President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 25 that the U.S. military had attacked Islamic ISWAP terrorists in Nigeria, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
In a post on Truth Social, the president said he directed the military to launch a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!”
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Reuters, citing an unnamed U.S. official, said the strikes were carried out at the request of Nigerian authorities. The strikes, in Nigeria’s Sokoto state, killed multiple militants, the official said.
“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was,” Trump continued, adding that the Pentagon conducted “numerous perfect” strikes against ISIS targets in the region.
Nigeria has been fighting Islamic State forces in the northwest.
