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Army raids Sambisa Camp as offensive action against Boko Haram begins

Thursday, 16 May 2013

 has begun an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists, raiding camps in a remote northeastern park, while more than 2,000 troops have been deployed to retake territory seized by the insurgents, a military source told AFP Thursday.
 
“Our men raided some terrorist camps in the Sambisa Game Reserve,” in Bornostate, said the senior officer who requested anonymity. “So far 2,000 troops have been deployed to Borno,” he added, declining to comment on the forces sent to the other affected states of Yobe and Adamawa.

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