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Boko Haram and Its Suicide Squad
A remorseful jihadist confesses his jihadi crime and atrocities to an investigative journalist, Johnny Cameron, who was on a dangerous assignment in Borno State, northeast of Nigeria, to cover the kidnapping of five westerners, by Boko Haram. Cameron's assignment took him to Boko Haram's stronghold, where the journalist discovered that terrorism was satanic and evil. After months of constantly dodging bullets and suicide bombs, Cameron realized that Boko Haram was more determined, and deadlier than the Nigerian military. Cameron knew that he must be brave and smart if he wanted to survive a war that seemed bigger than the war in Syria. The acts of murder, mayhem and carnage, form the nucleus of this book of terrorism, which is essentially a work of fiction.
270 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2014
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Adrian Davieson
12 books1 followerDr. Adrian Davieson has a Phd in Management, a MLA in Liberal Arts and a BA in English Literature.
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December 23, 2016
Title: BOKO HARAM AND ITS SUICIDE SQUAD: The Confessions of a Jihadist
Author: Adrian Davieson
Place of Publication: United States of America
Publisher: Self Published
Date of Publication: November 2014
Number of Pages: 259
ISBN: 13: 978-1499531015
INTRODUCTION
The 259 pages of this work are divided into 20 chapters that flow into one another. It narrates a work week of a foreign journalist stationed in Nigeria.
Although set in contemporary Nigeria and based on the insurgency in the North East, BOKO HARAM AND ITS SUICIDE SQUAD: THE CONFESSIONS OF A JIHADIST is a work of fiction. The story is told in the first and second person by an American journalist who went to Maiduguri to cover the rescue of 5 westerners by CIA, MI5 and Nigerian Secret Service personnel. The rescue attempt is botched with the hostages killed, some of the rescuers killed and scores of hostage takers killed. The journalist arrives the scene after the action had taken place and as he records the bloody aftermath he stumbles upon a dying Boko Haram fighter. The book basically contains the words of two individuals. The first being, the confession of the wounded fighter, who tells it all in horrid detail and the other is the author/journalist, his thoughts and reflections as he tries to make sense of what he hears. The insurgent describes how he was initiated, his training, how the insurgency began, what drives insurgents, how groups like Boko Haram get funding, the motives goals and objectives of Boko Haram, links between Boko Haram and local politicians, links between insurgents in Nigeria and others around the world.
This is a work of fiction but it could as well be non-fiction as the narrator uses tragic events in recent times and real Boko Haram attacks to present his narrative albeit with a twist. The attempted rescue of foreigners kidnapped by Boko Haram is in itself a real event in the bloody Boko Haram saga. Other violent incidents touched in this narrative are the beheading of 49 students in Yobe state, Abdulmutalab the under wear bomber, the link between Boko Haram fighters and the insurgents in Mali, the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, the robberies of banks carried out by insurgents in North Eastern Nigeria and the attack on the West Gate mall in Kenya. These and other gruesome acts of terror are given coverage by the dying jihadist. The writer himself is faced with a moral dilemma as he ponders on what to do with the 48 hours of recording which he made of the jihadist. Should he discard it and in so doing starve Boko Haram of the publicity it thrives on or should he present it to the world thus giving terrorists the coverage they so crave.
From somewhere out there,
Michael Ombu
Author: Adrian Davieson
Place of Publication: United States of America
Publisher: Self Published
Date of Publication: November 2014
Number of Pages: 259
ISBN: 13: 978-1499531015
INTRODUCTION
The 259 pages of this work are divided into 20 chapters that flow into one another. It narrates a work week of a foreign journalist stationed in Nigeria.
Although set in contemporary Nigeria and based on the insurgency in the North East, BOKO HARAM AND ITS SUICIDE SQUAD: THE CONFESSIONS OF A JIHADIST is a work of fiction. The story is told in the first and second person by an American journalist who went to Maiduguri to cover the rescue of 5 westerners by CIA, MI5 and Nigerian Secret Service personnel. The rescue attempt is botched with the hostages killed, some of the rescuers killed and scores of hostage takers killed. The journalist arrives the scene after the action had taken place and as he records the bloody aftermath he stumbles upon a dying Boko Haram fighter. The book basically contains the words of two individuals. The first being, the confession of the wounded fighter, who tells it all in horrid detail and the other is the author/journalist, his thoughts and reflections as he tries to make sense of what he hears. The insurgent describes how he was initiated, his training, how the insurgency began, what drives insurgents, how groups like Boko Haram get funding, the motives goals and objectives of Boko Haram, links between Boko Haram and local politicians, links between insurgents in Nigeria and others around the world.
This is a work of fiction but it could as well be non-fiction as the narrator uses tragic events in recent times and real Boko Haram attacks to present his narrative albeit with a twist. The attempted rescue of foreigners kidnapped by Boko Haram is in itself a real event in the bloody Boko Haram saga. Other violent incidents touched in this narrative are the beheading of 49 students in Yobe state, Abdulmutalab the under wear bomber, the link between Boko Haram fighters and the insurgents in Mali, the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, the robberies of banks carried out by insurgents in North Eastern Nigeria and the attack on the West Gate mall in Kenya. These and other gruesome acts of terror are given coverage by the dying jihadist. The writer himself is faced with a moral dilemma as he ponders on what to do with the 48 hours of recording which he made of the jihadist. Should he discard it and in so doing starve Boko Haram of the publicity it thrives on or should he present it to the world thus giving terrorists the coverage they so crave.
From somewhere out there,
Michael Ombu
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