U.S. To Assist Nigeria In Its War Against Boko Haram

Reuters: U.S. army to provide equipment, intelligence to fight Boko Haram

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - The United States military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the fight against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, the commander of U.S. Special Forces operations in Africa said.

West African military commanders have long complained that cross-border operations against Islamist groups, from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali to Boko Haram in Nigeria, have been obstructed by lack of compatible communications equipment, making it hard to swap information and coordinate.

Update: Boko Haram has up to 6,000 hardcore fighters: U.S. Intelligence officials -- Naija247 News

My Comment: What Nigeria and its neighbors also need is training in counter-insurgency warfare. Boko Haram now has free reign in the northeastern part of Nigeria .... and it is now obvious to all that the Nigerian government and army's policy towards Boko Haram (from the beginning) has only made them into the formidable force that they are today.