Frankel Calls Nigerian Kidnapping a "Crime Against Humanity"

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Congresswoman Lois Frankel applauded President Barack Obama's decision to send military experts and hostage negotiators to Nigeria to help in the efforts to free over 250 girls kidnapped by the militant group, Boko Haram. The terrorist organization kidnapped the young girls to stop them from attending school. Its leader has threatened to sell them in the market. Boko Haram, which loosely translates into English as "Western education is sin," has been attacking schools across the country, kidnapping and murdering school children.

"There are some crimes against humanity that it doesn't matter where it is taking place, you just know in your heart and your soul that you must respond. It's almost unimaginable what's happening to them right now. This is the 21st Century, we can't let this kind of horror against children go on without sending them some help," said Frankel.

Representative Frankel is an original co-sponsor of the bipartisan H. Res 573 -- introduced by Rep. Frederica Wilson -- condemning the Boko Haram attack and calling on the U.S. to work with Nigeria and our allies to resolve the tragedy.

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