http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ss_world/wires

no conclusive evidence of al Qaeda's presence in Nigeria or of links to the Taliban in Afghanistan have been made public and Boko Haram's apparently chaotic tactics have little in common with those of Islamic militant groups elsewhere
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8172270.stm

The BBC's Caroline Duffield, in Lagos, says the group's member have isolated themselves from the rest of the community. She says there have been incidents where local groups have prevented them from meeting in mosques and there is very little support for their stance in the wider community…. no-one seems to know just how big a threat the so-called Taliban pose, how big their membership is, or what their next move could be.
Further updates on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8172437.stm

Couldn't resist the title.

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