{"id":12859,"date":"2025-12-26T17:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bomb-squad-at-scene-of-us-strikes-in-nigerian-village-as-data-doesnt-back-trumps-christian-slaughter-claim\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:45:25","slug":"bomb-squad-at-scene-of-us-strikes-in-nigerian-village-as-data-doesnt-back-trumps-christian-slaughter-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bomb-squad-at-scene-of-us-strikes-in-nigerian-village-as-data-doesnt-back-trumps-christian-slaughter-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb squad at scene of US strikes in Nigerian village – as data doesn’t back Trump’s ‘Christian slaughter’ claim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s not clear which group the US targeted in Nigeria, with a few different IS-affiliated groups in the country.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump only said they were “ISIS terrorist scum”.<\/p>\n

That group – self-styled as Islamic State – emerged in Iraq and Syria and quickly created a “caliphate”, declaring its rule over all Muslims.<\/p>\n

It reached its height between 2014 and 2017, when they held parts of the two countries and ruled over millions of people.<\/p>\n

It even had a base a mere 30-minute drive from Baghdad, Iraq’s capital. <\/p>\n

IS tried to rule like a centralised government, and imposed its interpretation of Sharia law strictly, carrying out public executions and torture.<\/p>\n

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Fighters also carried out – or influenced – attacks in dozens of cities around the world.<\/p>\n

After a sustained military campaign by a US-led coalition, the caliphate eventually collapsed in Iraq and in Syria<\/p>\n

Where is it now?<\/b><\/p>\n

After it was driven from its bases in the Syrian city of Raqqa and the Iraqi city of Mosul, the group took refuge in the hinterlands of the two countries.<\/p>\n

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It still has a significant presence in Syria and Iraq, parts of Africa, and in Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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Affiliates are active in southern parts of the Philippines, where pro-IS militants controlled the city of Marawi in 2017.<\/p>\n

IS leadership is clandestine and its overall size is hard to quantify, with fighters scattered in autonomous cells.<\/p>\n

The UN reckons it has a membership of 10,000 in IS heartlands.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, foreign fighters have joined Islamic State’s Khorasan branch – which you may have seen is referred to as ISIS-K.<\/p>\n

What are its tactics?<\/b><\/p>\n

IS has always wanted to spread its extreme form of Islam, but it is now a disparate group, often operating through affiliates and sympathisers.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, it can still carry out high-profile attacks, which it claims on its Telegram channels – a social media messaging app. <\/p>\n

There are no signs militants exchange weapons or financing.<\/p>\n

As for its leader, the US believes the group’s current honcho is Abdulqadir Mumin, who heads the Somalia branch.<\/p>\n

Recent attacks<\/b><\/p>\n

Police in Australia said IS appeared to inspire the gunmen behind the shooting attack at a Jewish Hanukkah event in Sydney’s Bondi Beach, where 15 people were killed.<\/p>\n

IS continues to plot in Syria, where the government co-operates with the US-led coalition combatting the group.<\/p>\n

This month, two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria by a suspected IS-sympathiser.<\/p>\n

And IS has also carried out attacks in Africa, claiming an attack in Congo in October, when 43 worshippers were killed during mass at a church.<\/p>\n

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Bomb squad at scene of US strikes in Nigerian village – as data doesn’t back Trump’s ‘Christian slaughter’ claim<\/div>\n

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It’s not clear which group the US targeted in Nigeria, with a few different IS-affiliated groups in the country. Donald Trump only said they were “ISIS terrorist scum”. That group – self-styled as Islamic State – emerged in Iraq and Syria and quickly created a “caliphate”, declaring its rule over all Muslims. It reached its…<\/p>\n

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