Washington - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Western and
Muslim leaders to unite to defeat the "false promises of extremism" and reject
jihadists' claims to represent Islam.
"The terrorists do not speak for a billion Muslims," Obama told delegates from
60 countries at a White House summit on countering radicalism.
"They try to portray themselves as religious leaders, holy warriors," he said.
"They are not religious leaders, they are terrorists."
Domestically, Obama has been criticised for not describing the attacks in
Denmark, France, Syria and Libya as the work of "Islamic radicals".
He chose to face down the critics on Wednesday saying "we are not at war
with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam."
In the wake of brutal jihadist attacks in Europe and the Middle East, Obama
said more must be done to prevent groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda from
recruiting and radicalising.
The battle, he said, was as much for hearts and minds as one waged by the
military on the ground and in the air.
The "ideologies, the infrastructure of extremists, the propagandists, the
recruiters, the funders who radicalise and recruit or incite people to violence,
must be tackled,” Obama said.
He challenged critics at home and moderate governments abroad to undercut
the jihadist narrative that there is a "clash of civilizations" between an anti-
Muslim west and a radicalised Middle East.
Action plan
Top US diplomat John Kerry, who on Thursday will host a higher-level
ministerial meeting aimed at drawing up an action plan, called it "the defining
fight of our generation".
And he poured cold water on the notion that the thousands of foreign fighters
flowing to the battlefields were all motivated by religious feelings.
Two Britons, among about 4 000 Europeans who have joined ISIS in Iraq and
Syria, had first bought copies of "Islam for Dummies" and "The Koran for
Dummies," he scoffed.
But Kerry made it clear that "we're here for a simple transcendent reason, to
safeguard the future for our people," saying groups like ISIS "want to drag us
back literally into dark ages... obliterate knowledge as they destroy books and
school rooms."
Communities in the United States and abroad must do their part, Obama said,
stressing al-Qaeda and ISIS "deliberately target their propaganda in the hopes
of reaching and brainwashing young Muslims."
Also read: Obama sends his condolences to Danish PM
They do so through "high-quality videos, the online magazines, the use of
social media, terrorists Twitter accounts - it's all designed to target today's
young people online in cyberspace."
The summit has been in the pipeline for months, but took on greater
significance after several attacks, including on a cultural centre and on a
synagogue in Copenhagen which left two people dead.
Among those attending is Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, where attacks by
Islamist gunmen last month on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly magazine
and a kosher supermarket left 17 people dead.
On Sunday, a video emerged apparently showing Islamic State jihadists
beheading 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya.
‘We will win’
Kerry said the challenge was to "coordinate almost as never before".
"The task before us is to combine the right partners, the right planning, the
right degree of political commitment and over a sustained period of time we
will win," the veteran diplomat insisted.
Sessions on Wednesday highlighted existing anti-extremist programs in
Boston, Minneapolis-Saint Paul and greater Los Angeles, which involve
community policing and other tactics.
The US State Department announced the appointment of a special counter-
terrorism communications coordinator, but it was unclear what concrete
outcomes there would be.
Obama meanwhile spoke emotionally about a Valentine's card he received
from an 11-year-old Muslim American called Sabrina.
"'I am worried about people hating Muslims,'" she wrote. "'Please tell everyone
that we are good people, and we're just like everyone else.'"
- AFP



source: m.news24.com/nigeria/World/News/Obama-Extremists-have-perverted-Islam-20150219-3

pd-pigs

A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a
crowded market in Biu, Borno State, killing
about 16 persons and injuring many more.
Former Borno State goovernor Ali Modu
Sherff was said to have escaped attack after
youths began a violent protest in reaction to
the bomb attack.
The former governor was said to have made a detour to avoid being caught up the violence which,
some said, was targetted at him.
It is the latest in a spate of similar attacks by women and girls in the region besieged by Boko
Haram.
Witnesses told the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that many injured
persons and corpses were being evacuated to hospital at the time of filing this report.
The agency also reported that two other female bombers were arrested with explosive vests at the
market.
The explosion occurred less than a month after the Nigerian military killed at least 42 insurgents,
including 15 Chadians, as it repelled an attack on the town.
The insurgents had descended on the town on January 14 but were effectively repelled by the
military, which recovered two anti-aircraft guns and captured a number of the terrorists.
Boko Haram militants had largely been kept out of Biu through the combined efforts of the military
and youths of the town.
The terrorist group has seized towns in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. The latest seizure was
Monguno and Baga, where numerous people, including soldiers, were killed.
Many traders, shoppers killed
Witnesses said the bomb went off at about 3:20pm after a passenger bus drove into the market
and parked at the spot where the explosion occurred.
“The driver did not leave the bus as he was pretending to be waiting for his passengers to finish
trading. Those that saw him said they never noticed or suspected him to be Boko Haram until
suddenly the bus, a model-F 12-seater, went up in thick flames,” said one Aliyu Buba, a trader.
Biu town, which is about 185 kilometres south of Maiduguri, is the largest town in that part of
Borno State where displaced persons from surrounding villages run to for refuge.
A Civilian-JTF operative, who spoke to LEADERSHIP on phone from Biu but wished not to be
named, said he could not give actual figure of the dead and the injured “because they are many.”
“The explosion today in Biu market happened very close to Alhaji Haruna-110 shop. We have been
evacuating casualties, both dead and injured. We are still on it and the figure may be high because
some are shattered beyond recognition, while seven corpses can be identified,” he said.
According to him, facilities at the Biu General Hospital were overstretched, and individuals were
asked to donate blood to help save injured victims.
The source said the explosion later ignited a political conflict when angry youths with sympathy
for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) took to the streets of Biu and began to vandalise
PDP flags and other structures. They blamed a proposed rally by PDP politicians in the state as
the factor that instigated Boko Haram to carry out the bomb attack.
“There was pandemonium in the town after the blast. Many of our young men went vandalising
the party flag of the PDP because the bomb exploded at a time the former governor, Ali Modu
Sheriff, and other top members of the PDP, who were campaigning in the southern parts of state,
were being expected in Biu. So many youths are saying that the bomb explosion occurred because
the opposition politicians were being expected,” he stated.
But another resident of Biu disagreed with the justification given for the attack PDP flags.
“The youths simply leveraged on the bomb explosion by Boko Haram to vent their political malice.
The PDP politicians were in Bayo and Kwayakusar local government; why was there no Boko
Haram attack or bombing?” quizzed the 42-year-old local government worker who didn’t want his
name published.
“All I know is that the same youths who attacked the PDP flags had been bragging all day that
they won’t allow former Governor Sheriff and the PDP politicians to enter Biu for campaigns. And
now that Boko Haram bomber came to do the worst, we should not use it for politics.”






source: www.leadership.ng/news/411695/modu-sheriff-escapes-attack-as-female-suicide-bomber-kills-16-in-biu-market

Raiders:
you are a m0ron. Instead of complaining, what have you done to help your fellow Nigerians affected by the boko haram insurgency? Also her home state katsina is not heavily affected by boko haram insurgency so why should she donate money to her state? I doubt you know where katsina state is located in Nigeria map. She is a private citizen and can donate who ever she wants to and its not of your business because she is not using government money.

Her home state is Adamawa dont be misguided by these pdp*igs

udyheart01:
She has her home state, where she could have made donations to, but she didn't, and went to faraway Adamawa to give.

Ignorance is really a disease. Mrs buhari`s home state is Adamawa your propaganda is so lame and has no focus. You don't even know her home state how will you know whether she is giving out alms or not i pity u pdp*igs.


Your propaganda will never change our minds we need change



by the way i know she is far better than mama pig.

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#March4Change

I CAN'T LAUGH ALONE! A plane was about to crash
and there were only four parachutes in the plane.
Meanwhile there were five people in the plane. The
first person was Cristiano Ronaldo and he said: I'm
the best footballer, I can't die now". So he took one
parachute and left. The second who was Aliko
Dangote said: "I'm the richest man in Africa and I'm
too young to die". So he took the second parachute
and left. The third was Goodluck Jonathan and he
said: " I'm the smartest president in the world so I
can't die now, my people still need me". So he took
one and left. Then it was left with GMBuhari and a
little school girl. GMBuhari said to the little girl" take
the last one, I'll sacrifice my life for you". The little
girl replied no need for that "there are two parachutes
left. GMBuhari asked her: "How come?" The little girl
replied: Goodluck Jonathan took my school bag"
thinking it was a parachute.

this is a lie drunkard

this man no get balls ooo after being stoned in yola he is telling us he kmw we like him... nawao oga jona wake up

3cycle:

my elders says buhari is an illiterate and he never went to school.
What do you have to say?

Brother you talk like an illiterate

dunkem21:

Lwts get evidence of Buhari's certificate first. INEC needs it urgently.

Buhari joined the Nigerian Army in 1962, when he attended the Nigerian
Military Training College in Kaduna. From 1962-1963, he underwent Officer
Cadets training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot in England, United
Kingdom (Mons OCS was officially closed down in 1972).
In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned as second lieutenant, and
appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta,
Nigeria. From November 1963- January 1964, Buhari attended the Platoon
Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military College, Kaduna. In 1964, he
facilitated his military training by attending the Mechanical Transport Officer’s
Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, United Kingdom.
From 1965-1967, Buhari served as Commander of the Second Infantry
Battalion. He was appointed Brigade Major, Second Sector, First Infantry
Division, April 1967 to July 1967.
Buhari was made Brigade Major of the Third Infantry Brigade, July 1967 to
October 1968 and Brigade Major/Commandant, Thirty-first Infantry Brigade,
1970-1971.
Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-General, First Infantry Division
Headquarters, 1971-1972. He also attended the Defense Services’ Staff
College, Wellington, India, in 1973.
From 1974-1975 Buhari was appointed Acting Director, Transport and Supply,
Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport Headquarters. [9]
Other roles include:
Military Secretary, Army Headquarters,1978-1979
Member of the Supreme Military Council, 1978-1979
General Officer Commanding , Ibadan, Oyo State in 1979 and later that year
he was redeployed as General Officer Commanding, Jos, Plateau State.
From 1979 -1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari attended the US Army War
College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America and gained a
Masters Degree in Strategic Studies



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari

dunkem21:
I was his student back in the days. The man tough o ..e go hard to get 'b' for him hand.
And him no sell handout.
Any other kweshion?

how should we know DAT he really lectured u?


We need evidence

omolami:
I foresee d hand of 5th colomist in this saga. Saudi Arabia we were once told is Boko haram sponsor. Nigeria should give Saudi Arabia equal treatment henceforth

Why arr you southerners alway think tru ur anus?

israel refused a deal with the govt and yet u said it's u.s so y didn't u say it's u.s when it concerns saudi Arabia?

if you take Muslims as terrorist then tell me 1 imam that have a private jet and the jet is caught in south Africa for illegal arms deal

Trut:


We blame APC, Buhari, Northern leaders, Northern elites, the Muslims etal because they don't condemn the activities of Boko haram, rather the blame the FG.

why should we blame boko haram? the federal government are d one's to provide security for us not boko haram and they failed to provide security our parents, friends, families etc are killed. my question to u is who failed to protect us?

the clueless gvt or boko haram?




i take god beg u if u wan post rubbish go to otueke

erayo2GCA:
how can i contribute?

www.buhariforchange.com/donate/


visit this link u will be guided

In a desperate letter to President Goodluck
Jonathan and Senate President David Mark
leaked to SaharaReporters this past
weekend, a commanding officer stationed in
Nigeria's northeast details several troubling
issues plaguing troops combatting Islamist
terror group Boko Haram in the region.
President Goodluck Jonathan
The officer stated that, corruption,
maladministration, lack of resources and troops
motivation has militated against a successful
campaign to end Boko Haram's deadly reign of
terror in the northeast.
The officer's lengthy complaint which he claims
would lead to a threat to his life forewarns that
if his pleas continue to be ignored by the
country's leadership that both the Nigerian Army
and the country will crumble under the
insurgency.
"If all issues raised in this letter are not urgently
addressed, the Nigerian Army will soon be
history and by implication there will be no
country called Nigeria," the officer gravely
states. "No country without a strong army will
survive."
Below is the full text of the officer's letter
addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan
PLEASE MR PRESIDENT SAVE THE MILITARY AND
NIGERIA FROM COLLAPSING
1. Sir, I am constrain to write you this letter
which I consider it a matter of more than great
importance for me to inform you and put to record
issues that are happening in the North East
(Operation Zaman Lafiya). I choose this medium
to write you this open letter because I have written
similar letter but no action was taking which I
believe some forces have blocked it are now after
my life. Sir I have served in 7 Division as staff
officer and presently I am the commanding officer
of 103Bn in the field. My combined wealth of
experience as a staff officer and now commanding
officer are the disturbing fact that necessitated me
to write you this letter. While as a staff officer, I
was among those who believed that the
commanders in the field are not doing well. But
presently, as a commander in the field, I found
out that it is not the fault of any commander that
the defeat of the so called BOKO HARAM (BH) has
not been achieved.
2. First and foremost sir, the Nigerian Army is
poorly equipped in the North East, if all the
battalions are well-equipped as required; it will
not take the Army more than two weeks to flush
out the BH. Presently there are four units in my
location here in KONDUGA including 21 Armoured
Brigade HQ. If all the units are provided with all
their requirements, we can advance and flush out
BH out of North East. Mr. President sir, the
Nigerian Army is well-trained and capable of
defending our nation. It has demonstrated the
capacity to even successfully enforce peace in
other nations. Why not in our own country
Nigeria?
3. The fact about NE operation is that we are
poorly equipped, understaffed, high corruption
from Army Headquarters down to battalion level.
Commanders see it as opportunity to make
money. My predecessor has complained of the
same problem. Instead of ASA addressing the
issue raised by him, the army authorities decided
to Court Martialled him. All the units in NE are
understaffed, but on payroll their strength are
complete just to collect more allowances than
what each unit is supposed to. The commanders
see it as a personal money making venture rather
than taking care of men and equipment. This ugly
trend led to loss of many officers and soldiers
and thereby having adverse effect on the moral
(sic) of troops. Majority of soldiers in the
operation area wear mufti (civil cloths) under their
military uniforms in case there is an attack and
the troops cannot withstand the BH, they found it
easy to disguise as civilians to enable them
escape. This is not the traditional practice in the
NA. Though it is lack of adequate equipment and
poor administration from the higher authority that
resulted to this ugly trend by our troops
4. Sir, another bad and unprofessional act is
that soldiers don’t take to orders from their
superior officers because they have lost
confidence/trust from them. The case of former
General Officer Commanding 7 Division Major
General A. Mohammed is enough evidence to
show that all is not well in the Nigerian Army. It
will interest you to note that worse cases has
been recorded before that of the former GOC and
more are still happening, but nobody is ready to
investigate the root cause of problems facing the
troops in the field.
5. This brings me to a recent occurrence which
is my main purpose of writing this letter. As I
mentioned earlier, due to the failure of the
authority to address issues that I made
mentioned, when a unit is attacked and overran by
the BH not because the soldiers are unable to
fight, but lack of weapons, ammunitions and
communications equipment, the soldiers on many
occasions will ran away, and a commander cannot
stand and fight alone as a result of this. Presently
seventy percent of commanders in the NE are
facing Court Martial due to the reasons
mentioned. We the commanding officers are very
worried over this development. This is because we
many soon find our self as victims of this
maladministration from our higher authorities.
6. There is no sincerity in this operation; this is
because the present acting GOC has never visited
any location outside Maiduguri town not to talk of
principal staff officers in Army Headquarters or
even the COAS. But we keep on hearing all sorts
of lies that Generals are leading the fight against
BH. These are facts that can be confirmed from
officers and soldiers in this operation including
those in the 7 Division Headquarters. The GOC is
so afraid that even with the Divisional
Headquarters; he doesn’t go out and always
locked himself inside his office. Infact it is a
common knowledge among officers and soldiers
in this operation that the acting GOC is here to
make his money and earn his promotion to the
detriment of the operation. The completion of his
mansion at No 8 Gwamna Road in Kaduna which
the GOC ignorantly disclosed that when he
completed it, will be among the best houses in
Kaduna, has turned to be a subject of discussion
among troops.
7. The former 21 Armored Brigade commander
is facing Court Martial today because the acting
GOC does not want to see him and his garrision
in Maiduguri town simply because of the huge
monthly allocations from the Borno State
government to the brigade garrision. He wanted to
be collecting his money by using 7 Div Garrison,
but in reality 7 Div Garrision does not have troops
to claim such money. It is worthy to note that the
GOC received 33,000litres of AGO and PMS each,
600 bags of rice monthly from Borno State
government. All these items are diverted for his
personal use.
8. Recently the newly appointed 21 Brigade
commander lead 3 units to flush out the BH, that
operation was successful, almost 300 BH were
killed, weapons and vehicles were recovered from
them, in the process the troops exhausted their
ammunitions from the Div, the GOC simply replied
that there was no ammunition this made all the
troops to withdraw back to KONDUGA.
9. Presently more than 3000 officers and
soldiers are either killed in action, deserted,
captured as POW or on AWOL. But due to lack of
proper administration the army directed that their
salary should be stopped. This affect the families
of those that are either genuinely killed in action
or captured as Prisoners of War. It has also
affected some of the troops that are still
participating in this operation.
10. Mr. President sir, if all issues raised in this
letter are not urgently address, the Nigerian Army
will soon be history and by implication there will
be no country called Nigeria. No country without
strong army will survive. I decided to write you
this letter because the life of officers and soldiers
trusted in my care are no longer save. My life is
also at the stake because the NA authority as
usual will say I have communicated directly to you
as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
and may sanction me. As a citizen of this country
and a commander in the operational area, with all
the points I have mentioned in this letter, it is
clearly that the Military authorities have failed the
country, as such they should be held liable for
their misdeeds. I have consulted seasonal
constitutional lawyers if writing you this letter will
be an offence, but they said it is my constitutional
right to inform the C in C about what is happening
in the NE and within the military which if not
address will affect the survival of Nigeria.