Hillary's State Dept. refused to call Boko Haram "terrorists"

[UncleBeer 244]

Hillary's chicken's, coming home to roost:

Hillary's State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists

Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department repeatedly declined to fully go after the terror group responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls.

The State Department under Hillary Clinton fought hard against placing the al Qaeda-linked militant group Boko Haram on its official list of foreign terrorist organizations for two years. And now, lawmakers and former U.S. officials are saying that the decision may have hampered the American government’s ability to confront the Nigerian group that shocked the world by abducting hundreds of innocent girls.

In the past week, Clinton, who made protecting women and girls a key pillar of her tenure at the State Department, has been a vocal advocate for the 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, the loosely organized group of militants terrorizing northern Nigeria. Her May 4 tweet about the girls, using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, was cited across the media and widely credited for raising awareness of their plight.

Access to education is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls. We must stand up to terrorism.#BringBackOurGirls

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 4, 2014

On Wednesday, Clinton said that the abduction of the girls by Boko Haram was “abominable, it’s criminal, it’s an act of terrorism and it really merits the fullest response possible, first and foremost from the government of Nigeria.” Clinton said that as Secretary of State she had numerous meetings with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and had urged the Nigerian government to do more on counterterrorism.

What Clinton didn’t mention was that her own State Department refused to place Boko Haram on the list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2011, after the group bombed the U.N. headquarters in Abuja. The refusal came despite the urging of the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, and over a dozen senators and congressmen.

[GandD 5,966]

Derp thread!

[mota bhai 2,675]

Yeah, the State Department didn't declare Boko Haram a terror group until 2013. The allegation that it didn't happen while Hillary was in charge is absolutely correct.

Shame on you, Hillary.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Oh, an interesting piece of Boko Haram trivia I ran across on Mother Jones.

Nigerians have labeled the group Boko Haram ... but that's not what Boko Haram calls itself. Its official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad."

Seems to me we're doing the men of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad a real disservice by referring to them as Boko Haram.