Nigerian President and Massacre

BBC News is reporting that Nigeria's President is apologizing for the massacre of about 200 civilians last October.  Were these Christians killed by Muslims?  No, these were civilians killed by the military in retaliation for kidnapping and murdering soldiers.

Were the people killed because they had personally killed the soldiers?  No, they were simply unarmed civilians.

But, why should we care about these people--we don't even know if they're Christians or not. :rolleyes:

The President is up for re-election soon, which might explain the timing of the apology.

Why don't we care about these people?  No hoopla about these 200.

--tibac

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I want to know if obasanjo really control the army. Such countries are so corrupted. I've been told this president is a christian.

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I agree that Nigeria is pretty corrupt--and I think that the corruption extends to the Presidency. Do you think that Obasanjo's Christianity would preclude him from being corrupt?

--tibac

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