The human rights group Amnesty International released these before-and-after satellite photos of what they say is the devastation inflicted upon the Nigerian villages of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko Haram.
These are infrared photos — the one with lots of “red” being the before pic, the one with lots of “gray” the after pic — that allegedly show how Boko Haram burned and razed the villages, along with the killing of an estimated 2000+ Nigerians in last week’s slaughter:
#Nigeria: Satellite images show horrific scale of Boko Haram attack. http://t.co/kjB6urMca0 #BagaKillings pic.twitter.com/QW3BnQwMXI
— Amnesty International (@amnestyusa) January 15, 2015
Images show Boko Haram’s massive destruction in Baga, #Nigeria http://t.co/FLRsWRA8eW #BagaKillings pic.twitter.com/VdGRyb1mvQ
— euronews (@euronews) January 15, 2015
Group releases satellite images showing Boko Haram's destruction of Nigeria village http://t.co/EahhgvCNRR pic.twitter.com/JgjTmVuDhX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 15, 2015
Horrific.
But if that’s not bad enough, there is a report out that Boko Haram is now using the girls it captures as suicide bombers:
Boko Haram likely conscripting girls as young as ten as suicide bombers. #BringBackOurGirls http://t.co/K756d0Xknj pic.twitter.com/3LW9DZsLXA
— John Baiata (@JBaiata) January 15, 2015
Boko Haram believed to be using girls to carry out Nigerian suicide bombings: http://t.co/ceHhUQq0i7 pic.twitter.com/i3RLI0FmPP
— ABC News (@ABC) January 14, 2015
Boko Haram Appears to Be Using Abducted Girls as Suicide Bombers: Experts -… http://t.co/CkcG34ztrn pic.twitter.com/a25Fhj1b4Y
— Doyle Industries (@DoyleGlobal) January 15, 2015
We mentioned in a post yesterday that there is a surprising lack of coverage on this issue by the Washington press corps.
From a quick search of the transcripts, there wasn’t a single question asked on Boko Haram on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Let’s see if these images will, at the very least, prompt a single question from the MSM.
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