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December 27, 2011

AP: Analysis: Attacks highlight Nigeria's divisions

by Jon Gambrell
The Associated Press

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram's insurgency started with robed men on motorcycles killing their enemies one at a time across Nigeria's remote and dusty northeast. Now the radical Muslim sect's attacks have morphed into a nationwide sectarian fight.

They're taking on strategic targets like the country's United Nations headquarters and are striking on symbolic days — including Christmas attacks now two years in a row.

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