⚔️ War & Conflict 10h ago · Alex Thurston

Trump's intensified airstrikes in Nigeria are strategically pointless

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Trump's intensified airstrikes in Nigeria are strategically pointless
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On May 19, a press release from the Nigerian military proclaimed that, in a joint operation with the United States, it dealt a “devastating blow” to ISIS and “eliminated” a senior leader and more than 170 fighters. The press release followed a few days after the announcement by President Donald Trump that “brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefie

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