Are Female Bombers “Chibok Girls”?

Still Missing! 219 Chibok school girls, 243 days of abduction, 13 days to Christmas, 19 to new year

In its five-year campaign to establish a caliphate in Nigeria, extremist group Boko Haram has repeatedly used suicide bombers against civilians and the military. But analysts say its recent use of female suicide bombers in strikes across the country show its growing ambition.

On Wednesday, 10 December 2014, at least four people have been killed and seven injured in a double attack by female suicide bombers near a market in Kano, northern Nigeria.

Shocking and striking resemblance between a dead female suicide bomber and one of the Chibok girls.

Last month more than 100 people died in a gun and bomb attack during prayers at one of the biggest mosques in Kano. Kano state police commissioner Adenrele Shinaba said the blast at the Kantin Kwari market in Kano city was "a twin suicide bombing carried out by two young girls in hijab".

"They came by the market and asked to be directed to a public convenience. The bombs detonated, killing them and four others," he told AFP. At least seven others were injured, he added.

The leader of the market traders union, Abdullahi Abubakar, said the blasts hit a parking area rather than the main market.

He estimated that the attackers were in their late teens and said they were accompanied by a man who disappeared after the girls blew themselves up.

Policemen stand near damaged vehicles in Sabon Gari, Kano May 19, 2014 where a suicide car bomber killed five people

 Some 2,000 have died in attacks blamed on the Islamists so far this year taking the tally over 13,000 since 2009.

The bombing of a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri last month bore all the hallmarks of an attack by Boko Haram. The group has struck Maiduguri repeatedly. But this bombing, which killed more than 30 people, was different: the two bombers were women.

Boko Haram has recently been sending women to carry out suicide bombings across Nigeria, particularly in the northeast. No one is quite sure why they have started using women.

There has been speculation some bombers might be drawn from the ranks of more than 200 schoolgirls the group kidnapped on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok.

Nigerian police arrested a 13-year-old girl wearing an explosives-packed vest in the northern city of Kano 

On Thursday, December 11, 2014, Nigerian police arrested a 13-year-old girl wearing an explosives-packed vest in the northern city of Kano hours after an attack by two female suicide bombers at the textile market.

The girl turned up at a clinic on the outskirts of Kano hours after a double bombing at the ever-busy market in the city.

“The people there called the attention of security personnel who found explosives primed for a suicide attack on her,” said the security source, who requested anonymity, in an account confirmed by a nurse at the clinic.

 

GRAPHIC! The head of the Azare female bomber on display by protesters

Diary of recent female bombers in Nigeria:

·      *November 12, 2014: A female suicide bomber injured four people at the Federal College of Education in Kontagora, Niger state before reaching her target.

·       *November 16, 2014: A female suicide bomber blew herself up, killing at least a dozen people in a cellphone market in Azare, a town in Nigeria's Bauchi State.

Mamma Mia! Madonna Poses Topless At 56

Madonna poses in a deconstructed bra top and corset with stockings and suspenders in Interview magazine, fully revealing her breasts    

Madonna has given us an endless supply of shocking moments since she first romped into the pop music scene back in the 80s. The Pop legend has proved that she can continue to shock by posing topless at 56.

She sent Twitter into meltdown when she posed TOPLESS in a sizzling shoot for Interview Magazine this week alongside a very controversial chat where she talked about drugs and admitted to trying "everything once".

For one of the Interview covers, Madonna covers her face with a metal gag and flower    

The raunchy magazine pictures saw her pose in corsets, stockings and suspenders - but it's certainly not the first time good ol' Madge has got people talking.

The striking images, taken for the publication by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, show the singer contorting her body into various positions in boudoir-style underwear, basques and other sexually suggestive garments by Alexander McQueen.

Speaking to interviewer David Blaine for the magazine's 'Art issue', the outspoken star discussed her views on drug use, admitting that it's often a spiritual thing for people.

 

The pop icon wears ready-to-wear items from Alexander McQueen    

'It's about how people take drugs to connect to God or to a higher level of consciousness,' she said.

'I keep saying 'Plugging into the matrix.' If you get high, you can do that, which is why a lot of people drop acid or do drugs, because they want to get closer to God.

'But there's going to be a short circuit, and that's the illusion of drugs, because they give you the illusion of getting closer to God, but ultimately they kill you.'

She added that she herself had dabbled over the years: 'I mean, I tried everything once, but as soon as I was high, I spent my time drinking tons of water to get it out of my system.

'As soon as I was high, I was obsessed with flushing it out of me. I was like, Okay, I'm done now.'

Madonna also told her famous interviewer about her deep connections to the concept of mortality.

'I became very obsessed with death, and the idea that you never know when death will arrive, so one has to do as much as possible all the time to get the most out of life,' she admitted.

 

No fear: The star even posed with a snake above her head, as she revealed her slender legs in lilac stockings    

And it's not the first time she's proudly displayed her figure: the Like A Virgin hitmaker has allowed herself to be photographed topless - and even in the nude - before.

Madonna famously posed for several nude photos for Herman Kulkens back in 1977 at the age of 18, and the images later were at the centre of a legal battle in 1985 when both Penthouse and Playboy attempted to print them.

She also posed naked for three photographers between 1978 and 1980.

 

Queen of posers: The 56-year-old teamed a black corset with a full skirt and straps over her ample cleavage    

She's known for her ability to pull any pose - and shock with it - as well as her chart-topping ways and philanthropic efforts    

 

Madonna opens up about everything from drugs to prostitution in the December/January issue of Interview magazine    

Photos Courtesy: Interview Magazine