United States Interference To Kidnapped Girls In Borno.

State Department spokes woman,Marie Harf, speaks of interference to the alleged Boko haram assault “We have been engaged with the Nigerian government in discussions on what we might do to help support their efforts to find and free these young women,”. “We will continue to have those discussions and help in any way we can.”

The kind of assistance about to be rendered by Washington was not really specified but said by Harf that they know Boko Haram is active in the area and they have worked very closely with the Nigerian government to build their ability to fight this threat.

Separately, a group of U.S. senators introduced a resolution condemning the abduction and urging U.S. government assistance in the rescue effort.

    “The U.S. and the international community must work with the Nigerian government to ensure these girls are reunited with their families and deepen efforts to combat the growing threat posed by Boko Haram,” said Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, the chairman of the Senate’s African Affairs subcommittee, and one of the resolution’s six sponsors.

She said “In fiscal year 2012, $20 million was provided by  the United States to Nigeria over insecurity, part of that to re-enforce the military, boost its ability to investigate terrorist attacks and improve forensic capabilities of the government.