Nigeria: Boko Haram Trained In Somalia

Stratfor.com

June 15, 2011

Boko Haram, a Nigerian Islamist militant group, in a June 15 statement anonymously delivered to journalists in northeastern city of Maiduguri, threatened increased attacks against the state and said that it had militants trained in Somalia, AFP reported June 15. Dialogue with President Goodluck Jonathan has collapsed, the statement said, adding that its targets will be all northern states and the capital of Abuja.