COUNTERTERRORISM:

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COUNTERTERRORISM

• BOKO HARAM

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NIGERIA S RESPONSE TO COUNTERTERRORISM
WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE

• initiating negotiations with Boko Haram
  intermediaries
• declaring a state of emergency in three states
• Increasing military presence in the north Joint
  Task Force (JTF)

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NIGERIA S RESPONSE TO COUNTERTERRORISM
The Joint Task Force

• The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) was created
  in July 2011
• The JTF has received much criticism over its
  tactics, with their approach raising concerns
  over human rights.
• Destruction of property, extrajudicial
  executions, and public assaults against women and
  children are just some of the regular tactics
  used by JTF forces.
• Many of the investigations held by the JTF are
  led with violence, rather than being
  intelligence-led.
• Their strategy entails the cordoning off of
  areas, carrying out house to house searches,
  arresting and at times shooting young men, whom
  they speculate have ties to Boko Haram.

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INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
United States Intervention

• On 24 December 2012, the US Department of Defense
  announced plans to dispatch small military teams
  in 2013 to Nigeria in response to the Boko Haram
  threat.
• The troops were not sent to conduct operations,
  but to train and equip Nigerian military
  officials.
• However, despite the intervention, a
  counterterrorism strategy is further complicated
  due to systematic problems within the Nigerian
  government.

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CONCLUSION WHAT CAN BE DONE?

• It remains to be seen what policies will be
  implemented in order to enforce an effective
  counterterrorism strategy against Boko Haram
• Rather than effectively addressing the uprising,
  Nigerias current emphasis lies in violence and
  militarization in order to act as security,
  however, these acts are far more repressive than
  effective.
• If Nigeria wants to fix the problem, political
  leaders need to initiate real economic, social
  and political changes within the government
  itself.