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03 Nov 2018, 3:37 am
Nigerian soldiers surround the dead bodies of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria following violent clashes in Abuja, on Oct. 29, 2018. Demonstrators were protesting against the imprisonment of a Shiite cleric.
Nigerian Army embraces Trump's words to justify killing protesters
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The Nigerian Army appeared to adopt words used by President Trump this week to justify their own use of deadly force in a crackdown against Muslim protesters.
In a tweet, which has since been deleted, the Nigerian Army shared a video of Mr. Trump's ominous warning to migrants traveling in a U.S.–bound caravan that if they throw rocks, U.S. troops will respond with lethal force. They captioned it: "Please Watch and Make your Deductions."
Nigeria's military and police forces are accused of killing dozens of Muslim protesters and arresting hundreds of others, the BBC reports. Facing global pressure over the fatal shootings, the Nigerian Army — the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces — tweeted the Trump video on Friday, but later deleted the post.
Mr. Trump made the remarks at the White House Thursday, saying of the migrants, "They want to throw rocks at our military — our military fights back. We're going to consider it, and I told them, consider it a rifle. When they throw rocks like they did at the Mexico military and police I say consider it a rifle."
The Nigerian director of defense, Brigade General John Agim, told the BBC the tweet was in reaction to Amnesty International's damning investigation, released on Oct. 31, that found "excessive force" by soldiers and police led to the killing of at least 45 supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) over two days.
Samantha Power, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called it "sickening."
Sickening. Under scrutiny from human rights orgs for firing on a crowd of protesters, the Nigerian Army tweets Trump from yesterday telling US troops that any migrants throwing rocks should be handled as if they are armed with “a rifle” 1/2 pic.twitter.com/2udS9fgAhm
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) November 2, 2018
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In Thursday's speech, Mr. Trump said any rocks thrown at the military would be treated like "a firearm."
"Anybody throwing stones, rocks, like they did to Mexico and the Mexican military, Mexican police, where they badly hurt police and soldiers of Mexico — we will consider that a firearm," he said.
When a reporter asked him about this, the president said the U.S. military should "consider it a rifle."
Asked about the president's remarks, a Pentagon spokesperson said, "We will not discuss hypothetical situations or specific measures within our rules on the use of force, but our forces Are trained professionals who always have the inherent right of defense."
In a tweet, which has since been deleted, the Nigerian Army shared a video of Mr. Trump's ominous warning to migrants traveling in a U.S.–bound caravan that if they throw rocks, U.S. troops will respond with lethal force. They captioned it: "Please Watch and Make your Deductions."
Nigeria's military and police forces are accused of killing dozens of Muslim protesters and arresting hundreds of others, the BBC reports. Facing global pressure over the fatal shootings, the Nigerian Army — the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces — tweeted the Trump video on Friday, but later deleted the post.
Mr. Trump made the remarks at the White House Thursday, saying of the migrants, "They want to throw rocks at our military — our military fights back. We're going to consider it, and I told them, consider it a rifle. When they throw rocks like they did at the Mexico military and police I say consider it a rifle."
The Nigerian director of defense, Brigade General John Agim, told the BBC the tweet was in reaction to Amnesty International's damning investigation, released on Oct. 31, that found "excessive force" by soldiers and police led to the killing of at least 45 supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) over two days.
Samantha Power, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called it "sickening."
Sickening. Under scrutiny from human rights orgs for firing on a crowd of protesters, the Nigerian Army tweets Trump from yesterday telling US troops that any migrants throwing rocks should be handled as if they are armed with “a rifle” 1/2 pic.twitter.com/2udS9fgAhm
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) November 2, 2018
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In Thursday's speech, Mr. Trump said any rocks thrown at the military would be treated like "a firearm."
"Anybody throwing stones, rocks, like they did to Mexico and the Mexican military, Mexican police, where they badly hurt police and soldiers of Mexico — we will consider that a firearm," he said.
When a reporter asked him about this, the president said the U.S. military should "consider it a rifle."
Asked about the president's remarks, a Pentagon spokesperson said, "We will not discuss hypothetical situations or specific measures within our rules on the use of force, but our forces Are trained professionals who always have the inherent right of defense."
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