via Yahoo News.
Hundreds of Islamic militants in trucks and a stolen armored personnel carrier attacked an air force base and international airport on the outskirts of a Nigerian city before dawn Monday, officials and witnesses said, possibly leaving scores of people dead in one of the insurgent group's most daring attacks.Read the whole story here.
Two helicopters and three decommissioned military aircraft were "incapacitated" in the attack, said a statement from Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Ministry of Defense spokesman. He said some army bases also were hit.
Twenty-four insurgents were killed and many were wounded along with two air force personnel, Olukolade said in a statement.
Something bad is going on in Africa. Something real bad.
An officer estimated that the attacking force numbered around 500. A light Marine Corps Battalion. They conducted a road march to the airport in question inside trucks and a stolen armored personnel carrier. That makes it motorized. There actions on the objective, the destruction of a couple of airplanes/helicopters makes it a raid.
500 or so terrorist. A motorized raid. Lose around 24 "troops". Get away clean.
That sounds like a successful mission.
SOCOM, USMC Africa partnership mission and AFRICOM are all dropping the ball Africa is turning into the next hot spot right before our eyes.