🇺🇸🇳🇬 WHO THE U.S. JUST BOMBED IN NIGERIA: ISIS’S OFFICIAL WEST AFRICA BRANCH CONDUCTING SYSTEMATIC CHRISTIAN MASSACRES
When Trump announced strikes against “ISIS in Nigeria,” here’s what that actually means:
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Not a local militia. Not… pic.twitter.com/WG0LWzVcC7
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 WHO THE U.S. JUST BOMBED IN NIGERIA: ISIS’S OFFICIAL WEST AFRICA BRANCH CONDUCTING SYSTEMATIC CHRISTIAN MASSACRES
When Trump announced strikes against “ISIS in Nigeria,” here’s what that actually means:
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Not a local militia. Not generic “extremists.” The official ISIS franchise in West Africa, recognized by ISIS leadership, operating as part of their global network.
ISWAP split from Boko Haram in 2016 specifically to pledge allegiance to ISIS’s caliphate. They’re not ideologically adjacent – they’re organizationally integrated. Same command structure, same objectives, same targeting doctrine.
What they do:
– Systematic attacks on Christian villages, churches, and clergy
– Mass executions, kidnappings, forced conversions
– Seize territory and impose Islamic State governance
– Forced displacement of entire communities
This isn’t random violence – it’s organized genocide. U.S. officials have explicitly warned of genocidal risk.
How they operate:
– Funded through kidnapping ransoms, extortion, and looting
– Armed via Sahel region trafficking routes and regional black markets
– Coordinated with ISIS global network for tactics and propaganda
– Control territory across northeast Nigeria and Lake Chad basin
Why Nigeria requested U.S. help:
ISWAP’s been overwhelming local forces. They’ve wiped out entire villages. Kidnapped thousands. The Chibok schoolgirls, Leah Sharibu, hundreds of others – many still captive or dead.
Nigerian military’s been fighting them for years with limited success. When ISWAP started accelerating attacks on Christian communities specifically, Nigeria asked for precision air support to hit verified targets.
That’s what happened. Not regime change. Not occupation. Surgical strikes on ISIS cells conducting mass atrocities.
This is the threat:
ISWAP controls more territory than ISIS did in Iraq at its peak in some regions.Â
They’re not defeated – they’re expanding. And their primary target selection is explicitly religious: eliminate Christian presence in areas they control.
U.S. intelligence confirms the genocide warning. Nigerian Christians confirm the attacks.Â
The strikes weren’t preventive – they were responsive to ongoing mass killing.