikes" by Department of War; vows more if terrorism continues., US News,
The United States has carried out an air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, US President Donald Trump has said, claiming that the armed group had “targeted and viciously” killed “primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries.”
The Nigerian government has confirmed its involvement in joint security operations with the United States after President Donald Trump announced a "deadly" strike against ISIS militants in northwest Nigeria.
The U.S. has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S. officials, in a sign of increased security cooperation between the countries.
Ga. “The ongoing violence against Christians in Nigeria is one of the most egregious violations of human rights and religious freedom so far this century.”
By publicly cooperating with the United States on Christmas Day airstrikes, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.