Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, Nigeria's top military spokesman, centre, walks with representatives of kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok secondary school, for a meeting at the defense headquarters, in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Their plight — and the failure of the Nigerian military to find them — has drawn international attention to an escalating Islamic extremist insurrection that has killed more than 1,500 so far this year. Boko Haram, the name means "Western education is sinful," has claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping and threatened to sell the girls. The claim was made in a video seen Monday. The British and U.S. governments have expressed concern over the fate of the missing students, and protests have erupted in major Nigerian cities and in New York. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ( Anatomy of a Kidnapping )