by who's standard

Mpele:

@honeric01

South Africans, cowards, think again buddy! We can be the most violent people on earth if povoked, go ask the Afrikaaners, Zimbabweans,Malawians,Pakistanis and of course Nigerians etc!

Mpele:

U are right cause they were supported by Germany, Holland, USA, Britain while our only credible supprt came from Russia!

Washington is set to call Abuja’s bluff on a possible diplomatic row over the administration’s decision to put the country on its terror watch list.
Administration officials have ruled out reversing the action and dared Nigeria to show evidence of a comprehensive plan to fight terror groups.
White House sources said President Barack Obama signed off on the plan based on “preponderance of evidence that Nigeria has become a likely haven for terror groups, like Al-Qaida”.

F.B.I sources said the decision by Washington to place Nigeria on its terror watch list is a preventive measure to disrupt a likely attack on the country.

Officials disclosed that reliable intelligence had concluded that terror groups are likely to use Nigeria as a base for further attacks.
“For years, the C.I.A has documented evidence of Al-Qaida attempting to recruit and gain foothold in Nigeria, and its security agencies did nothing to confront the threat,” top Homeland Department officials stated.
“This is a security situation with the lives of Americans at risk. We are not prepared to risk American lives just to satisfy Nigerian officials” administration sources said.

Besides, the State Department said Nigeria knows what to do to get the country off the watch list.”
There has to be a visible and verifiable evidence that Nigerian authorities are improving security and intelligence gathering against not just terror groups, but also extremists and fundamentalists, especially in the northern part of the country,” State Department officials stated.
The White House also wants Nigeria to close Islamic schools that teach and influence youths into religious extremism.

“We believe measures like these would be concrete evidence the country is serious about fighting terror, rather than threatening the United States,” officials said.

Re: Senate Gives Obama's Admin 7-day Utimatum To Remove Nigeria From The Black List
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Nigeria is taking the right step. If America fails to rescind its ill-advised decision, then Americans coming into Nigeria (and there are many of them) should receive the same treatment as Nigerians going into America. That is all we can do for now, but it is significant to have Americans patted down

gidson12:

a US terrorism and political violence expert, J. Peter Pham, had written in his column “Strategic Interests” in the World Defense Review that the vulnerability of Nigeria’s oil infrastructure was a threat to the national interests of the United States
and read this too http://www.tribune.com.ng/07012010/news/news1.html

yoruba:

Apparently District 9 the Game is about to get released, they say the gamer will get the opportunity shoot and kill Nigerians. Apparently Sony is the distributor, and I'm thinking to my self the Americans will surely love this,  International standards http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/22/the_2009_failed_states_index

FL Gators:

Al Qaeda 'Recruited Bomb Plotter In London'
12:55pm UK, Thursday January 07, 2010

Tim Marshall, in Sana'a, Yemen

A Nigerian man charged with attempted murder over the alleged Christmas Day plot was recruited by al Qaeda in London, according to reports.
Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, 23, has been charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction after allegedly trying to blow up a plane.

The country's deputy prime minister had acknowledged that Mutallab had been in his country.

But he said Mutallab had been recruited by al Qaeda in London, adding that he had been equipped and trained in Nigeria."

However, senior Home Office officials have denied that Mutallab was recruited by al Qaeda in the UK, saying they think he was recruited and radicalised abroad.

The former London student had previously been charged with trying to set off explosives on board a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.



Explosives allegedly in pants

He has now also been indicted on six counts, including the attempted murder of the other 289 passengers and crew on board the plane, by a US grand jury.

Court documents accused him of "carrying a concealed bomb" inside his clothing on board Northwest Flight 253.

"The bomb consisted of a device containing Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN), Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) and other ingredients," the charge sheet said, adding that both substances were highly explosive.

"The bomb was designed to allow defendant Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to detonate it at a time of his choosing, and to thereby cause an explosion aboard Flight 253."

Mutallab faces life imprisonment if convicted of the charge of trying to use a weapon of mass destruction, the US Department of Justice said.

Two charges of possession of a firearm carry a mandatory jail term of 30 years.

"This investigation is fast-paced, global and ongoing, and it has already yielded valuable intelligence that we will follow wherever it leads," Attorney General Eric Holder said.

He vowed that "anyone we find responsible for this alleged attack will be brought to justice using every tool - military or judicial - available to our government".

Barack Obama admitted the US security services missed a series of "red flags" which could have uncovered the alleged plot earlier.


http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Christmas-Day-Bomb-Plot-Nigerian-Umar-Farouk-Abdul-Mutallab-Indicted-On-Six-Charges/Article/201001115515874?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15515874_Christmas_Day_Bomb_Plot%3A_Nigerian_Umar_Farouk_Abdul_Mutallab_Indicted_On_Six_Charges

No2Atheism:

am waiting

For what, honey-bunches-of-oats?

FL Gators:

For what, honey-bunches-of-oats?

hedges007:

Sometimes i feel irate about America sanctimony or hypocrisy. Richard Reid, The British shoe bomber convicted of trying to blow up a transatlantic flight in USA Dec 2001. I damn to ask, why is Britain or UK not black-listed? why did they treat the case in isolation? Why has UK enjoyed impunity? Some people said that, America Action of black-listing Nigeria as a Nation of concern in terms of Terrorism is inevitable but regretable, but why the double standard? They are always quick to point accusing fingers, and name calling, with jungle-justice while there are more criminals and terrorits and terrorits affiliated groups in Europe and America. Let them spare me all those bullshits jare. Jus 2 weeks ago, CHINA warned Britain it risks harming diplomatic relations between the two countries after Downing Street condemned the execution of Briton Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling in China. But China never black-list UK, even though the suspect was executed.
We are far better off, we are not a terror to any nation and if we want to be a terrorist no nation can match us because we are the most intelligent black race in the world. Nigeria on a watch list, is a mistaken identity. I would rather walk with my shoulder high in accurate dignity in my home land, than subject my backside to in-human treatment of America bullshits. I keep wondering why some of us are jus left-eyed, We keep critisizing our Government and people with every opportunity we hav on any forum (especially online like this one). We keep lending hands and providing derogatory information indirectly about our people and Government to unscrupulous haters and intending enemies of our fatherland unconsciously. However, sometimes, some of us do make sense with our constructive critisms, but i do ask myself, how many countries dare wash their dirty linens outside like we always do?

hedges007:

Sometimes i feel irate about America sanctimony or hypocrisy. Richard Reid, The British shoe bomber convicted of trying to blow up a transatlantic flight in USA Dec 2001. I damn to ask, why is Britain or UK not black-listed? why did they treat the case in isolation? Why has UK enjoyed impunity? Some people said that, America Action of black-listing Nigeria as a Nation of concern in terms of Terrorism is inevitable but regretable, but why the double standard? They are always quick to point accusing fingers, and name calling, with jungle-justice while there are more criminals and terrorits and terrorits affiliated groups in Europe and America. Let them spare me all those bullshits jare. Jus 2 weeks ago, CHINA warned Britain it risks harming diplomatic relations between the two countries after Downing Street condemned the execution of Briton Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling in China. But China never black-list UK, even though the suspect was executed.
We are far better off, we are not a terror to any nation and if we want to be a terrorist no nation can match us because we are the most intelligent black race in the world. Nigeria on a watch list, is a mistaken identity. I would rather walk with my shoulder high in accurate dignity in my home land, than subject my backside to in-human treatment of America bullshits. I keep wondering why some of us are jus left-eyed, We keep critisizing our Government and people with every opportunity we hav on any forum (especially online like this one). We keep lending hands and providing derogatory information indirectly about our people and Government to unscrupulous haters and intending enemies of our fatherland unconsciously. However, sometimes, some of us do make sense with our constructive critisms, but i do ask myself, how many countries dare wash their dirty linens outside like we always do?

namski:

@hedges007 abeg leave this your Nigeria being the most intelligent black nation in the world. Where do you draw your statistics from? We are the most intelligent yet ruled by goats.