stargazer 3,343 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 A surge in activity from Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency Boko Haram – now the world’s deadliest terrorist group – and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has driven an 80% increase in the number of people killed by terrorists in 2014, this year’s Global Terrorism Index showed. In total, 32,658 people were killed in terrorist attacks in 67 countries last year, according to the index, released on Tuesday by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The world is reeling from the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, which killed at least 129 people. But the index showed that 80% of last year’s terrorist killings were carried out in just five countries: Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. “We can see the trauma [terrorist attacks] create in the west, but think how much trauma they create in all these other countries in the world,†said Steve Killelea, executive chairman of the IEP. Boko Haram is now the world’s most deadly terrorist group after it claimed 6,644 killings last year, a 317% increase from 2013. Bombings and gun attacks carried out by Isis in Syria and Iraq and Boko Haram in Nigeria caused 12,717 deaths. Taliban insurgents in Pakistan, Fulani militants in Nigeria – who attack mainly Christian farming communities in northern and central Nigeria – and al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia all killed more than 1,000 civilians last year, the index showed. Fulani militants carried out their deadliest attack in April 2014, opening fire on a community meeting in Zamfara state, killing at least 200 people, the report said. There are about 530 terrorist groups around the world, with 33 emerging last year, Killelea said. There were 15 terrorist attacks last year that had a higher death toll than last Friday’s suicide bombings and gun attacks in Paris, the index showed. The deadliest attack of 2014 saw Isis storm a prison in the northern Iraqi city of Badush, killing about 670 people. In August last year the group killed about 500 people from the Yazidi sect in Sinjar, also in Iraq. Boko Haram, an insurgency in northern Nigeria that has pledged allegiance to Isis,killed more than 300 people in Gamboru Ngala, a northern town, in May 2014. source: The Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Rodwell 292 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 umm I don't know if you guys know, but Boko Haram and ISIS merged into one a year ago, so anything they do is ISIL's Nigerian Branch / Boko Haram , they're not separate groups anymore, its like US Army and US Navy Seals, same group, different branches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 16,433 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 umm I don't know if you guys know, but Boko Haram and ISIS merged into one a year ago, so anything they do is ISIL's Nigerian Branch / Boko Haram , they're not separate groups anymore, its like US Army and US Navy Seals, same group, different branches I've only read they're allied. Boko Haram flourished under a wildly incompetent government and military. I remember reading people weren't even sure the President got full briefings on the situation. Knowing that, I'm suprised they've killed so many people. And this is just deaths in attacks, they've kidnapped and raped thousands more women and girls. How many of them have died in childbirth or had their babies killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonSone 30,138 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 World should take a look at Boko Haram too other than ISIS. Not just focus on ISIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdo7 96 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 World should take a look at Boko Haram too other than ISIS. Not just focus on ISIS. I think they are since Boko Haram pledge their allegiance to ISIS. So Boko Haram is not being ignored. One other big concern would be Al-Shabab (the terrorist group in Somalia behind the University/college attack and the shopping mall attack in Kenya) because several factions in that group had pledge allegiance to ISIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer 3,343 Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 I think they are since Boko Haram pledge their allegiance to ISIS. So Boko Haram is not being ignored. One other big concern would be Al-Shabab (the terrorist group in Somalia behind the University/college attack and the shopping mall attack in Kenya) because several factions in that group had pledge allegiance to ISIS. Al-Shabab is worrying but what is even more worrying is the Fulani militants which are another Nigerian based Islamic extremists group. We don't here a lot about them in the western news but they killed surprisingly more people last year than Al-Shabab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdo7 96 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Al-Shabab is worrying but what is even more worrying is the Fulani militants which are another Nigerian based Islamic extremists group. We don't here a lot about them in the western news but they killed surprisingly more people last year than Al-Shabab. I have to look up to find out who that is, and they're not that well-known compared to Boko Haram and Al-Shabab. So maybe that's why they don't get a lot of media attention, my question is: what are the chances that Fulani militants could pledge allegiance to ISIS given that ISIS is becoming more notorious and infamous? If they do that, that might get them a lot of attention from mainstream media and also expand ISIS influence in the area Fulani militants are present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer 3,343 Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 I have to look up to find out who that is, and they're not that well-known compared to Boko Haram and Al-Shabab. So maybe that's why they don't get a lot of media attention, my question is: what are the chances that Fulani militants could pledge allegiance to ISIS given that ISIS is becoming more notorious and infamous? If they do that, that might get them a lot of attention from mainstream media and also expand ISIS influence in the area Fulani militants are present. Not very likely. Fulani peoople are traditionally a Muslim nomadic ethnic group that is found all over West Africa. Many of their population have settled down in various parts of West Africa, the highest population of them being in Nigeria. Most of the population are peaceful and the current President of Nigeria is even Fulani but the nomadic cow herders are a big problem. It is not an uncommon sight in Nigeria to see Fulani herdsmen walking around carrying AK47s. They walk across Nigeria yearly to find the best lands for their cows to graze on and for trade. They mostly attack farmers and other private citizens in central Nigeria where the Muslim north and Christian south meet and in Central African Republic so their main objective is ownership of farmland. What is even more troubling is that the various Fulani groups across Nigeria tend to focus their attacks on Christian farmers and citizens. This causes the people around those areas to flee their farmlands and move further south. Fulani people only make a small percentage of the Nigerian population but they hold a lot of political clout so the Nigerian government is hesitiant to deal with them. The issue has been going on for a very long time and the Nigerian government continues to ignore it and is only becoming worse as the rise in Islamic extremism increases and desertification of Africa countinues which further reduces the amount of arable land available. There has been rumours of some Fulani herdsman groups working with Boko Haram but nothing has been confirmed but I can't see the all Fulani militant pledging allegiance to ISIS because they are not a united group but just a nomadic community of 100 or so people litered all across the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Rodwell 292 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I've only read they're allied. Boko Haram flourished under a wildly incompetent government and military. I remember reading people weren't even sure the President got full briefings on the situation. Knowing that, I'm suprised they've killed so many people. And this is just deaths in attacks, they've kidnapped and raped thousands more women and girls. How many of them have died in childbirth or had their babies killed. yeah they're allied, but to be allied with Isis you are forced to merge, that's why jabhat al nusra and Isis were originally allies, until abu bakr al Baghdadi told the emir that part of being Allie is merging with Isis.. That's when they started fighting within themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdo7 96 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Not very likely. Fulani peoople are traditionally a Muslim nomadic ethnic group that is found all over West Africa. Many of their population have settled down in various parts of West Africa, the highest population of them being in Nigeria. Most of the population are peaceful and the current President of Nigeria is even Fulani but the nomadic cow herders are a big problem. Fulani people only make a small percentage of the Nigerian population but they hold a lot of political clout so the Nigerian government is hesitiant to deal with them. The issue has been going on for a very long time and the Nigerian government continues to ignore it and is only becoming worse as the rise in Islamic extremism increases and desertification of Africa countinues which further reduces the amount of arable land available. There has been rumours of some Fulani herdsman groups working with Boko Haram but nothing has been confirmed but I can't see the all Fulani militant pledging allegiance to ISIS because they are not a united group but just a nomadic community of 100 or so people litered all across the country I see, thank you for this info. That's probably why I can't find a lot of info about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletWhimsy 2,203 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I knew about Boko Haram, but I actually never knew they merged with ISIS (not that I'm surprised) .. terrifying, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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