YoungExec:
This may well be my lowest point as a Nigerian. Just watched CNN Nic Robertson as he interviewed Nigerian Soldiers fighting Boko Haram. They say they are not equipped, that their commanders embezzle their allowances.
I'm so embarrassed

temitemi1:
I wholeheartedly believe this without evidence, because I'm not very smart

YoungExec:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Dr Martin Luther King.
200+ girls kidnapped! we have since moved on. 17 killed in France, the citizens rose and United in condemnation. Thousands killed in Baga and I and my countrymen are indifferent.
No candle light procession, it's even under-reported by our local media. Instead, it's foreign media outlets that are highlighting the recent atrocity in Baga.

ROSSIKE:
SHOULDN'T CNN START WITH THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS?

WHY HAVEN'T THEY INTERVIEWED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONTLINE WHO LACK EQUIPMENT?



U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear
By Jonathan Turley

I recently received a note from one of the few husbands who knows just what his wife wants as a holiday gift. The Army sergeant (who asked to remain anonymous) e-mailed me from Iraq asking my help in finding him a store to buy body armor for his wife.

Both the sergeant and his wife are serving in Iraq, and both have seen action. But, like thousands of U.S. soldiers, his wife was not given the vital ceramic plates for her Kevlar Interceptor vest to protect her from bullet wounds. Instead, he said, she had to scavenge to find plates left behind by Iraqi soldiers — plates of inferior quality that do not properly fit her vest.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-17-turley_x.htm



Study: U.S. Soldiers Not Adequately Equipped for War

By Sandra I. Erwin

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1139



Troops Question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about Inadequate Armor

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-july-dec04-armor_12-9/

sweetgala:


The Inteeceptor amour carrier you mentioned earlier is provided to all personnel of the army on deployment however only forward operation soldiers are guaranteed to receive the high grade front , back and side plates , otherwise all other personnel (usually senior officers) who operate inside secure rear stations have the full vest which they nearly never wear. It would stop small arms fire protect from fragmentation grenades and 7.62 bullets at over 400m.


Please if you don't know hold your peace , because in Nigeria we have forward soldier who don't all have ceramic plated vests , poor guns which have exceeded their barel life being issued 30 rounds - 60 rounds of ammunition. We would never compare not even slightly. Even among other African forces I can confirm nigeria is among the illest equipped

BlackTechnology:



The same worthless CNN never told you how their treacherous US refused selling weapons to Nigeria

ROSSIKE:
SHOULDN'T CNN START WITH THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS?

WHY HAVEN'T THEY INTERVIEWED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONTLINE WHO LACK EQUIPMENT?



U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear
By Jonathan Turley

I recently received a note from one of the few husbands who knows just what his wife wants as a holiday gift. The Army sergeant (who asked to remain anonymous) e-mailed me from Iraq asking my help in finding him a store to buy body armor for his wife.

Both the sergeant and his wife are serving in Iraq, and both have seen action. But, like thousands of U.S. soldiers, his wife was not given the vital ceramic plates for her Kevlar Interceptor vest to protect her from bullet wounds. Instead, he said, she had to scavenge to find plates left behind by Iraqi soldiers — plates of inferior quality that do not properly fit her vest.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-17-turley_x.htm



Study: U.S. Soldiers Not Adequately Equipped for War

By Sandra I. Erwin

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1139



Troops Question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about Inadequate Armor

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-july-dec04-armor_12-9/

ROSSIKE:
SHOULDN'T CNN START WITH THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS?

WHY HAVEN'T THEY INTERVIEWED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONTLINE WHO LACK EQUIPMENT?



U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear
By Jonathan Turley

I recently received a note from one of the few husbands who knows just what his wife wants as a holiday gift. The Army sergeant (who asked to remain anonymous) e-mailed me from Iraq asking my help in finding him a store to buy body armor for his wife.

Both the sergeant and his wife are serving in Iraq, and both have seen action. But, like thousands of U.S. soldiers, his wife was not given the vital ceramic plates for her Kevlar Interceptor vest to protect her from bullet wounds. Instead, he said, she had to scavenge to find plates left behind by Iraqi soldiers — plates of inferior quality that do not properly fit her vest.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-17-turley_x.htm



Study: U.S. Soldiers Not Adequately Equipped for War

By Sandra I. Erwin

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1139



Troops Question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about Inadequate Armor

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-july-dec04-armor_12-9/

katunj:

so you want them to sell to you people then it end up with bokoharam ba?

aresa:



CCM and American media reports such about their country and the fact that you posted this report by am American media means they have no problem reporting such issues in their country so what's your point?

ROSSIKE:
SHOULDN'T CNN START WITH THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS?

WHY HAVEN'T THEY INTERVIEWED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONTLINE WHO LACK EQUIPMENT?



U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear
By Jonathan Turley

I recently received a note from one of the few husbands who knows just what his wife wants as a holiday gift. The Army sergeant (who asked to remain anonymous) e-mailed me from Iraq asking my help in finding him a store to buy body armor for his wife.

Both the sergeant and his wife are serving in Iraq, and both have seen action. But, like thousands of U.S. soldiers, his wife was not given the vital ceramic plates for her Kevlar Interceptor vest to protect her from bullet wounds. Instead, he said, she had to scavenge to find plates left behind by Iraqi soldiers — plates of inferior quality that do not properly fit her vest.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-17-turley_x.htm



Study: U.S. Soldiers Not Adequately Equipped for War

By Sandra I. Erwin

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1139



Troops Question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about Inadequate Armor

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-july-dec04-armor_12-9/

aresa:



CCM and American media reports such about their country and the fact that you posted this report by am American media means they have no problem reporting such issues in their country so what's your point?

ROSSIKE:
SHOULDN'T CNN START WITH THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS?

WHY HAVEN'T THEY INTERVIEWED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONTLINE WHO LACK EQUIPMENT?



U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear
By Jonathan Turley

I recently received a note from one of the few husbands who knows just what his wife wants as a holiday gift. The Army sergeant (who asked to remain anonymous) e-mailed me from Iraq asking my help in finding him a store to buy body armor for his wife.

Both the sergeant and his wife are serving in Iraq, and both have seen action. But, like thousands of U.S. soldiers, his wife was not given the vital ceramic plates for her Kevlar Interceptor vest to protect her from bullet wounds. Instead, he said, she had to scavenge to find plates left behind by Iraqi soldiers — plates of inferior quality that do not properly fit her vest.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-17-turley_x.htm



Study: U.S. Soldiers Not Adequately Equipped for War

By Sandra I. Erwin

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1139



Troops Question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about Inadequate Armor

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-july-dec04-armor_12-9/

ROSSIKE:


YOU ARE 'EMBARASSED' BECAUSE YOU ARE A FOOL WHO ALLOWS FOREIGN MEDIA TO BRAINWASH YOU AND MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR. THEY IGNORE/DOWNPLAY THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND MAGNIFY YOURS. WAKE UP.

ROSSIKE:


YOU ARE 'EMBARASSED' BECAUSE YOU ARE A FOOL WHO ALLOWS FOREIGN MEDIA TO BRAINWASH YOU AND MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR. THEY IGNORE/DOWNPLAY THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND MAGNIFY YOURS. WAKE UP.

ROSSIKE:
SHOULDN'T CNN START WITH THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS?

WHY HAVEN'T THEY INTERVIEWED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONTLINE WHO LACK EQUIPMENT?



U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear
By Jonathan Turley

I recently received a note from one of the few husbands who knows just what his wife wants as a holiday gift. The Army sergeant (who asked to remain anonymous) e-mailed me from Iraq asking my help in finding him a store to buy body armor for his wife.

Both the sergeant and his wife are serving in Iraq, and both have seen action. But, like thousands of U.S. soldiers, his wife was not given the vital ceramic plates for her Kevlar Interceptor vest to protect her from bullet wounds. Instead, he said, she had to scavenge to find plates left behind by Iraqi soldiers — plates of inferior quality that do not properly fit her vest.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-17-turley_x.htm



Study: U.S. Soldiers Not Adequately Equipped for War

By Sandra I. Erwin

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1139



Troops Question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about Inadequate Armor

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military-july-dec04-armor_12-9/

ROSSIKE:


YOU ARE 'EMBARASSED' BECAUSE YOU ARE A FOOL WHO ALLOWS FOREIGN MEDIA TO BRAINWASH YOU AND MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR. THEY IGNORE/DOWNPLAY THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND MAGNIFY YOURS. WAKE UP.

YoungExec:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Dr Martin Luther King.
200+ girls kidnapped! we have since moved on. 17 killed in France, the citizens rose and United in condemnation. Thousands killed in Baga and I and my countrymen are indifferent.
No candle light procession, it's even under-reported by our local media. Instead, it's foreign media outlets that are highlighting the recent atrocity in Baga.

wisov:
Very humilating as a Nigerian. The news is real its not old it exclusive. Tune in to cnn and watch for ur sef. I feel low now, who is responsible if not gej. Please politics aside Gej has failed here.

eaglechild:

GEJ is also responsible for the sunrise and sunset?

Did you listen to what was said about BH not being a national issue but a regional and international issue that transcends borders.

Did you also listen to the unanswered questions as to why the international community is so reluctant to help vs other regions eg in the middle east with very similar problems?

Did also listen to the last words the soldier said when asked how he felt about continuing the fight against Boko Haram despite the challenges- He said and i quote "IT IS A CALL TO DUTY".

I felt very very proud of that soldier.