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Boko Haram has again kidnapped women and children in Nigeria. We know they're a terrorist group, but aside from grouping them under the universal term "terrorist," do we actually know who the Boko Haram are? The answer is a little more complicated than you may think.

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Boko Haram Suspected of New Kidnappings in Nigeria
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/world/africa/boko-haram-suspected-of-new-kidnappings-in-nigeria.html
"Militants are suspected of having abducted dozens more girls and women in northeastern Nigeria, news reports said on Tuesday, reviving concerns about hundreds of schoolgirls who were kidnapped in the same region in April and have yet to be rescued."

Boko Haram ready to swap 219 girls with 70 detainees
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/boko-haram-ready-swap-219-girls-70-detainees/
"Boko Haram has demanded the release of 70 of its members in detention as a condition to free the Chibok girls, it emerged yesterday."

The Rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria
https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-rise-of-boko-haram-in-nigeria
"On August 26, 2011, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a United Nations compound in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, killing at least 21 people."

What Is Boko Haram?
http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/resources/SR308.pdf
"Boko Haram is an Islamic sect that believes politics in northern Nigeria has been seized by
a group of corrupt, false Muslims."

The Etymology of Hausa boko
http://www.megatchad.net/publications/Newman-2013-Etymology-of-Hausa-boko.pdf
The Hausa term boko, used in the name Boko Haram, is commonly asserted, by
journalists and political commentators as well as by academic linguists, to be derived from
the English word 'book'."

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