The 943rd Rescue Group had to use night vision goggles to rescue a severely injured hiker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald/Released)
President Donald Trump has warned that the United States military “could be” deployed to Nigeria or carry out strikes to stop what he called the killing of large numbers of Christians.
Last week, Trump claimed that radical Islamists are committing “mass slaughter” and Christianity is “facing an existential threat” in the West African nation. He also added Nigeria back to a “Countries of Particular Concern” list of nations that Washington says have violated religious freedoms.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, “guns-a-blazing,” to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!” he wrote to his Truth Social network on November 1.
Quickly after that, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X that the Pentagon began preparing for action in Nigeria.
“Yes sir. The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immediately. The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,”
Asked on November 2 whether he envisioned U.S. troops on the ground or strikes in Nigeria, Trump refused to dismiss any of the two options.
“Could be. I mean, other things. I envisage a lot of things. They’re killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria… They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We’re not going to allow that to happen,” he told reporters during a flight on Air Force One.
Nigeria, a country of more than 200 million people, is divided between the largely Muslim north and mostly Christian south.
Armed groups, including the terrorist-designated Boko Haram, have been engaged in a conflict that has been largely confined to the northeast of the country, which is majority Muslim, and has dragged on for more than 15 years.
While Christians have been killed, especially in recent months, most of the victims have been Muslims, according to observers.
Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, a spokesman for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an interview with Al Jazeera on November 2, challenged the claims made by Trump.
“We are not proud of the security situation that we are passing through, but to go with the narrative” that only Christians are targeted, “no, it is not true. There is no Christian genocide in Nigeria”, he said.
“We’ve continuously made our point clear that we acknowledge the fact that there are killings that have taken place in Nigeria, but those killings were not restricted to Christians alone. Muslims are being killed. Traditional worshippers are being killed… The majority is not the Christian population.”
Denying the government involvement in the killing of Christians, Imomotimi Ebienfa said that Nigeria was ready to work with its partners to “fight this scourge of terrorism, but not any passive action that will undermine the sovereignty of our country”.
“The killings are not sanctioned by the Nigerian government,” he said. “The killing of any Nigerian in any part of the country is a loss to the country … The perpetrators of these killings are terrorist groups Boko Haram and other al-Qaeda and [ISIL] ISIS-affiliated groups that are perpetuating this crisis.”
It’s worth noting that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, a Muslim from southern Nigeria who is married to a Christian pastor, changed the country’s military leadership and appointed a Christian as the new Chief of Defense Staff just last month.
The motives behind the sudden U.S. escalation against Nigeria remain unclear. The country is the largest oil producer in Africa, and the third producer of gas after Algeria and Egypt. U.S. energy companies are, however, already active in the country. Thus, interest in this sector is not likely the motive.
Trump may be, in fact, looking to pressure Nigeria over its growing relations with China, which is the largest trading partner of the country.
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you don’t know ,but in nigeria now for decades the globalists have been busy as bees in a hive convincing the africans that they’re really the jewish race .
join the dots.
and that’s for real .
allegedly .
just like they protected the christians in syria ? this is only a route for openly finding cia regime change operations. nigeria has oil and minerals the banker made rules world order desires control. zionists are never be happy, even when they win
just like they protect palestinian christians in gaza and the west bank.
you’ve no idea at all .allegedly really zip zilch zero .clueless and deceived like a little lost lamb baaaaaing away
please sir can i have some more propaganda .
quite a few christians have been killed in palestine and ukraine. i suspect it depends who is doing the killing and who has funded your election campaign?
try to keep up
pope emeritus benedict in 2013 told you ” they in there hate jesus and christians ” that’s the vatican under the first ever elected jesuit pope.
wake up .
trump has invaded every country! in his mind! amerikunts and their vassals are so stupid! lmao
projections common amongst ignorant empty vessels.
it’s very sad that russian president is friend of a paedo-phile!
look a pediphile is one who has sex with pre pubrscents untill corrupted by intentionally evil lying laws has an alleged “pedophile ” ever in history prior to the 1980s ever had sex with teen-agers and post pubescents ever in the history of the law .anywhere .
talk about clewless…evil lying laws…lol. yeah, has any dick-tater, like trump, ever had sex with any post pubescents? good question, ask his concubine, i mean wife. baron is probably from an immaculate birth…or epstein…or stephen miller…or …
so when is the us going to protect christians in palestine? never… so what is the main goal here. hmm i wonder…
what are they doing to those who hate christians and jews in palestine ? taking them out to dinner ?
greenland, canada. panama and venezuela. afghanistan and yemen. iran and nigeria. colombia. a small list of countries that the neocon paedo has menaced to invade! none so far! a dog that bark loud. us is weak and weaker everyday.
drug trafficking capitals of the world opium heroin cocaine suppliers internationally murderers of the youth of the world home wreckers morale destroying crime breeding jail filling agents of evil .
again you just have no idea of layers of operation you’re one of those bellowing crew who are utterly superficial and totally incapable of understanding that nothing is what it seems ..honestly did you even complete secondary school ? i doubt it .
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allegedly .
fake “white christians” who aren’t “white” or “christian” with a false concern about christians in africa is hilarious. where’s the concern about palestinian christians being deleted by israel? wheres the concern for the christians in syria being deleted by the israeli nato proxy army? but since there’s oil you think you can plunder with minimum effort, here come the threats.
more likely to defend oil interests.
just another no new war from trump. strange that it’s another country that is either a petro producing country or a friendly to china/russia nation that’s always being targeted. but, omg , they’re targeting christians. can’t have that…that is, unless they’re israel, then not only can they kill them, they can spit on them and burn their churches. ain’t it great to have a friend in the white house? why, with such a friend, they can even assassinate americans right here in u.s.