Breaking w/Caution: Nigerian Girls Potentially Located by U.S. Marines

[FourScore]

Sat May 10, 2014 at 04:08 PM PDT
Breaking w/Caution: Nigerian Girls Potentially Located by U.S. Marines
by pajolyUn

NOTE: I caution against over exuberance until major media confirms this. Still, it seemed noteworthy. The original appearance seems to be on the website of the Vanguard, which is supposedly a credible and influential paper in Nigeria. I did check and found the reporters -- Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru and Victoria Ojeme-Abuja -- appear to actually be reporters in Nigeria. We do know according to SecState Kerry the Marines are already on the ground, along with some from the UK. I am putting the diary back up for the purposes of comments as people find information. I will continue to update as I can what I can. Let's all hope for a positive outcome where these girls are returned home.

News has started to come out from top tier news sites in Nigeria, such as the Vanguard claiming U.S. Marines have found and arrested several Boko Haram leaders, and have located the missing girls in the forest still within the borders of Nigeria.

Military sources have stated that a combined team of security agents in the field and back up communications and satellite imagery specialists have located the missing girls inside the dreaded Sambisa forest.

The United States marines were also said to have used communications equipment to intercept a mobile phone call from a Boko Haram informant to insurgents giving them information on the movement of the marines and Nigerian security forces. The informant is said to have been arrested in Maiduguri and handed over to security officials.

Another Nigerian source reports:

There were indications yesterday that the 230 female students abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls' Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, have been sited at the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, by the Special Forces of the United States Marines.

The news is being picked up by numerous Nigerian news sites, but they each seem to point back to the Vanguard report. Other sources include The Herald in Nigeria. The news has not yet been verified by American or western media that I have yet found.

If true, it would be significant and a huge break if the girls are still within Nigeria, as it will make their rescue simpler. The expected rescue will be a joint efforts with other western troops.

The United States marines are expected to lead rescue efforts in conjunction with other special forces from France, the United Kingdom and ofcourse local troops to retrieve the girls and return them to their families.

Things are fluid and conflicting, another African source posted 3 hours ago the following.

The kidnapped Chibok girls have been moved from the Sambisa forest towards the forest around Ashaka in Gombe State, a top security official has told PREMIUM TIMES.

The security official, who sought anonymity as he was not authorised to speak, also denied the rumor that some of the girls were rescued on Saturday.
He, however, said there were high hopes for the quick rescue of the girls based on the ongoing cooperation between Nigerian officials and their counterparts from the U.S. and U.K. on the rescue efforts.

“It is not true that they have been rescued yet, but we noticed and observed movement of some of the girls from the Sambisa region towards Ashaka forest in Gombe state”, said the security personnel.

I'll post additional information as soon as I find it.

2:48 PM PT: A third Nigerian source is picking up on the news. "The Nigerian Voice." I must repeat, I do not yet see this in American general media.

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/10/1298444/-Breaking-w-Caution-Nigerian-Girls-Located-First-Arrests-Made-by-U-S-Marine-with-Nigerian-Forces

[theHandpuppet]

1. Let us hope

Oh I am hoping they have found the girls and can safely rescue them.

[jberryhill]

2. Well let's make sure Boko Haram knows that

Can we wait until there's a resolution of some kind?

[former9thward]

19. Pretty sure the Boko Haram knows what is in the Nigerian media.

I really doubt they get their info from DU...

[jberryhill]

21. My comment wasn't really directed at DU

[warrior1]

3. I hope it's true

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. me too

[NightWatcher]

5. "hey, what's that red dot....?"

Famous last words of several groups who have had run ins with our special forces.

[JJChambers]

10. A well deserves end for terrorists like this!!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. And others...

It would be cool to train a lion to do that....

Just to see the guy's expression.

[Tess49]

33. Yep. Delicious thought. n/t

[Brigid]

6. Please, please let it be true!

[LadyHawkAZ]

7. Here's hoping...

[chillfactor]

8. I am holding my breath....

but I so hope this is true......the girls must be scared to death.......

[okaawhatever]

9. Yes, Vanguard is a reputable source. The top paper is the Sun but it's tabloidy. Then there's PUNCH.

I'll check out PUNCH

[meti57b]

11. May it be so!!!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. make it so. oh, please. make it so

[Firebrand Gary]

13. Please, please, please, please let this be true... Please...

[go west young man]

14. If so.....

this is great news and shows what the US should be doing in the world...helping others....get in...get out...don't steal their resources...don't destabilize their countries....just help and great things will come from it.

[RainDog]

15. hopefully this is true n/t

[etherealtruth]

16. If true this is wonderful

I appreciate your post and your caution. Thank you!

[11 Bravo]

17. If true, this is going to give Glenn Greenwald a serious case of poutrage.

[SunSeeker]

38. LOL nt

[Sweet Freedom]

18. What a wonderful Mother's Day gift that would be.

I so hope it's true!

[demigoddess]

20. let's hope

[okaawhatever]

22. A news story quoting the military spokesman for Nigeria says the report of US Marines is

untrue, but if you read the story he answers the question oddly. The story was posted 12 hours ago and he says

The spokesperson for the DHQ, Major General Chris Olukolade, said in a statement that contrary to the reports and the pictures being circulated to illustrate the claims, there has been no incident or record as reported. He said that "no troop of the American Marines has so far been deployed in any part of Nigeria as is being circulated in certain media.

I don't know if that's just the way he speaks, and I don't think we'd go in on a rescue operation but the "so far" is odd. Also, the story itself is from 2 in the afternoon and it's now 2 in the morning over there.

http://saharareporters.com/press-release/no-american-troops-deployed-anywhere-nigeria-says-dhq

[chillfactor]

27. perhaps the Nigerians are totally embarresed

by the breaking events..they did nothing...eggs on their faces if the Americans do/did find the girls...

[FourScore]

32. I'm wondering if they are trying to dial it back for security reasons.

I mean, the press has just alerted Boko Haram that the US is on them. That might not be such a great thing.

[okaawhatever]

34. That is one of the things I thought, too. I figured if they do some sort of rescue it will be at

night with night vision goggles and thermal imaging equipment. The Nigerians/US/UK/French team, whoever does it, would have complete advantage over BH. I don't think they have that sophisticated of equipment. I also figured we'd use thermal imaging to find those girls in the forest. You can't hide the heat signature of 200 people. So anyway, I think if anything will be done it will be in the middle of the night.

[Orrex]

23. Obama will do anything to distract from Benghazi.

[OldHippieChick]

24. LOL

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. Did you see this?

Hundreds of Nigerian Girls Are Missing. Fox News Blames Hillary Clinton.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/09/kidnapped_nigerian_girls_a_terrible_story_and_also_an_excuse_for_fox_news.html

[SummerSnow]

31. lol. I bet the Rethugs are saying that right now.

[Ap1977]

28. Source: A Daily Kos Diary

I'm going to go with "rumor" on this one.

Breaking "with caution"= If I was right I was right but if all of it was untrue I wasn't wrong because I said "with caution."

[FourScore]

37. Right, DK is so unrealiable. That's why US Sens, Congresspeople, and media elites post there.

It's a HORRIBLE source. And really! What's with the author giving their post a cautious caveat instead of stating it as fact...unbelievable!

[pinboy3niner]

41. Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply from this one

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[sawdust]

29. Is this true

Anybody know?

[Supersedeas]

36. we can only hope at this point

[diabeticman]

30. My wife and I hope this is true.

[951-Riverside]

35. I naturally distrust anything coming from Nigerian news. I'm going to say its completely bogus.

Why would US Marines be in Nigeria anyway?

Army Rangers, Army Green Berets or Navy Seals I'd believe but not US Marines. The Marines arent known for special ops/hostage rescue although I'm sure they do it.

OTOH if there is any credibility to this (which I highly doubt) they could mean the Royal Marines

[rudolph the red]

40. Marine Expeditionary Uniits specifically train for those

types of missions, it's a requirement in order to obtain their Special Operations Capable (SOC) designation.

[Cartoonist]

39. Perhaps Rush spoke too soon.

Ya think?

And then I want to ask you, is the United States really this powerless? And then if you answer yes, we are really this powerless, then isn’t Obama to blame?” Limbaugh said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/limbaugh-bring-back-our-girls-106504.html#ixzz31SHwomVg