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The Nigerian government has not acknowledged the presence of the mercenaries, but a senior government official in northern Nigeria said the South Africans — camped out in a remote portion of the airport in Maiduguri, the city at the heart of Boko Haram’s uprising — conducted most of their operations at night because “they really don’t want to let people know what is going on.”
A senior Western diplomat confirmed that the South Africans were playing “a major operational role,” particularly at night. Equipped with night-vision goggles, the mercenaries “are whacking them in the evening hours,” the diplomat said.
“The next morning the Nigerian Army rolls in and claims success,” the diplomat added. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/w...h-african-mercenaries.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Wonder if they are operating with the other States engaged in action against Boko, Chad and
Cameroon
A senior Western diplomat confirmed that the South Africans were playing “a major operational role,” particularly at night. Equipped with night-vision goggles, the mercenaries “are whacking them in the evening hours,” the diplomat said.
“The next morning the Nigerian Army rolls in and claims success,” the diplomat added. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/w...h-african-mercenaries.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Wonder if they are operating with the other States engaged in action against Boko, Chad and
Cameroon