U.S. sends hashtags, Chad sends soldiers. Good show, Chad!
Via Al Jazeera Eng:
Chadian ground troops aided by a warplane have driven Boko Haram fighters from a Nigerian border town, witnesses have said.
Thursday’s fighting marked the first such action by foreign troops on Nigerian soil to fight the armed group.
Resident Abari Modu said he witnessed the Chadian offensive on Malam Fatori village in Nigeria’s Borno state.
“We saw the fighter jet when it started shelling and bombarding the insurgents who were lodging mostly inside the local government secretariat and the district head’s palace,” he told The Associated Press.
He said the bodies of many Boko Haram fighters were still in the town on Friday morning. He said the Chadian jet had pursued fleeing fighters to the border, and that the bombardment was coordinated with Chadian ground troops, offering the fighters no escape.