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Boko Haram leader defends Nigeria attacks in online video
Jan 11, 2012, 15:23 GMT
Abuja - The leader of the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, released an online video defending the recent attacks in northern Nigeria.
The video, posted on YouTube Tuesday, shows Abubakar Shekau sitting against a green camouflage background, dressed in a traditional scarf and bullet-proof vest.
'The government will not defeat Boko Haram,' he says in the video. 'The attacks are justified.'
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