This whole thing is confusing to me - they say it's a haven with recruiting grounds and then in the next paragraph says they are targets for jihad? Am I missing something?
"CBN.com – (CBN News) - Yelwa, Nigeria - Four years after being squeezed out of its sanctuary in Afghanistan, al Qaeda is eyeing Nigeria as a haven for global terrorism. A recent UN investigation has uncovered al Qaeda training and recruiting bases in this West African nation.
Dr. Princeton Lyman, a former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, says it is a natural target for terrorists looking to expand their operations.
Lyman, said, “You have 60 million or more Muslims in Nigeria. It is the most populous state, and it is a country in which there has been a long history of religious tension, sometimes well-managed, sometimes not well-managed. If you wanted to target a state in West Africa, that's the one you target.”
And apparently Osama Bin Laden thinks so too. In a video message broadcast on the Arab television station al-Jazeera, the terror mastermind singled out Nigeria, because of its close ties with Washington, as a country worthy of jihad -- making the threat of a terrorist attack on Nigerian soil a very real possibility.
Lyman commented, “...and that in itself is very damaging to international interests.”
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