John Campbell : ' Boko Haram engages in kidnapping of Nigerian ##s . He says the Nigeria - based group opposes democracy , science , Western education . If Nigeria , could unite in ` ` war on terrorism , '' the group is ripe to for al - Qaeda ties . Campbell : Nigeria pushes back hard at Boko Haram , but it does n't seem to be going away .
John Campbell : Islamist Boko Haram suspected in slaughter of Nigerian students . He says the Nigeria-focused group opposes democracy , science , Western education . If Nigeria , U.S. unite in `` war on terror , '' the group is ripe to for al-Qaeda ties . Campbell : Nigeria pushes back hard at Boko Haram , but it does n't seem to be going away .