of them later escaped from their abductors. The world outraged by the beastly act mobilized and called on Nigeria and the world leaders to action to rescue the teenage girls and fight terrorism. Since April 14, 2014, the terrorists have killed more than 1000 people in Nigeria and neighboring border villages with Cameroon. Not far from the Chibok Government Secondary School where the 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped, Boko Haram has in two separate operations abducted more than 100 other schoolgirls, mothers and children in the same Chibok village. Not with Our Daughters – Boko Haram and the Kidnapping of 300 Nigerian Schoolgirls - A New Pattern of Terror the World Must Unite and Stop, Richard Simons offers insight into Boko Haram’s brutality that even Al-Qaeda “condemned” the tactics used by the Jihadists as crude. Boko Haram has killed more than 12, 000 Nigerians and foreign workers and has not shown any sign that it is slowing down. It is the new tactic of Boko Haram kidnapping schoolgirls that is worrisome, and the motivation for this book. Whether the kidnapping was a test-run to be carried out elsewhere by Boko Haram or its affiliates, Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab remains to be seen. Written brilliantly with sources to authenticate information made available by the author, this book presents descriptions of horror, unthinkable cruelty, and evil that the world could not have imagined were going on in Nigeria. The author informs that Boko Haram is not just a Nigerian affair, rather a global problem. Therefore, he suggests long-term and sustained global collaboration; joint military and financial resources are needed to tackle Boko Haram and global terrorism.

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