Nigeria's Boko Haram claims northeast barracks attack

[YahooNews]

Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was behind a coordinated attack on military targets this month, the group's leader has said in a video message lauding the group's successes against President Goodluck Jonathan's army. Jonathan launched an all-out offensive against Boko Haram seven months ago in its stronghold in the northeast. But Boko Haram fighters have survived many assaults during the 4-1/2-year-old insurgency. On December 2, Boko Haram gunmen breached the city of Maiduguri for the first time in months, attacking the air force base and military barracks.