Seun:
The US and other western countries refused to sell arms to Nigeria because of human right violations they observed going on in our war against Boko Haram. Why couldn't we just stop the human rights abuses in order to get their superior weapons and crush Boko Haram? This is the same US that sold weapons to Osama Bin Ladin before he became a terrorist and several rebel groups in Syria fighting against Assad. If Osama Bin Ladin and Syrian rebels could fight without egregious human rights violations that would cause the U.S. not to sell them weapons, then why couldn't our Army do the same? Did they think it was more necessary to violate human rights than to get superior weapons?

Seun:
The US and other western countries refused to sell arms to Nigeria because of human right violations they observed going on in our war against Boko Haram. Why couldn't we just stop the human rights abuses in order to get their superior weapons and crush Boko Haram? This is the same US that sold weapons to Osama Bin Ladin before he became a terrorist and several rebel groups in Syria fighting against Assad. If Osama Bin Ladin and Syrian rebels could fight without egregious human rights violations that would cause the U.S. not to sell them weapons, then why couldn't our Army do the same? Did they think it was more necessary to violate human rights than to get superior weapons?

Seun:
The U.S. says, don't execute people on mere suspicion without proper trial. Don't punish the innocent along with the guilty. If you do this we will provide you with assistance and advanced weapons that will make it easy for you to defeat the Bokos. Sounds like a good deal to me.

Firefire:
collateral damage is inevitable in a war in our terrain

Seun:
The US and other western countries refused to sell arms to Nigeria because of human right violations they observed going on in our war against Boko Haram. Why couldn't we just stop the human rights abuses in order to get their superior weapons and crush Boko Haram? This is the same US that sold weapons to Osama Bin Ladin before he became a terrorist and several rebel groups in Syria fighting against Assad. If Osama Bin Ladin and Syrian rebels could fight without egregious human rights violations that would cause the U.S. not to sell them weapons, then why couldn't our Army do the same? Did they think it was more necessary to violate human rights than to get superior weapons?

Firefire:
U.S demand of withdrawing the weapons engaged in the battle filed for Military training would be a sabotage to the on-going war.

anonimi:
I think you read more on US arm sales to countries that seriously violate human rights, such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt under Mubarak etc. International relations and sale of weapons is more complex than the simplistic excuse of human rights abuse smokescreen given by the US. Cheers.

vedd:
Respect for human right and the rule of law are not in Nigeria military's dictionary when it comes to relating with (bloody) civilians.
The most effective counter-insurgency strategy is to win the heart and minds of the affected communities. But such human rights violations makes it quite easy to believe that they're not too eager to win the war too quickly.

Trailblazer1:

US report reveals Nigerian military tipped off Boko Haram about Chibok girls rescue plan


Sunday, 01 March 2015 05:41

RECENT reports from US intelligence sources have revealed that Nigerian military commanders leaked plans to rescue the abducted Chibok girls to Boko Haram terrorists which ended up botching the operation.



On April 14, over 200 pupils were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State, sparking an international outrage. In response to the global outcry, the US sent spy planes to Nigeria to help locate the girls and a plan was agreed with the military to mount a daring rescue operation.

[size=14pt]However, according to two US Army generals, details of the rescue mission was leaked to Boko Haram before it could be put into operation, enabling the terrorists to take preventative action. Accusing the Nigerian Army of treason, the generals revealed that that the war against Boko Haram was purposefully sabotaged by the Nigerian government, as if it would not, defeating the terrorists would not have taken longer than a month.[/size]

US sources pulled out from helping Nigeria rescue the missing Chibok girls after Washington discovered that Boko Haram had been fed the details of a covert rescue mission that would involve using gas. Source said that as soon as the Americans arrived and flew surveillance flights over Nigeria, they located the girls and proposed gassing the areas in the Sambisa Forest and then sending in a raid mission to rescue the girls while their terrorist captors were paralysed asleep.

However, shortly after Nigeria’s security chiefs were given this plan in high confidence, its details were leaked to Boko Haram who promptly acted to foil the plot. On its next surveillance flight over the area, the US team saw the Boko Haram terrorists all wearing gas masks.

US agents were very disappointed with this and immediately afterwards, Washington announced that it will no longer share information with Nigeria. This was one of the major reasons why the US gave up on a mission of working with the Jonathan government and eventually pulled out of the fight against Boko Haram.

According to military sources, it was this betrayal that led to Washington sanctioning Nigeria and preventing her from purchasing security equipment because the US is not convinced of the sincerity of the Jonathan government. Since the episode, the US has refused to sell Nigeria military hardware amid fears that it may end up in the hands of Boko Haram, although the official reason given was the human rights record of the Nigerian Army.

Since it began its operations in 2009, Boko Haram has always managed to infiltrate the Nigerian security forces where it has as lot of supporters and sympathisers. Terrorist cells are regularly tipped off about military missions and have subsequently been able to lie in ambush for Nigerian soldiers.

Of late, however, Boko Haram has been on the back foot since the establishment of the regional Multi National Joint Task Force. Because the task force is made up of regional neighbours Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic, Boko Haram has been unable to infiltrate it, ass their troops have not been compromised.

Seun:
The U.S. says, don't execute people on mere suspicion without proper trial. Don't punish the innocent along with the guilty. If you do this we will provide you with assistance and advanced weapons that will make it easy for you to defeat the Bokos. Sounds like a good deal to me.

Seun:
The US and other western countries refused to sell arms to Nigeria because of human right violations they observed going on in our war against Boko Haram. Why couldn't we just stop the human rights abuses in order to get their superior weapons and crush Boko Haram? This is the same US that sold weapons to Osama Bin Ladin before he became a terrorist and several rebel groups in Syria fighting against Assad. If Osama Bin Ladin and Syrian rebels could fight without egregious human rights violations that would cause the U.S. not to sell them weapons, then why couldn't our Army do the same? Did they think it was more necessary to violate human rights than to get superior weapons?

IbnSultaan:
Seun the problem is bigger than u think

Seun:
The US and other western countries refused to sell arms to Nigeria because of human right violations they observed going on in our war against Boko Haram. Why couldn't we just stop the human rights abuses in order to get their superior weapons and crush Boko Haram? This is the same US that sold weapons to Osama Bin Ladin before he became a terrorist and several rebel groups in Syria fighting against Assad. If Osama Bin Ladin and Syrian rebels could fight without egregious human rights violations that would cause the U.S. not to sell them weapons, then why couldn't our Army do the same? Did they think it was more necessary to violate human rights than to get superior weapons?

IbnSultaan:
Seun the problem is bigger than u think

atlwireles:
The western Nations need to define what they mean by boko haram human right.

Gbawe2:


Indeed. Imagine how Boko Haram were quickly able to procure and use gas mask shortly after the USA decided to gas and knock them out so that ground offensive can then move in to rescue the girls? Those are the sort of things that should worry all decent Nigerians. We may love deceiving ourselves in Nigeria but the USA will not work with such a dangerous level of internal sabotage. This is the main reason the USA has washed its hands off helping Nigeria while GEJ is President. The greatest fear, which is legitimate and justified, is that any weapon supplied to Nigeria will end up in the hands of Boko Haram. What will this then do to Nigeria considering that very powerful weapons could make Boko Haram considerably more dangerous and more deadly than the terror group is already? Any right-thinking Nigerian will appreciate that the USA acted responsibly and correctly given all that has happened.