{{Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency.}}<\/p>\n
A statement issued Wednesday by Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, promised a “massive deployment of men and resources.”<\/p>\n
Witnesses have seen armored tanks and soldiers moving through major roads and cities in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. <\/p>\n
Those states, crossing an arid region of some 155,000 square kilometers (60,000 square miles), are now under a state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday night. <\/p>\n
The presidential order allows the military to arrest anyone at will and raid any building suspected of housing extremists.<\/p>\n
Residents of the northeastern region greeted the new military campaign with faded hope and suspicion. Some prayed for an end of a violent guerrilla campaign that’s killed more than 1,600 people since 2010.<\/p>\n
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