No foreign links found to Nigerian students' uprising Young cleric leads bid to create state modeled after Taliban in Africa From: Oakland Tribune | Date: January 15, 2004| Author: Oloche Samuel and John Murray, Associated Press | Copyright 2004 Oakland Tribune. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- A bloody uprising aimed at creating a Taliban-style state in Africa's most populous nation appears to have been a rebellion by students who received money from family, not al- Qaida, officials and captive fighters told The Associated Press.

Security forces of Nigeria and neighboring Niger quashed the Afghan-inspired students' offensive, led by an Islamic cleric. Even with the campaign defeated, and dozens of rebels dead, in jail or in hiding, the students are unr...