Abubakar Shekau, video message released on YouTube, December 29, 2016

Author

Date

December 29, 2016

Name of Author

Abubakar Shekau

Body

“Our mission is to establish an Islamic caliphate [in Nigeria].”Associated Press, “Boko Haram leader: ‘The battle is just beginning,’” USA Today, December 31, 2016, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/31/boko-haram-leader-battle-just-beginning/96034042/.

Rhetoric Category

Pro-Islamism

Threat

Boko Haram

Fact:

On April 18, 2016, a bomb exploded on board a Jerusalem bus, wounding 21 people in an attack later claimed by Hamas. On April 20, a 19-year-old Palestinian man wounded in the explosion died from his wounds.

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Abubakar Shekau, video message released on YouTube, December 29, 2016

Abubakar Shekau, video message released on YouTube, December 29, 2016

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