OPINION: Nigeria's Mosque Kidnapping Shows Rescue Is Not a Security Strategy

Lead image alt text: `worshippers outside a northern Nigerian mosque after the mass kidnapping`

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By Source Reporters Newsdesk

Thu, 27 August 2026 · 1 min read

**Lead image alt text:** `worshippers outside a northern Nigerian mosque after the mass kidnapping`

**Internal links (for CMS):** link "rescue of 308 people" → related SR security coverage; link final paragraph → SR Opinion archive (`). **External authority links:** Al Jazeera Nigeria hub; The Guardian world/africa.

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