OBAMA - TERRORISTS BEST FRIEND
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said that President Barack
Obama "aided and abetted" radical Islamic terrorists by refusing to sell
arms to the Nigerians under the Leahy Act, citing human rights
allegations.
"Blanket application" of the Leahy Act because of "unproven
allegations of human rights violations levelled against our forces"
denied the country "access to appropriate strategic weapons to prosecute
the war," Buhari said in a speech at the United Institute for Peace.
The United States had blocked a number of weapons sales in
Nigeria's fight against the Boko Haram group, including sales of Bell
AH-1 Cobra helicopters from Israel.
As the original manufacturer of the helicopters, the United States had veto power, which it used.
"In the face of abduction of innocent school girls ...
indiscriminate bombings of civilians in markets and places of worship,
our forces have remained largely impotent because they do not possess
the appropriate weapons and technology which they could have had, had
the so-called human rights violations not been an obstacle," Buhari
said.
According to the Washington Examiner, the "so-called human rights
violations" might refer to a report from Amnesty International that says
the Nigerian government "sanctioned or failed to prevent" 8,000 deaths
at the hands of Boko Haram. Nigeria denies the charges.
While president Buhari has made inroads against Boko Haram, he has been partially encumbered by the lack of arms.
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