Australia Offers Special Forces To Nigeria To Help Rescue Abducted Chibok School Girls

The Australian Government said, Tuesday, it was offering to deploy its Special Forces to help Nigeria rescue more than 200 school girls abducted. Australia said the Special Air Service, SAS, regiment are on standby to deploy for the rescue if the Nigerian government accepts the offer.

"Australian troops, the SAS are always on standby for contingencies," Ms. Bishop said. 
"We have made an offer to the Nigerian government to provide whatever support they need to release the girls. We've made a specific offer to our UK and US allies … that we are ready to assist in whatever way we can. 
"We have not had a response from the Nigerian government. 

They've thanked us for our willingness to be involved in trying to rescue the girls but we haven't had any specific acceptance of the offers that we've made."