LAGOS (Reuters) - For a long time it seemed the violent Islamist groups plaguing Nigeria were more interested in their grievances with the government than in any global jihad against Western "infidels".
The killing of seven foreign hostages in Nigeria this week - confirmed by Italian and Greek authorities although not by Nigeria's government itself - showed that, increasingly, this is no longer the case.
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