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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Tonnierichy(m): 2:54pm On Mar 14, 2015
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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by fr3do(m): 2:54pm On Mar 14, 2015
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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Prince0500(m): 2:57pm On Mar 14, 2015
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No amaount of desperation will win Jonathan this election. no reasonable Nigerian will vote someone who has taken their dignity away.Stop decieving yourself APC will loose woefully.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Raylight2(m): 2:59pm On Mar 14, 2015
kill dem All...if u dey complain, go join d army

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by eaglechild: 3:00pm On Mar 14, 2015
crap.

A truckload of it.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by azzima(m): 3:01pm On Mar 14, 2015
6 weeks desperation. Igbayi laaro!. They couldn't do this earlier?. Buhari is really making this Jonadunce to sit up o. Jonah, see your life!

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by ogaofficer(m): 3:01pm On Mar 14, 2015
I could recall vividly that jonathan said he will end up the bokoharam menace before the next election. . . Well i think this is the outcome.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by FairDude(m): 3:03pm On Mar 14, 2015
DEATHMACHINE:

as someone who is presently serving in the North east for the thrird time ,take my word.
are u a soldier?
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by searay(m): 3:03pm On Mar 14, 2015
IleIfe2:


No amaount of desperation will win Jonathan this election. no reasonable Nigerian will vote someone who has taken their dignity away.
When you and your cohort were belittling the office of the President and the nation, you fail to realized that you were selling your birth right for a lot plate of porridge. Now outsiders have taken a clue from you on how to ridicule the country.

By the way why are Nigerians insatiable. GEJ fight terrorism, they complain, he refuse to fight they still complain.





#Never again

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by azzima(m): 3:03pm On Mar 14, 2015
signz:


Dude, DEATHMACHINE is in the army. You can check his posts to confirm
and so

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by OLADD: 3:06pm On Mar 14, 2015
IleIfe2:


Na confirm news, Jonathan does not have the interst of Nigeria at heart. He refused to provide equipment needed to fight bokoharam for months but can now afford mercenaries. For what? Election or bokoharam?

Despite all available facts that point to why the fight against Boko haram had been unsuccessful before now, it's surprising that haters like you can attribute the latest onslaughts and successes to electoral push, it's unfortunate. Whether Boko haram is exterminated before the election or not, it counts nothing in the impending victory of the president and his party on March 28.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by christaddicted: 3:08pm On Mar 14, 2015
signz:


Dude, DEATHMACHINE is in the army. You can check his posts to confirm

Yea..Its true also with that dude whose moniker is MillionDollar..
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Felix6: 3:12pm On Mar 14, 2015
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The north east. [shut up you be idiot.this is mere training]
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Nobody: 3:14pm On Mar 14, 2015
zizazizu:
This rubbish foreign-sponsored propaganda.
This is no fraud. The mercenaries fight BH at night and the Nigerian military claims victory. Simple.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Nobody: 3:15pm On Mar 14, 2015
IleIfe2:


No amaount of desperation will win Jonathan this election. no reasonable Nigerian will vote someone who has taken their dignity away.
and brought peace? How much can you pay for peace? Would you rather have war and violence and killing and beheading?
I see APC's propaganda thrives on insecurity and violence à la buhari's dog and baboon analogy.
Oops GEJ has burst ur bubble, take heart.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by 2innocent(m): 3:15pm On Mar 14, 2015
diluminati:
What still amazes me is that the supporters of Jonathan has not yet reconciled realistic reasoning with their far reaching fantasies about this man. If uptil now you don't know that jonathan has sold the destiny of the north away, you are still on a long thing.
Now at the point when you are about to finish the race, you set yourself back!


Jonathan sold d destiny of the north away??
HOW?
GEJ has been taken desperate measures to boost the fight against terrorism in the north n all u can see is that he sold d destiny of the north?
Was Jonathan there when Borno politicians were romancing n equipping boko haram for political gain
Was Jonathan the one who killed Mohammed Yusuf, the head of Boko Haram, that eventually escalated the violence?? Was it not yaradua that killed him?
It's on record that no past president has equipped our force half as much as Jonathan.
From asking for help from the US, to dialoging with BH, to going to the black market severally to get weapons. WAT HAS JONATHAN NOT DONE??

can you compare him to Obj who blatantly gifted the bakasi Peninsula to Cameroun?? At least guj is fighting back. And as at the last time I checked, he is winning the war.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by cold(m): 3:16pm On Mar 14, 2015
Whilst we might argue that what is going on in the north eastern part of the country is unfortunate and tragic. I dare say the north brought it upon themselves. Sheilding the insurgents ab initio thinking they were doing themselves a favor and pulling down the GEJ administration. Until the scales fell off their eyes & they realised these terrorists are equal opportunity killers. Muslims,Christians,Atheists etc,it makes no difference to them. Suddenly they woke up from their slumber but by then it was too late. The insurgency had become monstrous and deadly.
Read the statements of Buhari and other boko haram apologists in the past and you'll get a sense of how things played out in the north

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by cooljude(m): 3:23pm On Mar 14, 2015
Anything to defeat those Bastards and Criminals. Tell me which country that don't use mercenaries when fighting. As the president puts it, when weapons are bought from different parts of the world, you need time to train your local soldiers. But Nigeria is facing a war now and there is no time for training, rather they had an agreement with the suppliers that the training should be done on ground and that is why you are seeing some of all this trainer. Arise news

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Nobody: 3:26pm On Mar 14, 2015
rubbish propaganda news. there are no mercenaries in Nigeria or foreign troops.
this pix is a training picture.....Foregin trainers and they are not south africans

Are u all blind to see the safety caps on the guns?


Nigerians are so easily deceived by foreign media.

foreign elements against our army are doing this propaganda just as they did in Syria.


PLEASE NIGERIANS WAKE UP AND STOP BEEN DECEIVED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Nobody: 3:27pm On Mar 14, 2015
ednut1:
kill all d bh bastards

Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by bamosagie(m): 3:38pm On Mar 14, 2015
ignis:
I reserve my comment. ...

But is this really to our best interest?

I doubt its authenticity but I buy the logic, arming a man to go and fight his brother is not the easiest of task. This same millitary that have performed creditably with the same weapon over the years on foreign mission suddenly became overawed by a ragtag army because it is difficult for them to shoot to kill a fellow compatriot. It is disheartening to aim your riffle at underage millitants knowing your own brother may be among those kids shouting drug induced Alahu Akbar as they march to their death. Then we have the social cultural and religious cum political mix.
As unfortunate as it may sound, using neighbouring army and mercenaries is the sure way to quick and effective result, it is also a last resort measure.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by callmenow: 3:45pm On Mar 14, 2015
diluminati:
What still amazes me is that the supporters of Jonathan has not yet reconciled realistic reasoning with their far reaching fantasies about this man. If uptil now you don't know that jonathan has sold the destiny of the north away, you are still on a long thing.
Now at the point when you are about to finish the race, you set yourself back!


m0ronic and lmbecillic ranting. Olodo

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by bennybaba(m): 3:46pm On Mar 14, 2015
RickRichards:

This is no fraud. The mercenaries fight BH at night and the Nigerian military claims victory. Simple.
you must be d bbiggst fool to blieve dat

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by atlwireles: 3:50pm On Mar 14, 2015
The story has changed from chad doing the fighting to hired mercenaries. grin grin grin grin Try as hard as you want, you will not take victory from the Nigerian army.

Just as boko haram and their supporters are running for their lives today, so will the social media squad of boko haram on Nairaland, run and hide their shame.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by o42austino(m): 3:52pm On Mar 14, 2015
FairDude:
are u a soldier?
Yes he is,him and Sirius black are soldiers.

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by walozanga(m): 4:00pm On Mar 14, 2015
DEATHMACHINE:
nonsense news


You must be a terrorist to say that
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Nobody: 4:05pm On Mar 14, 2015
diluminati:
What still amazes me is that the supporters of Jonathan has not yet reconciled realistic reasoning with their far reaching fantasies about this man. If uptil now you don't know that jonathan has sold the destiny of the north away, you are still on a long thing.
Now at the point when you are about to finish the race, you set yourself back!


if u don't like gej go on exile
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by anwo247: 4:11pm On Mar 14, 2015
Any formula to destroy these Buhari boys called Bokoharam is more than welcomed!!!



Anybody that complains about this will die like those killed by bokoharam, Say AMEN.


Who on earth could fault any formula that will destroy bokoharam? Who? Are you human? Are you normal? Are you Buhari?

My dear president, if you need to hire 1m mercenaries from south Africa and Russia, please dip that your long hand into our reserve and hire them to kill all those 7th century worshippers ... also kill anyone that will complain. If you want to die like shekau, quote me. Nonsense APC
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by atlwireles: 4:12pm On Mar 14, 2015
So-Called Mercenaries are Technical Advisers Posted by PRNigeria">PRNigeria on March 13, 2015 Senior military commanders have described stories in major international media and culled by local newspapers reporting that Nigeria is deploying hundreds of mercenaries against Boko Haram terrorists as a joke taken too far. The officers insisted that the foreigners are technical advisers that are providing trainings and instructions on the use of new armaments recently procured by the Nigerian military in the war on terror. Some top commanders who spoke with PRNigeria without wanting their identities disclosed insist that it is part of propaganda to paint Nigerian military as incompetent to deal with the insurgency by desperately ascribing recent spate of successes to ‘others’ rather than the gallant troops’ efforts. The source recalled that only recently, some news agencies ascribed such successes to Cameroonian, Nigerien and “battle hardened” Chadian forces but when it became obvious that the forces of those countries were mainly fighting along their own border areas blocking free movement of terrorists, “it became necessary to look for others” who are helping Nigerians to fight. PRNigeria gathered that the foreigners spotted in Maiduguri and other areas close to the theatre of wars are technical partners who are helping to train Nigerian forces on how to operate and maintain the recently acquired equipments which came from different sources. The source further cited the particular example of the maintenance technician, who died recently insisting that he was not even a combatant but a professional in fixing armour vehicles. President Goodluck Jonathan was recently quoted in an interview with Voice of America (VOA) confirming that Nigeria has some trainers helping to get troops well acquainted with the recently acquired weaponry. According to Jonathan, “we now have this technical people who are trainers and technicians, who are to train our people on how to use them, and technicians that help the maintenance, at the same time training our people how to maintain this equipment,” adding that two companies were involved in the training. The source recalled with regrets, the several years that Nigeria wasted while negotiating and appealing for equipment supply from the Western allies which were not only rebuffed but prevented other countries under their direct influence from selling to Nigeria. “The fact that we have foreign experts outside the United States helping to train our troops is not a secret but it is not fair for them to embark on this blackmail simply because we got assistance from other places when they turned us down at a critical period”, the source stated. When contacted on the story that mercenaries are fighting the battle for Nigeria, the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade said “Sorry, I don’t have anything about that claim. I just know that Nigerian military and security forces are putting in all their resources, training and experience acquired over the years to address the security challenges. “Our neighbours operating under the auspices of the Multinational Joint Task Force are also backing our efforts from all our borders with them. We also have some offer of training and intelligence assistance from foreign countries. Some of these arrangements even predate the present operations.” By PRNigeria PRNigeria encourages institutions to be transparent in their information management as it provides news items from authoritative sources for free use by the media

Read more at: http://prnigeria.com/2015/03/so-called-mercenaries-are-technical-advisers/

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Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by quickly: 4:16pm On Mar 14, 2015
IleIfe2:

* Foreign soldiers spotted in northeast Nigeria

* South African, ex-Soviet soldiers bolster Boko Haram fight

* Nigerian president speaks of "trainers and technicians"

* Pretoria says any deployment 'illegal'

By Ed Cropley and David Lewis

JOHANNESBURG/DAKAR, March 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give its offensive against Boko Haram a shot in the arm before a March 28 election, according to regional security, defense and diplomatic sources.

Rumors about the use of foreign "soldiers of fortune" against the Islamist militant group gained substance this month when pictures surfaced on Twitter showing armored vehicles rumbling along a street in what was said to be Maiduguri, the regional capital of Nigeria's Boko Haram-hit northeast.

In one photo that appeared on Twitter on March 6, a white man in a khaki tee-shirt and body armor is shown beside a heavy-caliber machine gun on top of one of the sand-colored vehicles as the column drives through the streets at dusk.

A Reuters reporter with knowledge of Maiduguri was able to verify the location of the photo as the Bama road, leading southeast out of the city, near the University of Maiduguri.

Election campaign posters of Borno state governor Kashim Shettima hanging from street lights indicate it was taken recently. The lights, notable for their ornate ironwork, were only installed last year.

In confirming the presence of hundreds of foreign military contractors on the ground, including recently in the city of Maiduguri, security and diplomatic sources put the total much higher than the hundred or so previously reported.

Nigerian government spokesman Mike Omeri declined to comment, referring questions to military spokesman Chris Olukolade, who also declined to respond to multiple requests for comment.

In an interview with Voice of America late on Wednesday, President Goodluck Jonathan said two companies were providing "trainers and technicians" to help Nigerian forces. He did not name the firms, or the nationalities, or give numbers.

But a West African security source and a South African defense source said the foreign troops were linked to the bosses of former South African private military firm Executive Outcomes.

Executive Outcomes was best-known for its involvement in Angola's 1975-2002 civil war and against Revolutionary United Front rebels in an internal conflict in Sierra Leone in 1995. It disbanded in 1998, under pressure from the post-apartheid government in Pretoria to curtail mercenary activities.

The West African security source said several hundred foreigners were involved in running major offensive operations against Boko Haram, and were being paid around $400 a day in cash.

Their impact on the fighting so far could not be quantified, but the general run of the campaign has seen the tide turn somewhat against Boko Haram in recent weeks.

Separately, a South African defense contractor confirmed to Reuters that ex-Executive Outcomes leaders were involved in the deployment, which comes after the six-week postponement of elections in mid-February due to the threat from Boko Haram.

One Abuja-based diplomat said the South Africans were backed by soldiers and hardware from the former Soviet Union in an alliance against Boko Haram, which has killed thousands of people in its six-year campaign to establish an Islamic caliphate in northern Nigeria.

"It's an incoherent mix of people, helicopters and random kit from all sorts of different sources, but there is an element of internal cohesion from the Nigerian army," the diplomat said.

"It appears to be a desperate ploy to get some sort of tactical success up there in six weeks for the electoral boost," the diplomat added. The numbers of soldiers involved were in the "low hundreds," the diplomat added.


"NO BUSINESS TO BE THERE"

John Stupart, editor of African Defense Review, identified the troop carriers as Reva III, manufactured by a Pretoria-based company called Integrated Convoy Protection.

After reports of South African military trainers first surfaced in the Afrikaans-language Beeld newspaper in January, Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapise-Nqakula made clear her displeasure, saying any deployment would be illegal under 1998 anti-mercenary laws.

"They are mercenaries, whether they are training, skilling the Nigerian defense force, or scouting for them. The point is they have no business to be there," she was quoted as saying in domestic media this month.

South Africa bans its nationals from participating directly in hostilities for private gain. Georgia, seen as a major source of mercenaries, has laws before parliament criminalizing participation in a broad range of foreign military activities.

Reuters was unable to reach the former bosses of Executive Outcomes through military contacts in South Africa.

The appearance of foreign private soldiers comes four months after Nigeria's ambassador to the United States said Washington was not helping the struggle against Boko Haram, and had failed to share intelligence and sell Nigeria the weapons it needed.

The presence of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union adds to the broad array of forces lining up against Boko Haram, which has emerged in the last few years as sub-Saharan Africa's biggest security threat.

Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin have committed troops to an 8,700-strong regional force. This week, Chad and Niger launched a joint military offensive deep into Nigerian territory.

U.S. and European special forces have just completed three weeks of war games with regional counterparts near Lake Chad, one of boundaries of a Boko Haram sphere of influence thought at one time to be the size of Belgium. (Additional reporting by Tim Cocks, Isaac Abrak, Julia Payne and Lanre Ola; Editing by Giles Elgood)



http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6853372?ir=Black+Voices&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000047

That was American army training chad soldiers.
Re: Nigeria Drafts Foreign Mercenaries To Take On Boko Haram - Reuters by Ghost01(m): 4:19pm On Mar 14, 2015
And some are still deluding themselves that the Nigerian military is one of the best in the world!

Isn't it funny that our fantastic military, with its outrageous budget, needs foreign mercenaries (and foreign assistance) to record any significant success against a "ragtag army"?

As for the wages of the mercenaries, $400 a day. Seeing as no extra-budgetary allocation has been (or is being) made for mercenaries, I take it the money is coming from somewhere. The depleting foreign reserve perhaps or our "missing" $20 billion?

*sighs*

Whatever it takes to send those murderers and their sponsors away from here, I consent. Enough of the terror attacks!

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