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agaugust: meaning :

my brother I can not mentally as you say I'm ni south marigold how can you say you think I'm fong kong ungayisho kanjani into efana naleyo ngaphambi kokuthi ufunde my comment brother

conclusion :

Beast Of No Nation

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Don't translate things you don't understand. You've just made a fôol of yourself. Does your translation make sense to you? In your mind?

agaugust:
...inside your boxer shorts

next post...i am eagerly waiting...and i need photos from you...use google search...come on (even if its your icheoku blog , i dont mind...just pooost itttt !)

I repeat. No need. Points made. Clear as daylight.

So, you can play the waiting game, seeing as all strategies have failed.

Your tried arguing. Failed.

You tried denying. Failed.

You tried reasoning. Failed.

You tried screaming. Failed.

Your tried insulting. Failed.

Now. You wait . Fail.

At the end of the day, the point remains. The military is actually a loseritary. It's there for all to see.

Simple, undeniable facts.

agaugust: no, too dull, you have over-repeated that post...try a new one...be fast...come on post more !!!!!!!!

No need. Points already made.

No rebuffs. None whatsoever possible.

agaugust: so what is the lie there ? nigerian proforce APC/IFV manufacturer says it resembles a malaysian product that never entered production....so what ? nigerians built proforce PC/IFV not the malaysians.

do you know the meaning of the word 'lie' ? i think you over-drank koeldrank by 12 bottles

nigerian proforce IFV version includes missile launcher/carrier...now go d.ie of envy

Where was the launcher when boko haram attacked ?

agaugust: see the part i put in bold from your own post...thanks for glorifying Nigeria again as the 4th largest UN Peace-keeping force in the world with one quarter of a million nigerian army soldiers so far done UN operations....and south africa is NOT on the UN military capacity list your source quoted

post more dude, post more, i am enjoying it...hurry up....you too slow...post more !!!!

NEXT ....

Of course. Past glory, as clearly stated. I'm glad we agree that my articles are credible. In which case everything said here will stand.

As of today:

No more capacity.

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Nigerian Army Abandons Peacekeeping Missions in Mali and Darfur to Combat Boko Haram

Jamestown Foundation, Nigerian Army Abandons Peacekeeping Missions in Mali and Darfur to Combat Boko Haram, 9 August 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5204fb024.html [accessed 16 August 2013]

agaugust: no, its not enough, post more, boots, caps, berets, coffins, helmets, post more....you are even too slow...post more

Point already made. Why expand more energy? The secret is out.

agaugust: only a 33% brain like you will proudly quote a source that claims Otokar Cobra APC is a Chinese product

http://www.military-today.com/apc/cobra.htm

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/cobra/

go suck your mama's milk before you sleep, your brain cells still undernourished

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Who's going insane now?

See what your loseritary has become:

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Recently, this column analysed Nigeria’s defence spending and raised concerns about the poor levels of equipment of our armed forces. The write-up reflected pride in the Army for its various peace-keeping roles from the 1960s to the recent ones in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Somalia and concluded that our military deserved credit for stabilising and democratising Sierra Leone and Liberia in the 1990s. This, my brother Sanusi Lamido Sanusi once tragically observed, is a peculiar Nigerian tendency of exporting what we lack (like true democracy, internal security), while ironically importing what we have in abundance (like petroleum products)!

Since the publication, I have received diverse responses from informed Nigerians. Many confirmed the alarms raised about the state of equipment in the armed forces, while others disagreed with the claims of Nigeria's stellar peacekeeping roles. The one point of agreement was that the deterioration of the quality of governance in the country has equally reflected on the peacekeeping capacity of the Nigerian Army and the police. Is this administration bent on destroying one of the areas where Nigeria established a global competitive advantage?

The United Nations was formed after World War II to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". Peacekeeping is undertaken under the auspices of the UN and other regional groupings like the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to end violence between contending parties, restore peace, build social capital and physical infrastructure destroyed by conflict, and get the ex-combatants to respect any agreements and commitments made. The UN has led nearly 50 peacekeeping operations since the 1950s, 40 of them in Africa.

Nigeria joined the UN in October 1960 and a few weeks later offered our Army officers and men as peacekeepers to the Congo; Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo cut their military teeth as young officers on this mission. Since then, we have been involved in over 20 such operations in and outside Africa, largely under the UN. The notable exceptions were the ECOWAS monitoring group (ECOMOG) which we led in the 1990s to end conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone – and reportedly spent between $8 and $10 billion.

The Army is hierarchically organised starting with a 'section' consisting of about 10 men (and women!), with a corporal or sergeant as section commander. Five sections make up a 'platoon' commanded by an officer - second lieutenant to captain with a staff sergeant as the second-in-command. Three platoons make up a 'company' of at least 90 men led by a Major. Three companies make up a battalion which is made up of at least 270 infantry officers and men, with support staff like military police, intelligence, medical, supply and transport, imam and chaplain raising a typical battalion size to at least 500, and as many as 1,100.

A battalion is usually commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel. Amongst the various corps of the Army, the Infantry and Armoured are organised as battalions, while the Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps are organised as regiments, so battalions are often larger in size. Three battalions make up a brigade in the Infantry Corps - the heart of the Army. The size of a brigade differs from corps to corps, depending on the mix of equipment and human resources. A brigade is commanded by a brigadier; three brigades make up a division commanded by a major-general. Nigerian peacekeeping contingents have ranged from a platoon to a division.

The Nigerian Army’s 60,000 officers and men are distributed across five divisions and a special brigade. The major equipment of the Army include battle tanks, reconnaissance vehicles, personnel carriers, Howitzers, field guns and rocket launchers, as well as anti-tank guns and surface to air missiles. Like every institution in Nigeria, the levels of equipment holding and state of preparedness of the Army have deteriorated to a level that it can hardly meet its constitutional role – a decay that is directly affecting our competitive edge in peacekeeping roles which was one of our few successes.

We have every reason to be proud of our peacekeeping record. Some of the peacekeeping operations that we have been involved include sending a battalion to Congo (ONUC) 1960-1964; military observers to New Guinea (UNSF), 1962-1963; battalion to Tanzania by bilateral agreement, 1964; military observers during the India-Pakistan conflict (UNIPOM) 1965-1966; battalion and staff officers to Lebanon (UNIFIL) 1978-1983; battalion and staff officers to Chad (Harmony I, via bilateral agreement) 1981-1982; brigade to Chad (Harmony II under auspices of the OAU) 1982-1983; military observes during Iran-Iraq conflict (UNIIMOG) 1988-1991; division to Liberia (ECOMOG) 1990 to date; military observers for Iraq-Kuwait (UNIKOM) 1991, and to Angola (UNAVEM II) 1991-1992; training teams for Sierra Leone (NATAG) 1991; company to Angola (UNAVEM III) 1992-1995; military observers to Namibia (UNTAG) 1989-1990; to Western Sahara (MINURSO) 1991; and to Cambodia (UNTAC) 1992- 1993.

We also contributed a battalion and staff officers to Somalia (UNOSOM) 1992-1994; battalion and staff officers to the former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR) 1992; military observers to Mozambique (ONUMOZ) 1992; a battalion to Rwanda (UNAMIR) 1993; training teams to the Gambia (NATAG) 1993; military observers to Aouzo Strip (UNASOG) 1994; and to Israel (UNTSO) 1995; and more recently Liberia – ECOMOG where a Nigerian General, Suraj Abdurrahman, is Liberian Chief of Army Staff; to Sierra Leone – UNMIL; and finally Dafur - UNAMID, which we will discuss in some detail as it is an ongoing operation. Our hope is that we will learn from the current failures to retrieve our national image and our reputation in the global peacekeeping community.

The achievements of Nigeria’s peacekeepers in Africa and elsewhere led the UN to entrusting us the lead role in global peacekeeping; since 1999, Nigeria's successive ambassadors to the UN have chaired the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping. The Head of the Darfur Mission and Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the UN Secretary General, Ibrahim Gambari, is Nigerian. Until 2009, my brother and former Nigerian army and defence chief General Martin Luther Agwai commanded UNAMID, and Lt-Gen Chikadibia Obiakor was the UN military adviser on peacekeeping operations for two years until 2010. In UNAMID Darfur, Nigeria was the largest Troops Contributing Country (TCC), with four battalions, one Military Hospital, Military Observers, and Staff Officers.

However, the poor equipping of our troops has resulted in the total loss of confidence of the UN and other observers in the Nigerian Army. In fact, the UN has recently questioned the operational capacity of our troops in Darfur. The government of Sudan in March 2010 and January 2012 protested to the UN Security Council over what it considered "the deliberate re-arming of rebel groups in Darfur by Nigerian troops". This may not be unconnected with the ease with which Nigerian troops, out of the 53 participating armies, are easily captured, disarmed or killed. In the five years of UNAMID, Nigerian troops have never won any fire fight or fought back in self defence, resulting in the highest casualty recorded by any contingent.

In February 2010, a Nigerian military patrol of a company strength was intercepted by a rebel group and disarmed completely with their Armour Personnel Carriers (APCs) seized without any resistance. In January 2012, another Nigerian patrol was waylaid by a small rebel group and disarmed. Apart from taking their weapons, the commander was killed. From these failures, the humanitarian community in Darfur and International NGOs prefer being by other national troops; the Sierra Leonean forces that were trained in 1990s by the Nigerian Army are now more valued than our troops!

The February 2012 visit of the American Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Smith to our Minister of Defence was principally to do with the poor performance of Nigerian troops in Darfur. What are the reasons for the decay of our peacekeeping capacity? Poor equipment, corruption, poor personnel selection and training, inadequate feeding and welfare of officers and men seem to be the reasons - symptomatic of the general malaise in governance in Nigeria under Jonathan.

Our equipment holdings are disgraceful and totally unacceptable; every country earns money from its Contingent Own Equipment (COE) - from uniforms, boots, face masks, compass, rifle, mortar, RPGs, APCs, power generating sets, kitchen equipment and even furniture. They are inspected every month and payments made, but our military and police contingents cannot meet up to 20 per cent of the COE required by the UN. Out of over 45 APCs for four battalions of 800 troops, less than seven are serviceable.

Some of the problems of the APCs are as basic as batteries and tires. The equipment available to our troops is enough to demoralise them when compared to other countries. The Nigerian government is supposed to earn $6,000 monthly for each APC. By contrast, each Rwandese battalion can boast of over 50 vehicles. Rocket Propel Grenades (RPGs) is today the weapon of deterrence to wade off ambushes, but it is rare to find any with Nigerian troops.

The process of selecting troops to peace missions is also flawed. Some battalions are loaded with clerks, cooks, batmen and orderlies who can barely handle a weapon, but are well-connected! It is not unusual for legislators, retired military officers and traditional rulers to influence the selection process, so competence and capacity get compromised. Some of these ill trained soldiers simple take to their heels when under attack. The end result is the high casualty rates of our officers and men. Similarly, poor feeding also affects the performance of our troops.

The UN pays for the feeding of the troops but in our case, the money is provided to the home government to ensure the inclusion of local content. What is ultimately provided by the MOD/Presidency contractors never meets the expected international standards. The Rwandese government allows the UN to directly feed their troops and so four Rwandese soldiers share one whole chicken during a meal. A Nigerian soldier is not likely to see a piece of chicken throughout his or her six months tour of duty in Darfur.

How is the money paid upfront by the UN for our participation in peacekeeping spent? Other countries use the funds to sustain their military and add value to their national economies; in Nigeria, such funds and even the income tax deductions from the earnings of military officers are not remitted to the treasury but supposedly re-channelled into the armed forces - with no accountability! The monies earned from peacekeeping are not recognised as revenues, the procurements not subject to rigorous 'due process' scrutiny on spurious security grounds and therefore often looted by the Ministry of Defence and the Presidency.

Many observers opined that the policy changes introduced by two former Chiefs of Staff, Agwai and Azazi to transform the army into an American-type institution destroyed the British military tradition of valour, honour and integrity. These two army chiefs between 2003-2006 introduced the policy of achieving C+ at the staff college as the main criterion to earn promotion and command appointments. This was abused and mediocre officers were able to buy their way and move up to command positions.

The poor performance of our troops today is a direct consequence of deficits in command capability. Currently, over 90 per cent of those who placed Nigeria on the world map with their extraordinary feats in Liberia and Sierra Leone are out of service due mainly to the C+ policy. It is time to correct these errors, equip our armed forces better and restore our nation's reputation in international peacekeeping. It is not too much to ask of a real commander-in-chief.

agaugust: if your source is a fool, do you have to be more foolish than him

your 33% brain cvannot discern a fool from a normal human....see the extracted quote from your source

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It is also sad to note that one brand of the Armoured Personnel Carrier, Cobra which is in the holding of the Nigerian troops in Darfur is a topic of jest amongst other country contingents. It is reputed to be Chinese manufacture, but the engines were sourced from another country. The Cobra APCs are not up to 7 years old, yet they have all broken down."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokar_Cobra

even the civilians on nairaland know that Cobra APC is a 100% Turkish product....not China as your source claims

a fool wrote a story, a south african CrazeB fool copied and pasted it verbatim, unable to think


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Yes. A fool wrote the story. That's why you are pulling a Wikipedia source. Sure, dude. We believe you. That why your missions sit abandoned today.

No need to even read your wiki rubbish. Boko and Mali confirm everything the fool says. Everything we've said about your uselessness, the fool confirms, CNN confirms; and your dead soldiers confirm.

You have no capacity. It's a brilliant piece. The fool event accepts that South Africa has pipped you nicely there.

Accept your uselessness and be happy.

agaugust: was really fun plucking out your feathers...you fly no more...

In your dreams. That you admit I've flown goes to show I have stated. Which you haven't been able to disputes. If posting bafana stories means you're plucking out my feathers, then you're worse than originally thought.

Post your bafana pictures. I will post my boots.

agaugust: now back top military stuff...after nigeria's super eagles used south african bafana for another football practice yesterday in Mandela cup encounter.

same way nigerian army will use south african army for shooting practice...called live target firing


south african president zuma celebrates nigerian superiority over all africa
https://en.starafrica.com/news/files/2013/02/afp/photo_1360536940757-1-0.jpg

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All you have now is football talk.

Have a look at what you've become. Boko isn't helping the situation at all.

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By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Last week’s column on our nation's peacekeeping failures ruffled more than a few feathers both within the defence establishment and corridors of executive power. That was expected, because when those wasting our resources in the name of our defence become exposed in the way our peacekeeping capacity has rapidly deteriorated, all kinds of motives will be imputed to divert attention from the wanton looting of the defence and security budgets going on between the presidency and the agencies concerned.

Far more humbling and sobering for me were the number of military officers, both serving and retired that called, wrote, tweeted and sent emails to confirm the essence of what we wrote last week, and offered further stories, anecdotes and facts about the general decline of our once-proud military and peacekeeping capabilities.

It seems according to one commentator, that the Nigerian military now has acquired all the sad constituents of decay that have bedeviled the country. We will share some of these today, looking a little closer at the quantity and quality of the equipment of the Nigeria Army, facts about the declining levels of our peacekeeping capacity and the disorganization and mismanagement of our defence infrastructure in the last few years.

The backbone of any Army is the Infantry, Armoured and Artillery Corps. They are the ones that fight the wars. All other corps largely provide support services. Let us look at information published in Failed States - 2030 authored by some colonels of the US Air University in 2010. So consider first, some of the equipment holdings of the Armoured Corps of the Nigerian Army, of the 129 T-55 main battle tanks owned, 29 are out of service. Similarly, only 36 of 150 Vickers Mk 3 battle tanks are functional. Out of 120 AML Reconnaissance vehicles, only 40 were functional in 2010, and only four Saxon Armoured Personnel Carriers were operational out of 75. No wonder, we can only send a few broken-down APCs to Darfur.

Take the Artillery Corps. They initially owned 48 155mm FH-77B Howitzers but only 25 are working. Out of 200 122mm D-74/D-30 Field Guns, only 84 worked in 2010, while all the eight 122mm BM-21 rocket launchers we had had broken down. The anti-tank weapons cache is slightly better, though pathetic by the standards of modern warfare. We have 3,000 RPGs for the entire Infantry Corps, explaining why our soldiers in Darfur cannot have any to repel rebel attacks. We had 240 of 3.5" RL M20 anti-tank guns but when you have a country where equipment continually depreciates with no effort or resources put into maintenance or replacement, barely 10% (24) of those guns are functional. It does not get any better; only 12 of the 50 40mm Bofors L/60 air defense weapons are still doing what they were purchased to do. The list goes on and on with barely any of the categories having all their equipment ready for the defence job for which they are meant. And yet, we budget over nearly 1.2 percent of our GDP on defence!

It is also sad to note that one brand of the Armoured Personnel Carrier, Cobra which is in the holding of the Nigerian troops in Darfur is a topic of jest amongst other country contingents. It is reputed to be Chinese manufacture, but the engines were sourced from another country. The Cobra APCs are not up to 7 years old, yet they have all broken down. In saner climes, whoever purchased such refurbished contraption should be court-martialled or put on trial, but in Nigeria, he probably got a promotion and national honour!

Apart from our major military equipment which to a large extent are broken-down, there are quality issues with the personal equipment such as boots, blankets and bullet proof vests, which to say the least is pathetic. Some of the troops deployed to UNMIL in August to September 2010 lacked beds and mattresses; some had only mattresses, while others slept on the bare floor, and the conditions have not changed for the better.

As is usual in the case of Nigeria, the decline in quantity and quality of defense equipment is ironically not as a result of funds allocated to the sector; instead it is quite the contrary. As the government allocates more resources to the sector, there is a corresponding decline in the quality of our peacekeeping capacity. It is also evident that the defence ministry specializes in purchasing sub-standard equipment that are not durable. There appears to be no procedure or consideration made to replace already broken-down equipment until the troops are left with nothing thereby giving room for a huge allocation to be made for the purchase of such equipment which eventually never happens.

Besides the sorry state of defence equipment, the quantity and quality of the peace-keepers are on the decline. Quality, as shown in last week's article, is a function of training, both in hard military fighting skills which we demonstrated in Congo in 1960 and ECOMOG in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the 1990s, but are unfortunately losing as shown by the ease with which our troops are being routinely disarmed and killed in Sudan sometimes without fighting back. Training in "soft skills" required in modern peacekeeping operations to address human rights and sexual exploitation, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR),etc. are absolutely necessary to enhance our peacekeeping capabilities. These soft skills training has never been our forte and it is disheartening to observe that no efforts have been put towards changing the status quo.

Quality is also measured by logistic capability of the contingent which includes the capacity and ability to transport a contingent to and from theatre using a nation's own air force, how it maintains those troops in the theatre in terms of feeding, medicals, accommodation, water, sanitation, minor engineering, transport needs and recreation. This is the area where countries make the money UN pays them for logistics but Nigeria scores abysmally low here and our soldiers are among the worst in almost all operations we participate. Apart from loss of money, there is the attendant loss of prestige in fielding a rag tag army that cannot cater for itself while other national contingents from even poorer African countries are doing far better with Ghana, Rwanda, and Ethiopia just to mention a few.

The MOU signed in January 2008, between Nigeria and the UN for troops deployment to UNAMID in Sudan, provides that Nigeria will be paid a sum of $83,422,020 each quarter, all things being equal, for deploying 4 infantry battalions. However, out of this amount, for a particular quarter, the country was only able to claim, a paltry $15,902,122.07 thus losing a whopping $67,519,897.93. If one takes into account that the MOU was signed in January 2008 at the beginning of UNAMID, an operation which is still ongoing, and also the fact that the logistical situation of the Nigerian units in the operations has not improved since then, and may have even deteriorated further, the losses as at present (2012) would be colossal as Nigeria would have lost a total of at least $804 million since the operation started, a potential revenue loss of N128 billion, or nearly a third of the defence budget in 2012.

Sadly, in UNMIL, the Nigerian units were rated lowest among all national contingents deployed to the operation meeting barely 60% of COE obligations thus forfeiting another $325,196,93 for the corresponding period. In typical fire brigade manner, the Nigerian government made the necessary minimal purchases for the contingents to ensure that the Nigerian units were not deactivated following the threat by the UN to do so.

Nigeria was until recently, the biggest African contributor in terms of quantity to global peacekeeping. Quantity is assessed in terms of the number of military and police peacekeepers that each member state contributes to the UN peacekeeping. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, towards the end of 1999 began to display and keep monthly records of peacekeeping contributions by each country. The countries are then ranked in order of the total number of peacekeepers they contribute monthly to the UN.

It is interesting to note that for more than 3 years unbroken, Nigeria was placed fourth largest contributor to UN peace operations behind only India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and also the largest contributor among African countries. Unfortunately, once again, rather than improve, Nigeria has slipped back a place from December 2011 to number 5 and Nigeria's fourth position is occupied by Ethiopia, another less-endowed African country. Another record which Nigeria held up till the end of 2011 was being the highest contributor of female peacekeepers. Once again, the position has been taken by South Africa.

Until recently, Nigeria held top mission leadership positions in the UN such as Special Representative of the Secretary General, Force Commander, Deputy Force Commander, Sector Commanders and Police Commissioner. This no longer obtains due to the deterioration in the quality and quantity of our peacekeeping contributions. For instance, Nigeria lost UNAMID command to Rwanda when General Agwai was not given an extension. Nigeria also lost some positions in UNMIL Liberia. Currently, only Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari of UNAMID and General Moses Obi, Force Commander UNMISS occupy such posts. A contributory factor to Nigeria losing such positions is the dysfunctional selection process into the peacekeeping force that allows for people to be sent for missions not based on their abilities but on who they know. Eventually they compete with the best from other countries and as expected, cannot beat the competition and meet the rigorous standards of the UN.

Finally, corruption within the Nigerian Army is a major mitigating factor to any meaningful progress in the defence sector. Rather than use the UN peacekeeping reimbursements (which are not claimed in full due to our poor performance) gained from participation in peacekeeping to better equip and train the armed forces, these monies are diverted for political interests such as funding political campaigns. In 2010, there was a case where the national,assembly raised queries regarding funds earmarked to buy equipment for peacekeeping which was never spent. The issue died a natural death as soon as the relevant committee was "carried along" in Nigerian political parlance!

In conclusion, the hard earned reputation of Nigeria in international peacekeeping gained through the efforts of late General Aguiyi-Ironsi, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo and T Y Danjuma, as far back as 1960 is about to be lost as our contingents are now rated among the worst in terms of training, logistics and professionalism. Even the fighting reputation we used to have no longer exists as all it takes to disarm our ill equipped troops are rag tag bandits. Something needs to be done. Is the commander-in-chief listening, or do all Nigerians need to take up arms against the state, become militants, insurgents or terrorists to attract his attention?

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agaugust: since you are also a poorly informed south african fool, i will help you upgrade your 33% south african brain with some information from a 50% mathematical nigeria brain... free education for below


[size=16pt] Ireland's IRA K.ill 656 British Army Soldiers Inside Britain [/size]

QUOTE :

" IRA took to the offensive and conducted a relatively high intensity campaign against the British and Northern Ireland security forces and the infrastructure of the state. The British Army characterised this period as the 'insurgency phase' of the IRA's campaign.

The IRA made some attempts in the 1980s to escalate the conflict with the aid of weapons imported from Libya. In the 1990s they also began a campaign of bombing economic targets in London and other cities in England."

SOURCE :


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign_1969%E2%80%9397


the British army is still ranked today as number number 3 best in the world today, with the best combat history and war experience in the world from hundreds of years in battle all over the globe.

now, all foolish sons of Mandela on nairaland...go kiss the nearest toilet Cockroach

IRA terrorists k.illing the mighty British Army inside Britain

https://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/76977-IRA_Terrorism-321x259.jpg

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Yeah - the UK isn't the one that abandoned its Mali mission, now is it? The UK isn't the one that's incapacitated today now, is it?

Seeing as you believe so much in rankings, why are you on this thread? The rankings already say you're behind South Africa.

At this rate, with boko and stuff, you have slid down to the top 60, at best.

agaugust: its so sweet to watch you go insane its real real fun to kick you around like a soccer ball

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Empty post. No substance. Wishful thinking. Same story for two days straight.

Once you are done, we are left with the same tale of an incapacitated Naai-gerian loseritary.

agaugust: we nigerians enjoy making you @CrazeB look like a first class south african born fool


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/

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Of course, you do. Only you fail to.

You can't disown your crying soldier. Not today. Maybe another day.

http://meniru..com/2008_09_01_archive.html?m=1

To think this is the only argument you have; and you've actually failed at it. Goes to show how much boko haram has taken from you personally. All pride, gone.

Next thing, you'll try to disown the crying Goodluck Jonathan. Of course, you'll fail at that too.

Before I forget. You are now unranked as a military. You have no capacity whatsoever. Boko has you tied into a never-ending battle to nowhere.

agaugust: [size=16pt]South Africa Begs Nigeria For Teachers[/size]




due to nigeria's higher standards of a 50% score in 5 subjects including mathematics and english language, the south african 33% brain level educational system is begging nigeria to send 50% brain Teachers to upgrade the inferior south africans who cannot even find enough 33% brain teachers to teach their students.

intellectually and academically, the average student of nigeria is proved better than the best student of south africa. proved.

Abuja — Federal Government has disclosed it will send teachers to help out in the South Africa education system.

Education Minister, Dr. Sam Egwu who made this known said that contrary to reports that Nigeria is worse off in term of teaching force, the South African educational system was in dire need of teaching personnel particularly at the basic education level.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200910210423.html


core subject areas the nigerians are to teach south africans will be mathematics and sciences.

this is true from experience on this nairaland forum, when military arguments get to mathematican calculation of weapons speed, range, force, velocity, and principles of physics, all the south africans on this forum run away after making some basic errors in calculations and are totally unable to solve simple equations or applied scientific formulas.

nigerian educational system is the hope of south african upgrade from 33% to 50% level of academic capacity


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Old news 98% failure rate brain. What happened to it?

Grasping at straws, seeing as your military argument has fallen by the wayside. Well, we continue to point out the story of the day.

The supposedly strong Naai-gerian military is not so strong. Missions abandoned as the boko challenge claims the lives of so-called soldiers. You have no peacekeeping capacity today. You are a failure as a military. You are having your heads sent back in DHL backs. No amount of diversion will change that.

Crying president. Crying soldiers. Weak hearts.

agaugust: .

@CrazeB's photo of crying soldier posted as nigerian army soldier at the burial of fellow soldiers, is actually an American army soldier crying at the after burial memorial service of his fellow American soldier killed by Islamic Terrorists in Iraq

SOURCE : http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/


@CrazeB is actually telling us that he knows that America, the strongest military in the world has its soldiers killed by the same islamic terrorists as Nigeria...this south african Crayfish is actually proving himself to be a fool whose head works in permannent reverse mode

no nigerian soldiers cried over b.oko h.aram, our boys are too hardened and too busy k.illing b.oko h.aram like insecticide kills mosquitoes

south africans can go d.ie of envy....seleka used them for shooting practice and they could not return to CAR and get a revenge like an army of men.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/

https://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/16407304_f6d2393518.jpg

the above photo is a crying American soldier in Iraq

Rubbish. Take you kak and eat it. This is your weak soldier. Don't give him to the Americans. He's weak like your president and the rest of your military, who are busy being handed their behinds by boko.

Yes, your boys are hardened enough to swallow boko bullets. What choice do they have? And then you want people to believe in your loseritary? Naai-gerian vs Naai-gerian couldn't make anyone envious. No, I don't think.

http://meniru..com/2008_09_01_archive.html?m=1

Zeus_Ayo: Let's hope u use U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ lemur brain properly here................minus 14 4rm 2000........wat do u hav left??................. Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ wats D̶̲̥̅̊ population of boko haram membas I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ nigeria presently

Totally irrelevant.

Changes absolutely nothing. Brings no victory to the Naai-gerian loseritary.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/world/africa/nigeria-violence-explainer

Zeus_Ayo: ℓ̊ waz talking to human nd a swine is responding...............smh................ U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ such an ass

The swine has clearly hit a nerve and induced an avalanche of jungle noises. Are you going to start throwing bananas now?

And will the loser soldiers walk out of their mass caves below, if you do that?

Zeus_Ayo: М̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ fellow nigerians we re surrounded by i*diots on dis thread...........u south africans re 4cking, spineless, ballzless, stupid racists u guyz nid to β wiped out 4rm D̶̲̥̅̊ earth hw can u call a fellow human being a monkey nd bring up pictures of a anoda mans cross.......ehn foolz............... ℓ̊ wish U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ wife wld giv brith to somefin lyk d̶̲̥̅̊@t? So we can also call u D̶̲̥̅̊ father of a monkey..................dick face........ Sensible pple can we plz talk millitary?..........tnks

That's what the truth does. It brings about fits of mouth-foaming and lower-lip trembling.

There's nothing more military than the below.

This is "very military".

blackchris: you know for a brainless monkey, you sure have a way of showing it. mass grave? what do you understand by military burial? you don't even sound like you know the meaning of military to start with.

and please enlighten me how your dead troops are buried if not at the same time in a military cemetery? do you even know the meaning of being buried with full military honors? i advised you to shut up if you had nothing to say didn't i?

you call defending your homeland from being over run by terrorism that not one portion of land can be claimed by the bandits lost cause? then what will you call your soldiers that were killed like rabid dogs protecting your president's private business in CAR, or being killed by poachers and smugglers in your borders. a well deserved death? wow!!

i think i have to stop replying you cos you clearly lack quality gist.

look at the two pictures and tell me which got a full burial rights and honors. Nigerian soldiers died defending their fatherland while yours died defending your president's private business. now answer which is a lost cause and a wasted death. Id1ot

You can show all the pomp and ceremony pictures you want.

It's all futile.

The substance of the matter is that your loser soldiers are dead.

They have been killed by their fellow countrymen.

Their own compatriots have killed them and proceeded to take their uniforms and call them weak.

Naai-gerian vs Naai-gerian and they are too weak to stop the bloodshed. They are dying in their own country.

That is the fact of the matter. Bury them in golden caskets if you want. This simple fact will not change. The woman below cares not about your pomp and ceremony.

na_chris_be_dis: yeah.. Those shiny booths. You know i dreamt of having one.

Don't worry, i know your brain is too slow to understand how the media works. So am begging that you please post some more.

Nothing like seeing brave solidiers who died for their fatherland being buried with full honors. Makes you wish it was you right? The type envied by SANDF that are buried as nobodies.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bliksemmed in their fatherland, alright. There's nothing like seeing that. That's the whole point.

Thank you.

na_chris_be_dis: you know of all this jargons you put together(and i call it jargon because Nigerians don't take these people you quoted these wiahfull thoughts from seriously anymore since 90% of what they say is false), the only parts i enjoyed most are; "Nigeria, with nearly 175 million people, is considered the political and economic powerhouse of West Africa. Rich in oil, the country is a key U.S. partner and has a massive banking sector. China is the biggest trade partner for Africa, and Nigeria is the hub of global business in the region"

so #in oliver twist's voice# "please sir, post some more".. As long as it satisfies your your path of ignorance.

The desperation of a 98% failure rate loser.

One moment, you want to talk about CNN as evidence of Boko people being killed. The next, you want to tell us CNN has quoted "false" things that you can't even point out.

Fail!

Of course, the region of West Africa, idîot. As usual, taking pleasure in small things. The article stands as a whole. And as it states, your military is useless.

We have boots on the ground to prove it.

na_chris_be_dis: see this id1ot. So this is the only way you know how to respond to the military topics your stup1d brain was yarning for? Typical dummies.

If not for the purpose of concealing my identity, i would have shown you where i am with my MUSLIM friends planning business and sipping correct vodka. Mugu

oga, Nigerian military just killed the second in command to shekau, CNN just confirmed it and the ba*tard is next.

So keep doubting the power of Nigerian military at the risk of your AIDS ridden soldiers.

Myopic Naai-gerian loser monkeys.

Boko Haram is not about one or two leaders. There will always be leaders springing up all the time.

Boko Haram is about a whole group of disgruntled people. Killing "leaders" will not save you. You are stuck in the rot and your military will not be getting out anytime soon.

Kiss your African mission capabilities goodbye, sûckers.

You have been exposed and hung out to dry by Boko Harm.

You've been left with nothing but your boots!

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/world/africa/nigeria-violence-explainer


Nigeria mosque attack: What's behind wave of violence?

By Joseph Netto, Nima Elbagir and Nick Thompson, CNN
updated 10:40 AM EDT, Tue August 13, 2013

Police: Dozens killed in mosque attack
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Nigeria battling Islamist insurgency in northeast region
Clashes between Muslim north and Christian south have killed thousands since 2009
Militant group Boko Haram, Nigerian military both blamed for atrocities against civilians
Oil-rich Nigeria is a key U.S. partner and the economic powerhouse of West Africa

(CNN) -- What began as dawn prayers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria ended in a gruesome massacre Sunday as militants brandishing automatic weapons killed 44 worshipers in the country's troubled Borno state.
It's not clear who's behind the attack, but many Nigerians will suspect that the militant group Boko Haram, which has wreaked havoc in the region for several years, are the perpetrators.
The Nigerian government is struggling to control the bloodshed between the mainly Muslim north and Christian south that has claimed at least 2,800 lives since Boko Haram came to prominence in 2009, according to Human Rights Watch.
Who are Boko Haram?
Boko Haram means "Western education is a sin." The group's ambitions range from the stricter enforcement of Sharia law -- which is derived from the Koran as the "world of God" -- across the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria, to the total destruction of the Nigerian state and its government.
Tackling terrorism in Nigeria Nigeria's political corruption issue 2012: Who are Boko Haram? Gadhafi's end unleashes flood of weapons
What's causing the unrest?
Armed militant groups in Nigeria's northeastern region are nothing new, but Boko Haram has taken the violence to unprecedented levels since 2009, murdering and kidnapping Westerners and bombing schools and churches. The country's immense oil wealth is concentrated in the south, while the predominantly Muslim north remains extremely poor. There were riots and accusations of vote-rigging when former military ruler Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, much of the north's favored candidate for president, lost to Goodluck Jonathan, who hails from the south, in the 2011 national election.

What's the Nigerian government doing about it?

In mid-May the Nigerian government declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states -- Adamawawa, Yobe and Borno state -- and created the Joint Task Force wing of the military to try to stamp out the insurgency.
A media blackout has also ensued, which ensures that communications in and out of the remote area are nearly impossible and that the Nigerian military can operate out of the media spotlight. The military has been accused of committing atrocities against civilians by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. The government acknowledged "that there has been problems," but said it's working to control itself.
Is the violence a purely sectarian dispute?
While it's easy to frame the violence as Christians versus Muslims, it's much more than sectarian. Boko Haram will attack other Muslims when they feel they're not adhering to strict Sharia law. Meanwhile, the Joint Task Force's actions in the region aren't winning them any fans -- and there's also the vigilante thugs who stop and search cars entering northeastern cities like Maiduguri.

Why has Boko Haram attacked mosques in the past?

Boko Haram doesn't view all Muslims as supporters and allies -- and there have been suggestions that the group is attacking certain mosques because members of that mosque have assisted the Joint Task Force in tracking members of the militant group.
Does Boko Haram enjoy support from the people?
Although the northern populace mostly abhors the violence, there is considerable local sympathy and support for Sharia law, seen by many as the only way to put an end to what is widely regarded as a corrupt and inept government.

MORE: "Are we at war?" Nigerians ask

Northern Nigeria has some of the worst human development indicators in the world --

and as the military struggles to stop the spread of attacks from Boko Haram's base in the northeast, the militant group is winning perhaps its most important battle: making Nigerians question the competency of their government.

Could the violence spread to other countries?

It already has -- Boko Haram is active in neighboring Cameroon, where a French family was kidnapped in February. And in a video released this weekend, the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said: "Our strength and firepower is bigger than that of Nigeria. Nigeria is no longer a big deal to us, as far as we are concerned. We will now comfortably confront the United States of America."

Why isn't the international community stepping in?

The U.S. designated the leader of Boko Haram as a terrorist and put a $7 million bounty on his head, in addition to providing technical and financial support to the Nigerian teams fighting on the ground. But there's a growing international reluctance to put boots on the ground unless there's a direct national security threat to the West, like in the case of the French intervention in Mali earlier this year.
Why is Nigeria so important to the region and rest of the world? What's the role of oil?
Nigeria, with nearly 175 million people, is considered the political and economic powerhouse of West Africa. Rich in oil, the country is a key U.S. partner and has a massive banking sector. China is the biggest trade partner for Africa, and Nigeria is the hub of global business in the region.

agaugust: .

[size=16pt]B.oko H.aram's Deputy Leader And His Father killed In Battle With Nigerian Army[/size]


A key member of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, Momogu Bama, has been killed by the Joint Task Force in Borno State.

He met his death the same day with his father, Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, described as one of the spiritual leaders of the sect in an operation between the sect members and the JTF operatives in Bama.

Momogu, the second-in-command to the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, had a N25m bounty put on his head by security agencies for information that could lead to his arrest.

The Director of Defence Information, Brig.- Gen Chris Olukolade, who confirmed his killing, described him as a vicious Boko Haram leader who took delight in personally slaughtering the sect’s victims.

He added that Momogu was the expert in charge of mounting anti-aircraft weapons for the sect and coordinating members in Yobe and Adamawa states.

Olukolade said in an electronic mail on Wednesday to one of our correspondents that Momogu was identified by insurgents arrested during one of the recent encounters between the JTF and the insurgents in Bama.

He said, “As troops intensify pursuit of terrorists who have been unleashing mayhem in Borno and Yobe communities, the death of Momogu Bama, said to be the Second-in-Command to Shekau has been confirmed by other arrested terrorists. This followed encounters with the terrorists around the Bama corridor.

“Momogu Bama personally led the attacks against troops and innocent citizens in the communities of Yobe and Adamawa. A specialist in manning the anti-aircraft guns of the group, he is known to be vicious and heartless with a penchant for personally slaughtering and executing victims.

He said the JTF had intensified aerial patrol to secure communities in the two states.

“The troops are continuing the pursuit of the terrorists while intensifying aggressive aerial and land patrols to ensure better security cover for the communities especially in the two states,” he said in the statement.

Meanwhile, eight women may have been arrested in Maiduguri by the JTF operatives for using their veils to conceal guns for insurgents.

A JTF source, who made this known did not say exactly when the women were arrested and the number of guns seized from them.

[img]http://www.interet-general.info/IMG/Nigeria-Kano-Islamistes-27juillet2009-2.jpg[/img]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sneaking in an amended post.

You posted the above "half-way" and omitted to include the link.

Not surprising, given that the article is hardly anything to be proud of.

I quote your own source (from the bit you omitted):


"It specifically wondered how the killings were carried out considering the heavy presence of military men in an area where over 40 Muslims lost their lives while worshipping"

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Huge indictment on your useless military. "Specifically wondered" , Mr Seleka . We strip you of your ranking like your soldiers were stripped of their uniforms by Boko Haram. 98% military for 98% people.

http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-deputy-leader-father-killed-military/

agaugust: continue to post without thinking and waste your time. who cares ? nobody . the nigerians on this forum know what they want and they have achieved it. even if this thread gets closed today, we have proved a point...the strongest military in africa is Egypt and no one else.

Nigeria comes second to Egypt...according to the south african research institute below...


http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2013/05/30/news-analysis-doubt-over-aus-stop-gap-intervention-force


we nigerians have achieved our purpose on this thread. who cares about spammers ? nobody.

Nothing like a spinning gorilla.

Your research institute argument was discredited a long time ago and it will be again, desperado. The man simply mentioned Naai-geria because South Africa's participation was already a given. Nothing about rankings there. South Africa still ranks above Naai-geria today. Cry about it.

You wish to believe you've proved a point. Now that you are locked in a cave of death thanks to Boko Haram, you want the thread closed?

Not so fast, Mr Seleka. Naai-geria has no capacity right now. Totally incapacitated. In fact, the research institute article has become dated and is hereby withdrawn... with immediate effect too.

You couldn't go on a mission if Africa paid you billions.

agaugust: seeing the way you think and use your brain, it is not surprising that your south african army cannot stand to fight a single battle and win in their history.

a country of fools will produce an army of fools, that is the story of south africa. DENEL should start manufaturing brains for your type in south africa who need urgent neuro-surgery.

From a ten-page letter to two short paragraphs. The death of a Naai-gerian dreamer. There's nothing in your post worth any serious look. It's just hot air. Jungle noises, to be exact. The only post worth looking at is the one immediately preceding yours. Mine to be exact. The one with the facts that you cannot deny.

Once again, go join your weeping president in the corner of the faint hearted. Take your weeping soldier along as well.

agaugust: your m..o..t..h..e..r gave birth to a kolo-mental kid with scattered dada hair.

Biafran rebel army killed tens of thousands of nigerian army soldiers on nigerian soil and nigeria became the african military record holder of the biggest war in africa.

nigerian soldiers have been getting killed by enemies on home soil since 1967.....and nigeria got high world ranking og military power for that reason. the more battles you fight, the more you die, the more you win after dying in battle, the higher your military ranking in the world.


http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/biafra.htm


that tells you why your country's South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies, who specialize in african war studies have rated nigeria above south africa in military rankings, your own military analysts says south africa is NOT on the list of african countries that have proven military capacity. you should go b.ury your h.ead in shame because your own country does not have confidence in your south african cowardly army.

QUOTE

"However, some analysts are hopeful. Solomon Ayele Dersso, senior researcher on conflict prevention at South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies, said the emergency force could work since the troops for it would be volunteered by member states with proven military capacity. One thing that’s different about the new force … is that it will be based on the principle of military capacity, he said. He cited Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad and Kenya as states that have proven their military capacity over the past 18 months or so."

SOURCE

http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2013/05/30/news-analysis-doubt-over-aus-stop-gap-intervention-force

fool, you dont even know what makes an army real warriors, you are foolishly praising nigerian army for have the courage of real warriors to keep on fighting in war with b.oko h.aram, k.illing the enemy and getting k.illed by them too...not like south african army that saw d.eath in CAR and refused to go back and fight Seleka to redeem the shattered and battered military image of south african armed forces.

battlefield run-away armies like that of south africa who dont want to die in war, will never have a military force with proven tested capacity. thats why south african army sent officers to learn jungle warfare from Brazil, a football playing country that has zero war experience. birds of the same feather flock together...is a true saying.

fool, you are like a man making jest of a 7 foot tall basket ball star who makes millions in the sports...you call him a 'long pole head' and it is that long pole height that makes him a basket ball super star...fool, you cannot even think like a normal human being....your mama don born kolo-metalo gidi gidi .


those photos you are posting are nothing new, they are all over nigerian newspapers and all over beegeagle blog forum deliberately posted by nigerians for the whole world to see a real army of ready-to-die fearless soldiers...proudly nigerian, champions of africa in military might after egypt.

http://beegeagle./2013/07/25/nigerian-army-list-two-majors-twelve-soldiers-killed-in-war-on-terror-another-killed-in-unamid-operations-all-to-be-accorded-state-burials-with-full-military-honours-today/

keep posting and keep advertising the fearless nigerian army...and its ready-to-die warriors !


https://www.naijacenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Military-Burial-Army-300x200.jpg

Give me a break with your boring Biafra civil war rubbish. It is getting really tired. Naai-gerian against Naai-gerian impresses no one.

Also, give me a break with your "we are winning" propaganda. You have even enlisted the help of vigilantes to prove to us how useless the Naai-gerian military is.

The fact of the matter is that your supposedly "wonderful" military is in its own territory, and has all the support of the state apparatus. Notwithstanding that, your supposedly "wonderful" military is being made to cry like babies. They cannot make Boko Haram shiver. They have been shamed by boko haram to the point of lying about their casualties.

Why then should anyone take your 28% failure rate military seriously?

And another thing: you have been telling us about the missions that you are capable of going on in Africa. Well, I have news for you: for as long as Boko Haram is playing you people like a football, there will not be any missions for you. Therefore, Mr Seleka, you are hereby stripped of your military rank and placed at the bottom of the heap.

Go to the "useless" corner and cry with your president.

swanky@vodamail:
Bcraig I'm also proudly South african and I have been following these treand for a while now at first I was enjoying it cos it was about the military stuff you guys were fantastic I mean both side I really enjoyed the way each side played your cyber military games

The fact is I am neither the person who started this, nor am I talking by myself here. People know what they need to do. For as long as they prefer to talk about things other than military...

In any case, I don't force anyone to respond to me.

swanky@vodamail:
wow wow guys please let us go back to the military stuff let us save these urgument for another day and time please

Look at my posts and look at the responses. I was happily posting about your loser soldiers. That's military. Then people decided they wanted to talk about other things, because they were in pain. Let's not be one-sided. Enjoy the serving like you enjoyed the Seleka one. I never saw you playing biased referee then.

I'm not the only one posting.

Very military are the pictures below. Walloped by Boko in their own land. SMH.

blackchris: oh my God. is this supposed to be a human being or a baboon? even baboons think smarter than this.

so if we believe your story we become mentally independent? you are insane

Of course you are mentally dependent and incapable of independent thought and research. You've proved it with your "Because Baas France have said so" parroting. As if there are only two reports out there.

As if that's not enough proof, you didn't even know anything about satellite tv and that sort of thing, until South Africans showed you. That's why your economy is colonised.

Very mentally enslaved and on the lower rungs of civilisation.

There's just something about the Naai-gerian brain that doesn't "click".

Sixty years plus and what have you done? Gone to war against each other. It's a blöody zoo. Each one wants its own banana!

Look at the workings of your weak military below. They decided to swallow some boko haram bullets and made widows out of your women.

blackchris: coming from a dumb head from a country of dummies that hardly make a simple 33% pass. a nation of dummies that outsource for competent hands to maintain a remnant country. you really wish to force someone to your level.

We have been through this before. You have the worst indicators in the world on education and you have proudly produced a 98% failure rate on exams.

In addition, the nation of "dummies" is better than yours. Therefore, you are worse than dummies, no so?

na_chris_be_dis: only an idi0t will believe this junk of terrorist propaganda from a man that just lost his deputy and all hist high ranking members, a man that narrowly escaped death and fled to cameroon.

You just proved yourself an iredeemable IDI0T.

The losers below would disagree with your emotion fuelled dreams.

In your own country, mind you. Backsides kicked all the way to Timbuktu.

blackchris: for crying out loud. can you explain how this your post relates to us chosing to believe france instead of SA. you sound like you think from your sh*t hole.

you.. sarcastic? don't make me laugh. you had to claim sarcasm after your racist a*s was discovered

You cannot think for yourselves. You are mentally enslaved. Everything is in front of you, but you prefer to hold a banana and look at what France has reported.

That you are enslaved is evident from just looking at Naai-geria.

You are an idîot. You admit that you call me a baboon, but I am now racist for calling you a monkey.

Not very smart, humanoid.

You belong with your weak 98% failure rate military.