Nigeria leader backed out of deal to free some girls
Source: CBS News
The Nigerian military has come under harsh criticism for its failure to rescue more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, and six weeks after they were snatched from their school in the north of the country, Nigeria's Chief of Defense Alex Badeh claimed the military knew where they were, but a rescue operation was too risky.
Badeh told a crowd of bussed-in demonstrators gathered to support the beleaguered military that he couldn't say publicly where the 276 missing girls were being held.
If the military rules out using force to rescue the girls, CBS News contributor Debora Patta reports that it would leave secret negotiations between the government and the Boko Haram militant group -- which have been going on for weeks -- as the main option.
But a source close to the talks told CBS News that a deal to swap the girls for Boko Haram prisoners secured over the weekend was scuttled at the last minute by President Goodluck Jonathan.
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