| Boko Haram: Emerging Threat to the U.S. Homeland Contributor(s): Committee on Homeland Security, House of (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477573852 ISBN-13: 9781477573853 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Physical Information: 0.06" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.21 lbs) 30 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On August 26, 2011, a suicide bomber drove a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) into the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, killing 23 people and injuring more than 80 others.1 Responsibility for the bombing, one of the deadliest in the United Nations' history, was claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamist religious sect turned insurgent group based in the predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria. While this attack occurred inside Nigerian borders, it was the first time Boko Haram had targeted an international, non-Nigerian entity. |
