Radical Muslim sect claims bomb attacks on Nigerian churches; at least 25 killed

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Radical Muslim sect claims bomb attacks on Nigerian churches; at least 25 killed

Bomb blasts targeting Christmas Day church services in two Nigerian cities have left at least 28 people dead, with three more attacks on other towns.

The Islamist group Boko Haram said it had attacked St Theresa's Church in Madalla, near the capital Abuja, killing 27 people.

A second explosion shortly after hit a church in the central city of Jos. A policeman died during gunfire.

Three attacks in northern Yobe state targeted a church and security forces.

Two hit the town of Damaturu, and a third struck Gadaka. Yobe state has been the epicentre of violence between security forces and Boko Haram militants.

'Everyone was crying'Boko Haram - whose name means "Western education is forbidden" - often targets security forces and state institutions.

The group carried out an August 2011 suicide attack on the UN headquarters in Abuja, in which more than 20 people were killed.

Nearly 70 people have died this week in fighting between Nigerian forces and Boko Haram gunmen in the country's north-east.

National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) spokesman Yushau Shuaibu told the BBC that the latest Abuja explosion had happened in the street outside the church.

He said the church - which can hold up to 1,000 people - had been badly affected by the blast, and the number of dead was likely to rise.

Witnesses said windows of nearby houses had been shattered by the explosion.

Unconfirmed reports say that emergency responders have been attacked by groups of stone-throwing youths.

Officials at the local hospital said the condition of many of the injured was serious, and they were seeking help from bigger medical facilities.

Businessman Munir Nasidi was in a hotel opposite the church when the blast occurred.

He told the BBC: "When I came out of the hotel, people were running around. Everyone was crying. They were bringing out casualties. Nobody was getting near the building as there was a fire."

A security source told Agence France-Presse that one of the Damaturu explosions was a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of the State Security Service.

In Jos, a blast close to the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church was followed by gunfire that left one officer dead, government spokesman Pam Ayuba told Associated Press.

Two explosive devices found in a nearby building were disarmed as military were deployed to the site.

BBC Africa editor Martin Plaut says the attack in Jos, in Plateau state, could have even more serious consequences than the attack in Abuja.

The state lies in Nigeria's so-called Middle Belt, between the mainly Muslim north and Christian south.

More than 1,000 have been killed in religious and ethnic violence in Jos over the past two years and our correspondent says there will be fears that the latest attack could spark wider conflict.

A string of bomb blasts in Jos on Christmas Eve 2010 were claimed by Boko Haram.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi condemned the latest attacks as blind, absurd "terrorist violence" that enflames hate.

"We are close to the suffering of the Nigerian Church and the entire Nigerian people so tried by terrorist violence, even in these days that should be of joy and peace," Lombardi was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague also condemned the bombings.

He said: "These are cowardly attacks on families gathered in peace and prayer to celebrate a day which symbolises harmony and goodwill towards others. I offer my condolences to the bereaved and injured."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16328940

[TimeTravel 78]

Really sick

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Must be Western disinformation because Islam forbids this sort of activity.

[Darnell 8,479]

I found it torqued that it was a ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, as well.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

This is one of the reasons we go through hell getting someone a visa from Nigeria. No mater how well you think you know your spouse the governement is determined to make sure that you don't bring anyone with this mindset to the US.

And for the factiod in your signature People did have computers before 1992 I met my ex by computer in 1984

[Dan and Judy 614]

And for the factiod in your signature People did have computers before 1992 I met my ex by computer in 1984

Ouch!!! While we are on the subject:

Toothpaste

Toothpaste was used as long ago as 500 BC in both China and India; however, modern toothpastes were developed in the 1800s. In 1824, a dentist named Peabody was the first person to add soap to toothpaste. John Harris first added chalk as an ingredient to toothpaste in the 1850s. In 1873, Colgate mass-produced the first toothpaste in a jar. In 1892, Dr. Washington Sheffield of Connecticut manufactured toothpaste into a collapsible tube. Sheffield's toothpaste was called Dr. Sheffield's Creme Dentifrice. In 1896, Colgate Dental Cream was packaged in collapsible tubes imitating Sheffield. Advancements in synthetic detergents made after WW II allowed for the replacement of the soap used in toothpaste with emulsifying agents such as Sodium Lauryl Sulphate and Sodium Ricinoleate. A few years later, Colgate started to add fluoride to toothpaste

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Ouch!!! While we are on the subject:

Toothpaste

Toothpaste was used as long ago as 500 BC in both China and India; however, modern toothpastes were developed in the 1800s. In 1824, a dentist named Peabody was the first person to add soap to toothpaste. John Harris first added chalk as an ingredient to toothpaste in the 1850s. In 1873, Colgate mass-produced the first toothpaste in a jar. In 1892, Dr. Washington Sheffield of Connecticut manufactured toothpaste into a collapsible tube. Sheffield's toothpaste was called Dr. Sheffield's Creme Dentifrice. In 1896, Colgate Dental Cream was packaged in collapsible tubes imitating Sheffield. Advancements in synthetic detergents made after WW II allowed for the replacement of the soap used in toothpaste with emulsifying agents such as Sodium Lauryl Sulphate and Sodium Ricinoleate. A few years later, Colgate started to add fluoride to toothpaste

Ouch? What did you do on your computer in the 80s. Or early 90s? Spend 40 minutes trying to dial up to the internet so you could go on AOL...Maybe check out an AOL chat room.

There were computers in the 50s. Here is IBMs first computer in 1952. It had the breakthrough ability to store 2048 words:

Probably sold 3 of them!

The point is I am using a timeline of 2 decades, 20 decades, 200 decades to prove a point. It should be easy to follow.

In regards to the toothpaste, I said it was not mass produced until 1873. This means if you picked a random person in the world in, say, 1845 (or other random date before 1873), they probably did not brush their teeth.

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[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I was raising my daughter as a single parent and I was bored. Yes it was a different world. My first modem was 120 baud and accoustic.

Other stange product data. When I was young my mother was cleaning out an old storage area in the family basement and there were some old bottles there. One that struck me was labeled Save the Baby and said it was a colic cure, advertised indegrediant Opuim The bottle was probably from 1890's

[Darnell 8,479]

Bah - other recently 'released' data ..

Nigeria is sorta 'half' Muslim, across the Nation. Seems there's a push to take over anything owned by Christians, this quarter.

Yikes !

[Dan and Judy 614]

Ouch? What did you do on your computer in the 80s. Or early 90s? Spend 40 minutes trying to dial up to the internet so you could go on AOL...Maybe check out an AOL chat room.

There were computers in the 50s. Here is IBMs first computer in 1952. It had the breakthrough ability to store 2048 words:

Probably sold 3 of them!

The point is I am using a timeline of 2 decades, 20 decades, 200 decades to prove a point. It should be easy to follow.

In regards to the toothpaste, I said it was not mass produced until 1873. This means if you picked a random person in the world in, say, 1845 (or other random date before 1873), they probably did not brush their teeth.

A point is better supported by facts than fallacies. If you had said "Hardly anybody had a cell phone or computer" or "most people had never used or heard of toothpaste" instead of using the word "nobody" then Nobody(oops) I mean hardly anybody would feel the need to correct your facts.

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A point is better supported by facts than fallacies. If you had said "Hardly anybody had a cell phone or computer" or "most people had never used or heard of toothpaste" instead of using the word "nobody" then Nobody(oops) I mean hardly anybody would feel the need to correct your facts.

I'm not saying they are facts that should be written in stone. It's a rough estimation.

Bottom line is 2000 years ago the people living were practically cavemen. They knew nothing about the earth or how humans came to be. They literally thought a few centuries back Adam/Eve were poofed into being by a Magical Fairy.

[mounir412 101]

thoes are not Muslims , they are criminals