Sometimes 3rd world countries do it right...

[crockett]

I'm all for human rights, but sometimes I wonder if setting an example can work. No BS, just end the fucker and let everyone know it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8177451.stm

The leader of an Islamic sect blamed for days of deadly violence in Nigeria has been killed in police custody, police officials say.

The news came just hours after security forces said they had captured Mohammed Yusuf in the city of Maiduguri.

Mr Yusuf led Boko Haram, which wants to overthrow the government and impose a strict version of Islamic law.

Hundreds of people have died in five days of clashes between his followers and security forces.

"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," Isa Azare, spokesman for the Maiduguri police command, told Reuters news agency.

His bullet-riddled body was shown on state television, AFP news agency said.

Troops had stormed Boko Haram's stronghold on Wednesday night, killing many of the militants and forcing others to flee.

Mr Yusuf was arrested earlier on Thursday, after reportedly being found hiding in a goat pen at his parents-in-law's house.

BBC News website Africa editor Joseph Winter says Nigeria's security forces have a terrible reputation for brutality and human rights groups accuse them of frequent extra-judicial killings.

'Gun battles'

The violence began on Sunday night in Bauchi state, before spreading to other towns and cities in the northeast of the west African nation.

Crowds of militants tried to storm government buildings and the city's police headquarters, but dozens of them were shot dead by security forces.

Several days of gun battles between militants and Nigerian security forces ensued, culminating in the assault on the militant's stronghold.

It is thought more than 300 people have died in the violence - some estimates say 600, although there has been no official confirmation.

The Red Cross said about 3,500 people had fled the fighting and were being housed in their camp.

Witnesses and human rights groups have accused the military of excessive violence in quelling the militants, but the army says it used a minimal amount of force.

Police say Mr Yusuf was a 39-year-old preacher from Yobe state, who had four wives and 12 children.

They described him as a motivational character.

His sect, Boko Haram, is against Western education. It believes Nigeria's government is being corrupted by Western ideas and wants to see Islamic law imposed across Nigeria.

Sharia law is in place across northern Nigeria, but there is no history of al-Qaeda-linked violence.

The country's 150 million people are split almost equally between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south.

[MovieMaster]

Sometimes you need to be an alpha male and do the job right and be done with it!

[art914]

someone take out mugabe

(didnt know nigeria had 150 million people...)

[Manowar]

wow, just taking him out as soon as they got him in custody

[Juicy D. Links]

Im surprised Amnesty International isn't beating its drums talking about the dead dude's "rights"

[flip.green]

Whoa give our previous bad boy administration some credit. Remember the good old days when bush was smoking out people and ending terror. Flashback Iraq early part of the war big shoot out with husseins sons, bullet rittled mutilated bodies on the news. Come on remember that?

Ah good times man good times, guardian.co.uk/theobserver/gallery/2008/mar/14/iraq?picture=332986341

[baddog]

Originally Posted by flip.green

Whoa give our previous bad boy administration some credit. Remember the good old days when bush was smoking out people and ending terror. Flashback Iraq early part of the war big shoot out with husseins sons, bullet rittled mutilated bodies on the news. Come on remember that?

Ah good times man good times, guardian.co.uk/theobserver/gallery/2008/mar/14/iraq?picture=332986341

[brassmonkey]

Smoked that foo

[crockett]

Originally Posted by flip.green

Whoa give our previous bad boy administration some credit. Remember the good old days when bush was smoking out people and ending terror. Flashback Iraq early part of the war big shoot out with husseins sons, bullet rittled mutilated bodies on the news. Come on remember that?

Ah good times man good times, guardian.co.uk/theobserver/gallery/2008/mar/14/iraq?picture=332986341

umm don't confuse "political agendas" with taking care of business. The difference here is these guys had a problem with extremists. They caught and killed him end of story. The so called wild west cowboy approach.

Bush used the excuse of terrorism to over though Saddam whom had NOTHING at all to do with terrorism, tossing around the phrase al Qaeda at every turn. Meanwhile he took the eye off the ball in fighting the true attackers of this country, allowing them to restrengthen in Pakistan and spread even further in to Africa. Causing much of the troubles we see now.

[bbobby86]

Sometimes 3rd world countries do it right... Sometimes 3rd world countries do it right...

but only sometimes

[seeandsee]

when fucker kill child, kill fucker :D

[Fletch XXX]

Originally Posted by seeandsee

when fucker kill child, kill fucker :D

hmmm US military has killed quite a few of those things you call "children"

[cykoe6]

Well done by Nigeria......... it is always nice to hear when one of these radical Islamist fucks dies in custody. We need to see a lot more of that. Remembering how we dealt with Uday and Quasy just reminds me of how far we have fallen now that we have elected a radical left wing "community organizer" as Commander in Chief. Not a day goes by that some Russian does not make fun of me for being an American who elected that useful idiot. We are a laughingstock in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran but at least the bureaucrats in Brussels and Paris love us now.

[ExLust]

Nice to hear, well at least they could sometimes do things right.