Trump announces strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria
President Donald Trump has announced that he ordered airstrikes on ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria.
The president announced the news in a Truth Social post on Thursday.
However, Trump did not disclose how many targets were killed in the
strike.
He said the targets had been viciously attacking and killing innocent Christians in the West African nation.
“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States
launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in
Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing,
primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and
even Centuries! I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they
did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay,
and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect
strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my
leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to
prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all,
including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their
slaughter of Christians continues.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also released statement. In it, he
thanked the Nigerian government for their cooperation on these strikes.
Hegseth went on to call for an end to Christian persecution in Nigeria.
The President was clear last month: the killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria (and elsewhere) must end.
The @DeptofWar is always ready, so ISIS found out tonight — on Christmas. More to come…
Grateful for Nigerian government support & cooperation.
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