Boko Haram: Emerging Threat to the U. S. Homeland
Download or Read eBook Boko Haram: Emerging Threat to the U. S. Homeland PDF written by Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intel and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intel |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
| Total Pages | : 30 |
| Release | : 2012-06-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1477573852 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781477573853 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Boko Haram: Emerging Threat to the U. S. Homeland by : Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intel
Book excerpt: On August 26, 2011, a suicide bomber drove a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) into the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, killing 23 people and injuring more than 80 others.1 Responsibility for the bombing, one of the deadliest in the United Nations' history, was claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamist religious sect turned insurgent group based in the predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria. While this attack occurred inside Nigerian borders, it was the first time Boko Haram had targeted an international, non-Nigerian entity.
