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Boko Haram Losing Battles, Not the War

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The rescue of prisoners and a loss of territory doesn’t spell defeat for the terrorist group.

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The emergence of roughly one thousand women and girls who have escaped the clutches of the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram as government forces put pressure on areas it once controlled does not mean the terror group has become debilitated, U.S.

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