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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUSA is sending drones to Nigeria to help find the missing girls and fight against Boko Haram.
CTV News Canada.
**** UPDATE:
11:30 CTV news said USA will be supplying reconnaissance help to Nigeria. I don't know if they are stepping back their drone story or not. They didn't mention drones.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Or 9th?
I lose count.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)Perhaps they are drones to simply find people.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)I did a check of news feeds and came back to post that it wasn't clear whether the discussion is on weaponized or surveillance drones.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)Nigeria, moreover, is not desperate for drones, he adds. I dont see this as a technology or asset issue. Nigeria has developed its own drones they arent as sophisticated as the US has, but its what they do with the intelligence they generate thats the most important thing.
Nigeria's government could use help, however, coordinating its various national security agencies and getting them to share information. There have been several instances with Boko Haram attacks that they could have pieced together had there been intelligence-sharing, Downie says.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2014/0506/Nigeria-s-captive-girls-Calls-begin-for-US-military-to-join-rescue-campaign-video
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)When the girls are safe - armed and accurate.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Guess the label gives us permission to "fight against" them.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)The US should not be in the habit of relying on the label terrorist to fight anybody anywhere. This is a local group, they haven't attacked or even threatened to attack the US.
Of course, that didn't slow us down in Pakistan.
otohara
(24,135 posts)no smart guns, no background checks, not a god damn thing.
I watched Sen. Susan Collins talk about her heartbreak for those girls, yet she has a B+ rating with our terrorist organization known as the NRA.
cojoel
(957 posts)Less likely to attach their desert outposts...
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)applegrove
(118,642 posts)a link at the ctv website but it didnt mention drones. Sorry. Then in the next news cycle they didnt use the word drone at all.