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Mike..ZA:
Hi,Mr No Brain. Ever heard about holidays?. I'm back again to take you brainless folks back to class again. And did you hear/read how bad ass the Rooivalk performed on Christmas?

yes your Rooivalk is more of a christmas party item, good for fancy video making and exageration of real battlefield performance.

fly your Rooivalk helicopter in combat against Kenya that has anti-aircraft missiles and let us see how good your half-french helicopter is

Kenya's air defence missiles
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Mike..ZA:
Just so you know. Mike..ZA is back!!!! All you lie spitting Nigerians better shutttt up

you must have been drinking your beer directly from the storage tank in the brewery.

just dont fall into a pit on your way walking back home, drunkard

homerac7: On Cameroun, next one should cover options for change, however in recent days I notice things seem to be slowly happening

Pluie ne tombe pas sur un toit seul (Rain does not fall on one roof alone): Nigeria, Cameroun and the Central African Republic. Part 1

Cameroun bordering west and central Africa has been an island of stability for the 53 years of its independence. Ruled by Paul Biya since 1982, it has seen none of the internal strife, civil or conventional wars that its neighbours; Nigeria, Chad or Central African Republic (CAR) etc have come to face.

Other than low level border disputes with Nigeria, which saw Cameroun militarily stymied but ultimately victorious through the ICJ, there has been very little need for Cameroun’s 35,300 man military to trouble itself.

This commentator would suggest that this has changed, not necessarily for reasons within Cameroun’s control but for reasons that it would do very well to try and control.

Cameroun exists in a veritably chaotic neighbourhood. To the south Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, Nigeria to the west and Chad to the Northeast and CAR to the North East. It has a neighbour that is significantly stronger than it but with serious internal problems (Nigeria) and others that are extremely weak with limited state control over their territory and severe internal problems (CAR, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Congo Brazzaville).

Cameroun’s Armed Forces:

Cameroun’s Armed Forces consist of an Army, Navy and Air Force with a militarised Gendarmerie. The country is divided into 3 Joint Military Regions (Regions Militaires InterArmees (RMIA)) which are further subdivided into Land Military Sectors (Secteurs Militaires Terrestres (SMT)).

The Gendarmerie are organised into Regions (Regions de Gendarmerie) matching those of the military with Gendarmerie Legions (Legions de Gendarmerie) matching the military sectors
Regions Provinces Sectors Sector HQ Airforce Bordering
RMIA1
(HQ in Yaounde) Centre SMT1 Yaounde Yaounde -
East (Est) SMT8 Bertoua CAR (East)
Congo Brazzaville (South)
South (Sud) SMT7 Ebolowa Equatorial Guinea (South)
Gabon (South)
RMIA2
(HQ in Douala) Shore (Littoral) SMT2 Douala Douala Atlantic Ocean
North West (Nord Ouest) SMT6 Bamenda Bamenda Nigeria (West)
West (Ouest) SMT9 Bafoussam Koutaba -
South West (Sud Ouest) SMT10 Buea Nigeria (West)
Atlantic Ocean (South)
RMIA3
(HQ in Garoua) North (Nord) SMT3 Garoua Garoua Nigeria (West)
Chad (East)
CAR (East)
Far North (Extreme Nord) SMT4 Maroua Nigeria (West)
Chad (East)
Adamaoua (Adamawa) SMT5 Ngaoundere Nigeria (West)
CAR (East)

Army (Armee de Terre du Cameroun): the 23,000 man Army consists of the following:
Corps Unit Quantity
Infantry Battalion 11
Reconnaissance (Armoured Cars) Battalion 1
Artillery Battalion 1
Anti Aircraft Battalion 1
Commando Battalion 1
Engineers and Support Battalion 3
Presidential Guard Battalion 1
Rapid Intervention Brigade Battalion 3

The Army has rocket and gun artillery, no main battle tanks but AFVs, APCs, IFVs and recce vehicles.

Cameroun Air Force (Armee de l’Air du Cameroun): has 1800 personnel with a modest inventory of combat and transport. Combat aircraft are 5 converted Impala Mk1 and Mk2 trainers and 4 Alpha jets which have been grounded since a crash in 2011; the 6 CM-170 Magister training aircraft have been grounded as well. Cameroun has 3 Mi-24 and has signed an agreement with Russia for a further undisclosed number, however most transport helicopters ( 5 out of 9 are serviceable) and transport planes (16) are grounded. Structurally it has a good balance of aircraft and helicopters for a small force mainly focussed on internal security however; they are poorly maintained and not used. There are 5 Air Force bases in Garoua (officer and pilot training and attack and training), Koutaba (training for airmen and base of Battalion des Troupes Aeroportees (BTAP)), Yaounde (helicopter and liaison), Douala (logistics and tactical transport) and Bamenda (base of Fusiliers Commando de l’Air (BAFUSCO AIR)). Of these Garaou is the most modern and capable of taking large aircraft.

Navy (Marine Nationale Republique): has strength of 1,500 personnel with major bases in Douala, Kribi and Limbe. It has approximately 2 patrol vessels, 3 coastal patrol vessels, about 30 riverine craft, 2 missile boats and 2 landing craft

Cameroun’s Security imperatives:
The main effort of the Camerounian armed forces is defending the regime and Cameroun’s economic interests. The best equipped and most capable forces are based around Yaounde and under direct command of the President. The navy is structured to police Cameroun’s coast line and the air force equipped with converted ground trainers for ground attack and transport aircraft for rapid reinforcement. Majority of the armed forces is poorly equipped and trained.

Cameroun’s biggest external threat has been limited conflict with Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula; they have very limited experience in all types of operations. Camerounian forces had French Foreign Legion advisers during the Bakassi confrontation and recorded isolated successes in low level skirmishes with Nigeria but were repeatedly defeated in set piece encounters. Camerounian forces as a whole have virtually no experience of modern conventional or asymmetric operations, in hostile internal or peace support environments. The best trained and equipped forces are the Presidential Guard and the Battalion d’Intervention Rapide (BIR) both commanded by former Israeli Colonel Avi Sivan until his death in 2010. However the Presidential Guard has had recent discipline problems and BIR that was specifically set up in 1999 to deal with armed bandits, is also now tasked with securing Bakassi and the CAR border. Of all Camerounian units the BIR is the best trained, equipped and experienced having successfully dealt with bandits in the North and is currently based in Bakassi and the East.

Growing Threats to Cameroun

Northern Cameroun: the 3 northern Regions of Extreme Nord, Nord and Adamaoua are fragile and insecure with porous borders that allow in armed bands from Chad, CAR and Nigeria. They suffer from extreme desertification, disease, deep poverty, political disenchantment and disillusionment, flooding, malnutrition, refugees from Chad, CAR and Nigeria, lower school attendance, child marriages, underequipped schools and hospitals. All these are fodder for the roving bands of Islamist preachers and now insurgents to propagate Islamic fundamentalism.
Boko Haram originated in Borno State (which borders the Extreme Nord Region), which has the largest concentration of Kanuri’s in the Lake Chad Basin. The Kanuri’s extend in various ethno linguistic groups from Nigeria to Chad to Niger to Cameroun. The porous borders and undeveloped nature of the Region permit Boko Haram to use Northern Cameroun as a rest, recuperation, rearming, training and staging area.
This in itself would not present Cameroun with an immediate security problem if Boko Haram and Ansaru solely focused on Nigeria but these groups have rather rudely taken to using Northern Cameroun to raise funds via tax collection and hostage taking, first a French family (the Moulin-Fourniers) were taken in Waza National Park in February 2012 and then a French priest (Father Georges Vandenbeusch).

The Regions have seen an upsurge in elephant poaching in the Waza and Bouba Njidda Game reserves, highway robbery and banditry, attacks on churches and as their safe areas in Nigeria become more and more hostile direct attacks on Nigerian targets from Cameroun. The BIR were deployed again to the region to deal with poaching in 2012 and in 2013 increased banditry. In light of recent attacks a curfew has been imposed on departments bordering Nigeria.

Eastern Cameroun: the Central African Republic shares a 797 km border with Est, Adamaoua and Nord Regions in Cameroun, the current round of instability in this country began in January 2013 when a ceasefire between the government of Francois Bozize and a loose coalition of rebel groups known as Seleka broke down, the rebels advanced ignoring the red line set down by Central African community FOMAC troops and defeated a South African National Defence Force company that bravely but inadvisably tried to stop them.

Chadian and Sudanese Muslim bandits were a significant part of the Seleka coalition that took power and being unable or unwilling to join the CAR military and unwilling to disarm they took to wanton banditry, provoking the formation of Christian Anti Balaka militias who not only defended their homes but attacked their Muslim neighbours. The resultant turmoil led to an intervention by France and the AU which was preceded by an increase in banditry and cross border attacks on Cameroun’s Nord, Adamaoua and Est Regions.

Attacks upon border posts, seizure of hostages, grenade attacks in Garoua and more have prompted a much more proactive response from Cameroun, with the activation of an Army Brigade tasked with securing the Congolese/ CAR border in Est Region with its HQ at Ebolowa, consisting of the 11th Battalion, an Air Force Battalion and 12th Motorized Battalion at Bertoua and 13th Infantry Battalion at Yokadouma and Leta Bir. There are Company locations in Nkentzou, Moloundou, Gbiti, Toktoyo, Oundjiki, Gari, Gombo, Kette, Mobal and other places.

A Gendarmerie unit has also been deployed with the HQ and 2 Squadrons in Bertoua, one in Abong-Mbang, one in Yokadouma and another in Garoua Boulai. The Gendemarie are tasked with securing the lives and property of the populace. The BIR have also been deployed to secure the border acting as mobile shock troops used to react to attacks and incidents

Insecurity in Northern and Eastern Cameroun, Southern Chad and Western and Northern CAR, have a symbiotic nature. CAR being landlocked with no railways depends on the roads for almost all consumer goods and in the north has been repeatedly plagued by highway robbers (known as coupeurs de routes or Zaraguina), many of whom are Fulani’s, Chadian rebels or army deserters. They attack the local populace who are barely above subsistence level themselves, engaging in banditry, poaching, cattle theft and kidnap for ransom, demanding up to 2 million CFA Francs each from these extremely poor people. The resultant cost of raising the ransom drives poor people even further into destitution sometimes leaving them no option than to become bandits themselves to support their families. When fighting flares up in Chad, there is increase banditry in CAR and Cameroun due to deserters and retreating rebels. When there are anti Zaraguina operations in Cameroun they move to CAR, when there is civil war or fighting in CAR they move to Cameroun. When the Zaraguina are unable to rob they turn to poaching. Possibly due to the long standing nature of this problem Cameroun takes the threat from CAR more seriously than that from Boko Haram. Cameroun has also signed several treaties with Chad and Car covering security and wildlife protection and purchased microlights to aid the anti poaching effort.

Why is Cameroun so attractive to criminals and insurgents?

Manpower: various rebel groups from Seleka, Chadian rebels, deserters and mercenaries, Boko Haram, defeated Bozize supporters, Fulani nomads, cattle thieves, smugglers, coupeurs de routes/ Zaraguina, poachers from Sudan and Chad. All of these armed, trained, disaffected men make ideal recruits for Boko Haram or Seleka, notwithstanding thousands of unemployed young men interested in jihad, adventure or just getting something to eat or do.

Weapons: The removal of Ghaddafi in 2011 released a lot of weapons into the Sahel. Most now go to Syria and Egypt/ Gaza but a huge proportion were sold to groups who went to Northern Mali, Niger and Chad. The Syrian demand and Gulf money means that most of the best weapon systems are leaving the continent however, there are already established arms markets and networks from Chad to Niger to Sudan that meet in Northern Cameroun, without the surveillance that established routes in Southern Libya or Niger are under. A lot of groups have rearmed using this bonanza meaning there is a surplus of older weapons and technical’s as well

Funds: foreign hostages can generate huge payoffs but these are few and far between, alot more money can be made by taxing or protecting poachers, fuel and goods smugglers, legitimate traders, money changers, cattle raiders and drug smugglers, or doing these activities themselves. Other forms of crime like kidnap for ransom, highway robbery, raiding villages, and protection rackets provide a steady source of funds for sustenance aided by the paucity of police and army in the North.

Ethnolinguistic links: the old Adamawa Emirate straddles Northern Nigeria and Mid Cameroun, with cities such as Yola and Garoua having ancient links going back to the 19th century only divided by the colonial efforts of the Germans, French and finally British. Likewise the Kanem-Bornu Empire straddles Nigeria, Cameroun, Niger and Chad, with Kanuri and its variants spoken across the Lake Chad Basin. These linguistic, family and cultural ties give insurgents valuable protection, local knowledge and a common narrative when recruiting or proselytising. Thus a pan Islamic message can sometimes be subsumed or combined with a Kanuri or Adamawa revivalist message. Actions of the security forces can be described in terms of the corruption of the Sokoto Caliphate or the depredations of the heathen colonialist, with the jihad being described as a continuation of Usman dan Fodio’s jihad against the unbelievers. These links extend into the cultural, political and economic life of this area and are fundamental to shaping the problem
Islamic culture: in the eyes of many adherents traditional Islamic leaders in Nigeria are corrupt and tainted and in Cameroun Islamic leaders have been deliberately suborned to secular authority leaving a significant ‘belief’ gap that is generally filled by radical elements, including wandering Wahabbi preachers from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Much like the early encroachment of AQIM in Northern Mali there have been reports of brand new mosques built in otherwise destitute villages. There is also a history of Islamic revivalism and mahdism, the 19th century Sudanese Mahdiyya Caliphate had close links to several lamidates (sub states) in the Adamawa Emirate as well as the Bornu-Kanem Empire. All these movements came out of rebellion against the conservative traditional Islamic governments of the time, rejecting modern Islamic interpretations and the old Islamic administrations as well as fighting foreign powers. This theme is still prevalent today amongst hopeless peoples looking for a solution to seemingly intractable problems. Combined with a lack structured formalised Islamic training and poverty and disillusionment Islamic fundamentalism has become an extremely powerful voice.

Covenant of Security: this school of Islamic thought deems that one does not attack a country that provides sanctuary and allows Muslims to practice and live in peace. There is no evidence that this is what is in effect in Cameroun however Christian Paul Biya a few years after replacing a Northern Muslim Ahamadou Ahidjo decided he had evidence of a coup plot, permanently exiling Ahidjo and his family and arresting several of his supporters. It can only be presumed that the narrative was successfully framed in a purely political context not tribal or religious as Mohammed Marwa left Cameroun to begin the revivalist Maitatsine movement in Kano not Yaounde. There have been no overt claimed attacks in Cameroun (except in Amchide) nor have wealthy or prominent Camerounians or businesses been targeted only foreigners, all of whom are claimed explicitly by Nigerian groups, held in Nigeria and justified as reactions to French and not Camerounian actions.

Attacks have been launched from Cameroun repeatedly, some virtually straight from Cameroun, yet there have been no attacks on posts or officials like Seleka repeatedly perpetrates

Safe passage: the 3 Northern Regions in Cameroun permit Boko Haram to transit from Nigeria to CAR, Chad or Niger where they can purchase arms, train and refit in peace. Established transit routes for livestock, people, goods and fuel allow men and materiel to be transported often in plain sight.

Conclusion: the attractiveness of Cameroun to criminals and insurgent groups is clear. The Camerounian response has differed greatly from East to North however despite this response the situation has not been contained, even with the direct intervention of France. Problems in CAR always have an impact on Cameroun and unlike previous crisis; this does not involve a distinct rebel group or coalition against the CAR government but a patchwork of uncoordinated groups who in essence have very little motivation beyond survival, enrichment or self defence. Even if the situation in CAR is calmed the Zaraguina and mercenaries need to go somewhere and the pickings are richer in Cameroun. This is a security dilemma in itself but combined with the insurgency in Northern Nigeria which has been pushed into Cameroun, it is clear that Cameroun faces a 2 front crisis that it is not resourced or equipped to deal with.

For Boko Haram and Ansaru, Northern Cameroun presents them with the best of all worlds. Southern Chad already has a plethora of groups operating and a fairly aggressive and capable army and other than IDP’s no population they can prey off. Southern Niger has the longest border with Nigeria and represents a viable plan B however the Nigeriens have a very robust counter insurgency policy, with French special forces and US drones on hand as well as a much more dispersed population they would be much more exposed and would need to develop links and networks with groups that are already on the French, US, Nigerien, Libyan, Malian, Mauritanian and Algerian radars.

Northern Cameroun allows Boko Haram and Ansaru to mount operations against Nigeria, maintain relevance and sustain themselves as independent movements. Thus Extreme Nord, Nord and Adamaoua Regions represent Vital Ground to Boko Haram and Ansaru.

In the next instalment we will discuss options for Nigeria and Cameroun.

http://peccaviconsulting./2013/12/26/pluie-ne-tombe-pas-sur-un-toit-seul-rain-does-not-fall-on-one-roof-alone-nigeria-cameroun-and-the-central-african-republic-part-1/

this goes into my file for reference at any time i need it. thanks bros...nice shot !

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Fighter Pilot: If the first citizen of Nigeria, Pres Jonathan can stand before the nation and address them by admitting that he does not know if Shekau is alive or not, who is @Agaugust to come here and claim that Shekau is dead.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/145713-jonathan-shocks-nigerians-says-dont-know-shekau-dead-alive.html

your story is dated september 30 and out-dated news dude

google search the date America confirmed Shekau dead and see your mental backwardness

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Z3tdee: [color=#000090] Cameroon Navy receives new patrol vessels, landing craft [/color]

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/images/stories/SEA/Aresa_Defender_Landing_Craft_400x300.jpg

Cameroon’s Navy has taken delivery of two new Spanish patrol boats and a landing craft, providing a major boost to the country in safeguarding its maritime domain.

Cameroon’s Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Jean Mendoua, commissioned the 23 metre Aresa 2300 landing craft and two 24 metre Aresa 2400 CPV Defender patrol boats at the Cameroon Navy Base in Douala on November 21. The commissioning also included a presentation meeting as well as a tour of the boats while moored at the Naval Base, according to Grup Aresa Internacional.

The Spanish shipbuilding group has worked extensively with Cameroon, supplying a sizeable number of vessels to its Navy, which has 12 Aresa boats in service. This figure includes six Aresa 750 Commandos RIBs - delivered last August -, five 1200 Stealth RIBs and one 1200 Defcon RIB – delivered in May 2013.

Further deliveries will take place in February when two 32 metre patrol boats will be delivered.

Grup Aresa said that for the Cameroon Navy, the Spanish shipbuilding group is providing two years of technical support, as well as spares and boat refitting services.

Cameroon’s navy is relatively well equipped in order to secure Cameroon’s oil installations and prevent maritime crime and is optimised for coastal and river patrol, especially in light of rising levels of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

It has around 40 coastal, inshore and river patrol craft as well as several combat patrol vessels.
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http://defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33027:cameroon-navy-receives-new-patrol-vessels-landing-craft&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106

Nigeria has over 300 small/medium navy boats and the our force is one of the most modern and the largest in the world for any navy.

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sirjerry: ^And the cameroun military will have it in mind that they can repel any attack from the nigerian in their current situation.

One single F-7 jet from Nigeria will shoot down the whole Cameroonian air force.

NNS ARADU warship alone will sink the whole Cameroonian navy.

One battalion of Nigerian Bofors F-77B artillery will knock out all Cameroonian army vehicles as they have no single battle Tank.

Niger Delta m.ilitants re-grouping will sourround, outnumber, and defeat the entire Cameroonian army.

that @CAMNEWTON4PRES is a real comedian....just let us laugh at his basket mouth

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Fighter Pilot: Boko Haram still manage to attack military formations and kidnap soldiers, wives and their kids.

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your low level of military training in south africa does not teach you how islamic terrorists operate ? see what happened in kenyan shopping mall just few months ago.

if boko haram captured wives and children of nigerian soldiers, they would parade them in a video and show it on Aljazeera TV.

next is that they will demand for ransome payment or release of boko haram leaders in army/police detention.

islamic terrorists dont get valuable hostages and still keep quiet getting beaten blue black without using the hostages as a bargaining tool.

boko boys kidnapped ordinary villagers. if they have soldiers wives/kids, let them display them on video and post it to Aljazeera as usual.

hey mister, with the way you think, you will the worst performing military intelligence and investigation officer that the world has ever produced.

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Fighter Pilot: If you live in America, I live on the moon.

no wonder you talk like a moo moo

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Fighter Pilot: Tell your military to contain them such that when the BH see them they should just run away and be seen no more. Thats what we can deduce as 90% defeat.

Tell south african army to return to CAR and dare to look at Seleka rebels eyeball to eyeball, before you come again to nairaland and talk

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Fighter Pilot: What matters the most is the harm that they effect upon your men. Tell your military to contain them such that when the BH see them they should just run away and be seen no more. Thats what we can deduce as 90% defeat.

sorry but you are not intelligent enough to be taken taken as a man with common sense. if the world is run the way you think, all of us will end up in a pit hole.

better we let you keep fooling yourself by yourself and for yourself, get it ?

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Fighter Pilot: Does it matter where are they? The fact is they are killing people under the nose of those you refer as the second most powerful army in Africa. Is this not a hypocrisy?

Islamic terrorists are killing people under the noses of the most powerful countries of the world like Russia, India, and Pakistan.

they did same under mighty America's nose in Iraq and for 27 years IRA did same on British home soil under the nose of the mighty British Military.

you talk more like an anti-burglary policeman than a soldier who went to military academy

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Fighter Pilot: Then it tells me that you are not updated. You do not move with times. Watch CNN, BCC and Aljazeera on daily bases. Your military did confirm it.

you are not intelligent enough to observe that CNN and BBC news is more detailed online than on TV, the online has full stories of every news they read on TV and can be accessed even months after it was read from the online archives. if you cannot find a story in online archives, they did not broadcast it on TV. that is the principle of new media for CNN and BBC.

do you live in a village in south africa ?

Fighter Pilot: You do not move with times. Watch CNN, BCC and Aljazeera on daily bases. Your military did confirm it.

only a liar on this forum will say..."my source is a live television news report, not a published newspaper that you can confirm online"

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Fighter Pilot: Then it tells me that you are not updated. You do not move with times. Watch CNN, BCC and Aljazeera on daily bases. Your military did confirm it.

I live in America and i have better CNN or BBC information that you have in far away south africa.

by the way, was the CNN or BBC correspondent present on the battlefield when boko haram attacked at 3 AM dead dark night ?

last time i checked, America and EU have withdrawn all their official personnel from nothenr nigeria long time ago, so did they use witchcraft spiritual powers to see a battle 7,000 km away ? south africans dont think, its so easy to fool you guys around

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Fighter Pilot: That very hit and run leaves a lot to be desired. A 90% defeated enermy wouldn't even dare to effect that hit and run which in most times leaves behind a collateral damage where soldiers are killed, buildings destroyed by fire and many more.

did you attend military academy of police college ?

an army's war success is first measured by the amount of territory it controls relative to that of the enemy.

in world war II France was recorded in history as defeated because its army was operating like boko haram from inside the bush while Germany's army was occupying the whole of France and Germany was declared the winner despite regular attacks by French army and militia (Called partisans or resistance) on the German army bases.

only a loser runs away in war and plays hide and seek, hit and run. if you have the power, you show your face big time !

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Fighter Pilot: Boko Haram is far from being defeated because they still can manage to attack military formations and kidnap soldiers, wives and their kids. Chief! What your military is always telling the world with respect to war on terror is a pure propaganda and that has been discovered by BBC world long ago. They always inflate the number of casualties against that of their own forces and do not want Journalists to come any closer to their operations.

nigerian army has not come out to say soldiers wives and children were kidnapped, some newspapers said it, but no proof.

why cant the newspapers interview anyone whose family was captured ?

the army said some civilians were captured, yes, but could be the usual village people boko haram terrorizes.

was the journalist there at 3am in the darknight when boko haram attacked ? if he was, he wont be alive to write the story

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Fighter Pilot: A 90% defeated enermy would never even dare to come any close to military base nor even challenge them on a gun fight. If you are 90% defeated it means that you are on the run and you pose no any threat at all.

it is only 90% defeated fighters that do hit and run across the border, a winning army stands and fights like Seleka rebels, they never run away.

Fighter Pilot: Boko Haram is far from being defeated because they still can manage to attack military formations and kidnap soldiers, wives and their kids. Chief! What your military is always telling the world with respect to war on terror is a pure propaganda and that has been discovered by BBC world long ago. They always inflate the number of casualties against that of their own forces and do not want Journalists to come any closer to their operations.

A 90% defeated enermy would never even dare to come any close to military base nor even challenge them on a gun fight. If you are 90% defeated it means that you are on the run and you pose no any threat at all.

Seleka rebels are 100% operational all over C.A.R, what did south african army do about that ?

zaandrew: Does it even matter if Shekau is dead or alive? Not like BH has been effected.

Boko Haram is 90% defeated.

From attacking about 15 states/provinces in nigeria, they shrank down to only 1 or 2 states only in the north.

They no longer have a fixed base inside nigeria, boko haram now lives inside Cameroon and maybe Chad.

Seleka grew strong and took over the whole of CAR.

if nigerian army is weak, we could have become like Mali that islamic terrorists captured half the whole country in few months by defeating the whole Malian army and air force that has about 20 jet fighters

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Fighter Pilot: Chief! If the military itself does not have confidence enough to confirm it, who are you to stand and claim something you are not sure about. Remember, the US always assumed that Bin Laden was dead until new information came about.

Shekau is dead. Djotodia is alive. Jump into the ocean if that huts you

CAMNEWTON4PRES: Boko haram said they want to form a country out of northern Nigeria why should it bother Cameroon?

Are we the one that should maintain the integrity of your territory?

Why should we be against them? Do we call Nigeria to deal with secessionist groups in Cameroon ? No

okay, let your president Biya request nigeria to give permanent bases to all heavily armed Cameroonian rebels/secessionists/terrorists, so that they can camp on nigerian side of the border, then run across to attack Cameroon at night, and return with speed to hide again in Nigeria.

Then we will see if Cameroon will still be able to dance Makossa music when it is being played in any night club.

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Fighter Pilot: Can you see now where you are going wrong, you really do not read my links fully and start to judge prematurely. Hartbeesthoek is a combination of Radio telescope and satellite servers. I have been there myself during the days when we had a school tour.

Research Instrumentation at HartRAO

HartRAO operates:
1-26m radio telescope for astronomy and geodesy
2-15m radio telescope for astronomy and geodesy
3-Satellite Laser Ranger (SLR) for geodesy
4-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers for GPS, GLONASS and Galileo, at HartRAO and at other locations, for geodesy.

Can you know see where you are careless ? my comment said that station is MAINLY i did not say ONLY, but i said MAINLY for astronomy and much less for satellite telecoms use, and your post of today proves me right....

you listed items 1 to 4, and 1 to 3 are functions are astronomy, while only while number 4 is satellite use and even the satellite use is less of telecoms, its still mostly and largely geodesy, do you know what geodesy is ? it is the science of land surveying that uses satellite GPS to delineate lands into locations, plots, etc for the work of professional land suveyors...i have friends who have demonstrated the use of geodesy for me to know the survey coordinates of the land i am buying.

dont mix oil and water dude, or else your car engine will knock !!!!!

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Fighter Pilot: The hartbeesthoek in Krugersdorp, Gauteng.

http://www.hartrao.ac.za/summary/sumeng.html

...and so what ?

that source and photo you posted is of a site used mostly for telescopic 'stargazing' astronomy.

so you dont know the difference between an observatory watching stars in the galaxy, and receiving satellite telecommunication signals on a fully dedicated satellite earth station ?

better ask the south african star gazing station to help you check your personal star if it will shine in future, because from the way you reason and think, i am not very sure it would sparkle or glitter

read this.... http://allafrica.com/stories/200805070189.html

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NaijaPikinGidi: Food for thought:

any country can host a Satellite gateway/ground control station, hence there is nothing special about SA for you to make your crazy claims. You in deed should be ashamed that your SA has now become so critically dependent on our Satellites in orbit to help bridge the yawning gaps in your communications and broadcasting requirements. And for our Satellite services your SA pays us top dollars to receive comms relays on specific KU Band microwave frequencies!

You have still proved nothing. Carry on with your falsehood at your own peril. QED.

Now you k.illed him patata beyond repair.

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[size=16pt]UN Indian army soldiers killed in south sudan rebellion[/size]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/3-un-peacekeepers-from-india-killed-in-south-sudan-1.2469815

after all we did for them, this people are just disgracing the rest of Africa
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UTobG2fvspw/0.jpg

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south sudan is getting hot, south african army will not go there now o ! until things get cool again....

... and UN gives jacob zuma's soldiers some money, then they may go

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[size=16pt]south sudan falls into ethnic/tribal mass murders 1,000 civilians dead....

another 100,000 civilians on the run...fear of the other tribes' armed killers

some Africans enjoy killing each other....senseless mofos[/size]

we blame the white man, but we should blame ourselves too..


http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/south-sudan-fighting-escalates-1000-feared-dead/

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Cubeet: please my people, help me ask nairaland spam-bot why it banned me for 2days from posting here https://www.nairaland.com/1562398/nigerian-students-study-one-block-portakabin/11

use of some certain words, insults, threats, obscenity, will get you banned for 24 hours, or sometimes two wweks if the threat/insult is too strong.

too much content, too many photos or heavy kilobytes, extremely long comments, etc, will also get you banned.

the word fool is accepted and gets you no ban. the word s.tu.piid has to be adjusted to confuse the spambot program.

anything about making b.ombs or xplosives gets you banned.

those 'forbidden' words may not be in your own post/comment, they may only be in the weblinks or sources you add to your post, you still get banned for it.

from the above you should know where the landmines are, so avoid putting your foot there bros

Henry120: Merry christmas to all and a prosperous new year in advance. It has been an amazing year of military discussions/ debates.

this hot thread ballooned from 12 pages to 912 pages in 12 months. wow ! nairaland should start paying us for logging in. lol

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Fighter Pilot: St.upidity of the highest order.

after one year on this thread, i have developed 'thick skin' and can take personal insults

CAMNEWTON4PRES: Strike Cameroon? What a joke , I spilled my orange juice Bwahahawaha , seems like some people here want to b sent back in the stone age.

Anyway boko haram like seleka is Deby's baby aka Chad . Stop looking on our side . A country with no intelligence want to strike another country . I swear you people are the funniest Nigerian I have ever known .
Hola @ when u begin sha

who said strike cameroon ? people said strike boko haram in cameroon.

nigeria does not need to do anything, we can just mind our own business and watch boko haram grow bigger in cameroon and they will overrun half of your country before you cry to france, nigeria and chad for military help...your fellow coward Mali should have taught you a lesson by now

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[size=14pt]merry christmas everyone ! [/size]

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