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Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by seunlayi(m): 2:31am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday that the world must band together 100 days after the mass abduction of Nigeria schoolgirls to send the message that “we will not forget” the more than 200 children still in the clutches of extremists. Brown, now a United Nations special envoy for global education said that he hoped the recent arrival of helicopters, night-vision equipment and other gear to aid in the search for the girls would yield a breakthrough. “I hope that in the next few weeks we can see more positive results than we’ve seen in the last hundred days,” Brown said. “This is every parent’s nightmare.” The kidnapping, carried out by the Boko Haram group, drew global condemnation, notably through widespread use of the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag on Twitter. The White House criticized the government of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for its sluggish response to the crisis and initial reluctance to accept U.S. help. An international mobilization, including a special team to help coordinate search efforts and reconnaissance flights, has failed to date to rescue the girls and return them to their families. Equipment and other help have come in from Eastern Europe, China, the United States, Britain, France, and Israel. Officials fear that the young women have been separated into smaller groups, with some scattered elsewhere in Nigeria and others taken over the borders into Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Asked why they had not yet been rescued, Brown replied: “Because they’re being held by a terrorist group that is intent on causing the maximum damage.” “And while I think they’ve been located, at least some of them have been located, they have been split up as a group, and therefore it is very difficult to rescue one group without putting at risk the others,” said Brown. “It’s possible that some are in Cameroon. It’s possible that some are in Niger. It’s possible that some are in other countries now, and it’s also possible that the long-term plan of Boko Haram is to disperse some of them across the whole of Africa,” Brown said. The former prime minister urged people around the world to show public support for the families and for girls’ education. “We must show, in the international community, a hundred days after they’ve been taken into captivity, we will not forget, we will always remember the plight that they are facing and the dangers they are undergoing, and we will keep the torch for these girls alive and lit so that the whole world knows that we must do everything in our power to rescue them,” he said. “The families will see that they are not without support and they should not lose hope, because the efforts are intensifying to bring back the girls,” Brown said. “We are not forgetting them. We’re trying to do everything we can to bring them back.” Asked about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Brown branded it “a terrorist act” and called for a investigation under U.N. auspices. And he echoed Western suspicions that the passenger jet was shot down by Moscow- backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Brown also recalled his “very difficult dealings” with Russian President Vladimir Putin – notably over the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB spy, in London in 2006. Russia has refused to deport the lead suspect, a Russian also thought to have ties to the KGB. “As you know, there was a murder that took place in London and it was traced back to people in Russia, and from that moment, relations between myself and President Putin were very difficult,” he said. When it comes to the downed airliner, “we’ve got to remember that any government or any group of leaders in any country that are either directly or indirectly responsible for an act which caused a huge amount of disturbance or damage or indeed the loss of lives, they’ve got to be held accountable in this modern international community,” he said. Asked about the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, Brown called for a ceasefire “as quickly as possible,” followed by renewed efforts to forge “a more lasting peace” based on the creation of a Palestinian state living at peace with Israel. Brown also repeated his opposition to Scottish independence and predicted that voters will reject severing ties with the rest of the United Kingdom in a September 18 referendum. Culled From Yahoo news 1 Like |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by rozayx5(m): 6:46am On Jul 23, 2014 |
good development When is Niger delta doing their own referendum 3 Likes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by BrAkingNews: 6:47am On Jul 23, 2014 |
good one Pics of the pilot who died in the Air-Force helicopter crash yesterday >>> http://www./nigerian-politics-news/pics-of-the-pilot-who-died-in-the-air-force-helicopter-crash/ |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by BrAkingNews: 6:47am On Jul 23, 2014 |
rozayx5: good development |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Nobody: 6:48am On Jul 23, 2014 |
It took the US only a few days to realize that something wasn't right.They left Nigeria as quickly as they came...they didnt stay up to 4days before they got the drift;LoL to those that still believe some girls were kidnapped..Even a blind man can see through the propaganda...they want the international communities to attack GEJ..thats all they are after;oh wait, you think those guys have time to babysit 200 and something girls?some dumb as5ses obviously dont understand the tricks involved in politics 18 Likes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by nwannemous(m): 6:48am On Jul 23, 2014 |
lol, made it early for comment today |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by LMAyedun(m): 6:49am On Jul 23, 2014 |
100 painful days for the parents & the kidnapped girls. #BringBackOurGirls |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by padeolu: 6:49am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Medicine after death.. 100days after abduction...yeye dey smell 4 Likes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by 1money: 6:49am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Ok o. Good development. |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by kingmekus(m): 6:49am On Jul 23, 2014 |
i just dey laugh my country!!!! una wan use helicopter look for girls weh dey inside Gov.Shettima compound nii 10 Likes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by YoursGEJ(m): 6:50am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Shebi dem say nobody was kidnapped? Na cow dem want come rescue abi wetin? Jona and his cretins will never cease to surprise me 1 Like |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Smartsyn(m): 6:51am On Jul 23, 2014 |
hmmm That Malala girl sef. she came and all of a sudden everybody started working again... |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by sammieguze(m): 6:53am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Dem Head just de correct |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by sexylogan(m): 6:53am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Of what use are night vision goggles now when all the kidnapped girls are pregnant with bastard babies? |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by ebullientV(m): 6:53am On Jul 23, 2014 |
nwannemous: lol, made it early for comment todayAnd how does that ''achievement'' relate to the topic being disccused? |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by tbagjames(m): 6:56am On Jul 23, 2014 |
All i could discern from this post is a long list of endless assupmtions. We want action. Looking forward to their release from politically incited captivity . |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by MeAndYou(m): 6:56am On Jul 23, 2014 |
It is high time the world agree to delete some words from the dictionary. All over the world(US inclusive), there are serious crises. And unfortunately some groups of words are responsible for such crises. Words like 'I', 'my', 'mine', etc should be modified somehow to 'we', 'us', 'ours', 'all of us', etc. For instance, give Kano, Enugu or Lagos an independence today and watch. In less than a year these words will further divide them into east, west, north and south. So let's unite and stop all these blame games. Because, even America we thought would know does not know again. Infact they have proved to be as 'clueless' as GEJ. . 4 Likes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by freshness2020: 7:02am On Jul 23, 2014 |
>̴̴̴̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴͡kay!. |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by gbadexy(m): 7:03am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Nigeria, theatre of comedy. Those girls would have been dispersed to twos and threes over a wide range of area. Probably married out into hundred homes. |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by collynzo2(m): 7:03am On Jul 23, 2014 |
We all know boko haram has anti-aircraft weapons, they shut down the NAF plane that crashed in Bama and will shoot down more if they aren't careful. 1 Like |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by texazzpete(m): 7:05am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Wait, I don't understand this at all. For years the Nigerian Army and Air Force fought Niger Delta militants hiding in the creeks. Up until this present moment, at least 100,000 barrels of oil are being illegally bunkered daily. Illegal oil refineries cause massive pollution to the environment. You mean to tell me that it's only just now they are procuring night vision equipment for their helicopters?! Or just now that they are deploying them, after an insurgency that has lasted for years that specializes in night time attacks? What a joke of an Armed forces. Give me back my tax money! 9 Likes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by priscaoge(f): 7:06am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Praying for a better tomorrow! |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by datguru: 7:07am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Gej till 2080 |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by LaurelP(m): 7:07am On Jul 23, 2014 |
.Now Mr Clueless is waking up from his slumber |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by omenka(m): 7:09am On Jul 23, 2014 |
I'm sure with the level of corruption in the Defence, half of those night vision would end up in the hands of the terrorists. |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Noctec: 7:10am On Jul 23, 2014 |
We are waiting and praying. |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Innodon(m): 7:12am On Jul 23, 2014 |
ok...lemme wait and see hiw it goes |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Nobody: 7:12am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Good |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Nobody: 7:15am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Bleep everybody |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by igbsam(m): 7:16am On Jul 23, 2014 |
tsolz84: It took the US only a few days to realize that something wasn't right.They left Nigeria as quickly as they came...they didnt stay up to 4days before they got the drift;LoL to those that still believe some girls were kidnapped..Even a blind man can see through the propaganda...they want the international communities to attack GEJ..thats all they are after;oh wait, you think those guys have time to babysit 200 and something girls?some dumb as5ses obviously dont understand the tricks involved in politics SMH.....Expired Kunu at work The world is just at d edge 1 Like |
Re: Helicopters, Night-vision Other Equipment To Aid Search Arrive by Nobody: 7:16am On Jul 23, 2014 |
Episode after episode. The series continues |
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