Tuesday, May 13, 2014

US planes search for Nigerian girls --- The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. -- The US is also sharing commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerian government, officials said. -- It comes after militants released a video of about 130 girls, saying they could be swapped for jailed fighters. -- Boko Haram seized them from a school in the northern Borno state on 14 April. -- "We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians and are flying manned ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) assets over Nigeria with the government's permission," said a senior administration official, who declined to be named. -- A team of about 30 US experts - members of the FBI and defence and state departments - is in Nigeria to help with the search. -- The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan in Washington says the types of aircraft deployed have not been revealed, but the US has sophisticated planes that can listen into a wide range of mobile phone and telecommunications traffic. --- US state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said earlier on Monday that intelligence experts were closely examining the Boko Haram video for clues that might help locate the girls. - More, BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27387370

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