US launches Christmas Day strikes on IS targets in Nigeria
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Palm Beach, United States: President Donald Trump said US forces conducted powerful and deadly strikes Thursday against Islamic State group militant...
Palm Beach, United States: President Donald Trump said US forces conducted "powerful and deadly" strikes Thursday against Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any systemic assault on Christians in the country.
The Nigerian foreign ministry early Friday confirmed the air strikes, describing them as "precision hits on terrorist targets" in the country.
The Department of Defense's US Africa Command said "multiple ISIS terrorists" were killed in an attack in Sokoto state conducted at the request of Nigerian authorities, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
Few details were provided and it was not clear how many people were killed.
Trump said he had "previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was."
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