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 Foreign Affairs › Re: Libya And Imperialism: How Libya Almost Smashed Western Hegemony In Africa by Beaf: 4:48am On Nov 28, 2011 |
igbo2011:That question really does not weigh in on either side of the question about wether Gaddafi was evil or not. It is diversionary. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Libya And Imperialism: How Libya Almost Smashed Western Hegemony In Africa by Beaf: 4:43am On Nov 28, 2011 |
^ Thanks for that, bruv. I expect Crap 28 to avoid the matter and go on another id!otic ramble, dramatically dropping random names like CIA, MOSSAD etc in grand style, but backed by stack emptiness. There is also the evidence from the Hague I posted earlier. |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Beaf(op): 4:20am On Nov 28, 2011 |
[quote author=haka_nai link=topic=812577.msg9645520#msg9645520 date=1322443191]Please and where did he state that?That being active does not mean hold a political office in government.Simply he may do that by supporting and canvassing for a candidate in his party.But since you are beaf,as usual you have jump the gun!!!!Remembering how people like you read his speech up side down.From the rally it is obvious he is trying to ensure the loyalty of his supports.Since the elections CPC is not in order.So it marks a point he is asking for there settings towards 2015!!!! How far sha? when is GEJ finally arresting him over Boko haram and post-election violence?We are waiting most especially after your analysis and manipulation of so many culprits.Non is still asked or proven  [/quote]Where does it say Beaf wrote the newspaper article? What is wrong with some of you?I laugh in beriberi! |
| Politics › Re: Why Do Nigerians In Diaspora Refer To Nigeria As Africa? by Beaf: 2:14am On Nov 28, 2011 |
ogajim:I wonder if you told your Western friends out of the now legendary low-self-esteem you have shamelessly paraded here that, Abeokuta, Benin and Badagry are in "Africa," instead of Nigeria? I wonder too if that low-self-esteem made you tell your guests that you were buying air tickets to "Africa?" I guess you must have stood atop Olumo Rock and proclaimed Abeokuta to be "Africa" as well. Learn not to be fake and ashamed of your roots. And never ever step up in public to demand special status just because you live in the West and describe yourself as something ridiculously named as "NID's" (which for the umpteenth time, reminds me of AIDS). I can bet my last Kobo that you are one of those fake people with names like, Peter Roger. Fake to oyibo and fake to 9ja! |
| Politics › Kanti Bello Petitions Jonathan, Musdapher by Beaf(op): 1:49am On Nov 28, 2011 |
[size=14pt]Appeal court: Ex-Senate whip petitions Jonathan, Musdapher[/size] Written by Taiwo Adisa, Abuja Monday, 28 November 2011 Former Senate Chief Whip, [size=14pt]Senator Kanti Bello[/size], who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the April general election in Katsina North senatorial district has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan, the Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher and the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, alleging miscarriage of justice in the ruling of the Appeal Court, Kaduna, on his election petition against the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change(CPC), Senator Abdul Yandoma. The senator, in a nine-page petition asked for the intervention of the president and the CJN in order to save the judiciary. The Court of Appeal had, in a judgment delivered on November 16 by Justice Amina Augie over an appeal brought before it by Senator Abdul Yandoma, CPC candidate representing Katsina North senatorial district, set aside the decision of the elections petitions tribunal sitting in Katsina. The appellate court held that the decision of the tribunal nullifying Senator Yandoma’s election and ordering bye-election was wrong, adding that the issue was a pre-election matter which it said the election tribunal had no jurisdiction to delve into. But in the petition dated November 24, Senator Bello, who also copied the petition to the acting National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, wondered why the Appeal Court failed to await the Supreme Court judgment in another suit questioning the candidacy of Senator Yandoma. The Senator accused the Court of Appeal of desperation, adding that the court had “thrown honour, decency, common sense and justice overboard.” He further stated in the petition: “why the indecent haste to hear and determine the appeal, this act by the Court of Appeal can only but diminish the administration of justice in the eyes of the right thinking members of the society and ultimately erode our confidence in the judiciary as an impartial arbiter of our disputes.” http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/31906-appeal-court-ex-senate-whip-petitions-jonathan-musdapher |
| Politics › Re: Bafarawa’s Men Dump ACN As Sokoto ACN Chair, 23 LG Chairmen Resign by Beaf(op): 1:27am On Nov 28, 2011 |
Implosion. |
| Politics › Bafarawa’s Men Dump ACN As Sokoto ACN Chair, 23 LG Chairmen Resign by Beaf(op): 1:26am On Nov 28, 2011 |
[size=14pt]Bafarawa’s men dump ACN •As Sokoto ACN chair, 23 LG chairmen resign[/size] Monday, 28 November 2011 CHAIRMAN of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Sokoto State chapter, Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, has announced the resignation of the entire members of the executive of the state chapter of the party and all the 23 local government chairmen of the party in the state. In a letter jointly signed by the state chairman, Alhaji Milgoma, and the secretary, Alhaji Attahiru Muhammad, which was addressed to the national headquarters of the party, Abuja and copies sent to journalists in Sokoto State, Alhaji Milgoma said their resignation from the party followed the resignation of their political leader and party financier in the state, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa. They accused the leadership of the party at the national level of nonchalant attitude, abandoning their cause and negligence toward their efforts at building the party during and after the last elections. “The party at state level, especially in the northern part of the country, was abandoned completely by the so-called leadership hierarchy of the party in order to show that we are nothing and nobody at the national headquarters is with us,” according to the statement. Alhaji Milgoma said the party leadership in Sokoto State was a united body, supportive of former Governor Bafarawa and would give their loyalty to him anytime, anywhere. They faulted the query given to him as a personal issue between him and a certain group in the national headquarters, which was bent on frustrating his genuine efforts of reviving the party to the national cause. “We also wish to re-iterate that we concur with the reasons adduced by our political leader, that the ACN, despite genuine efforts by well-meaning members to transform it into a national party, has remained, to the chagrin of most of us, a regional party acting out a sectional agenda,” Milgoma said. He said that they would follow Bafarawa to any political party he chooses to join and would continue to stand behind him for the development and the unity of the state and nation in general. They also pledged their loyalty and support to the former governor’s quest of finding genuine, national and responsive political platform that was ready to articulate and act upon the yearnings and aspirations of millions of Nigerian masses. http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/31899-bafarawas-men-dump-acn-as-sokoto-acn-chair-23-lg-chairmen-resign |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Beaf(op): 1:24am On Nov 28, 2011 |
I laugh in kwashiorkor! Poor red-eyed mullah.  |
| Politics › I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Beaf(op): 1:22am On Nov 28, 2011 |
[size=14pt]I won’t quit politics until. . . –Buhari •Begins consultation on 2015 [/size] Written by Hassan Ibahim, Kaduna Monday, 28 November 2011 A former military head of state and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the last general election, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has resinded his decision to contest for the position of the president of the country, saying that he won’t quit until sustainable democracy is entrenched. Buhari declared that he would not quit active politics, while he charged his supporters to gird their loins for the 2015 general election. He had announced he would be giving up presidential race after the April 2011 election at the final rally of his party in Abuja, a few days before the poll. But his U-turn came to the fore in an address he delivered during an empowerment programme orga-nised by one of the representatives of the party in the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Honourable Muha-mmed Ali, in Kaduna. “I won’t quit politics until good governance and sustainable democracy is entrenched in this country,” he said. He added that “we should not be illusioned that demoracy dividends will ever come to us easily without making sacrifices and the time for proper change is 2015,” Buhari said. The Katsina-born politician disclosed that he honoured the invitation of Honourable Ali, as part of his consultations with stakeholders on “the Nigeria Project,” while he promised to hold a world press conference on his future political plans as soon as the Supreme Court dispensed with the case before it, where he was challenging the declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan as the winner of the last presidential election. He enjoined his supporters to shun acts of violence and brigandage, while calling on them to always get registered by the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) so as to vote and guard their votes during polls. The chairman on the occasion, Captain Moha-mmed Joji (retd), tasked the 13 CPC lawmakers in the Kaduna State assembly to emulate Honourable Ali’s empowerment and skills acquisition programmes for about 550 people. http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/31901-i-wont-quit-politics-until-buhari-begins-consultation-on-2015 |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Libya And Imperialism: How Libya Almost Smashed Western Hegemony In Africa by Beaf: 1:14am On Nov 28, 2011 |
cap28:I would have thought you would have ready answers to that. Nigeria handed the murderer to the ICC, his assylum was part of a cunning package to rid West Africa of the murderous influence of Gaddafi and bring peace to Liberia. Job done. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Libya And Imperialism: How Libya Almost Smashed Western Hegemony In Africa by Beaf: 1:07am On Nov 28, 2011 |
igbo2011:I really don't care if America is the better or worse evil than Gaddafi; evil is evil, America killed Lumumba and Gaddafi killed Sankara. Your argument is very poor and simplistic. In politics, there are no permanent friends or foes, only permanent interests; if you view the World from that perspective, you would be able to see things as they really are, instead of operating a tragically faulty, ridiculously simplistic and rigidly formulaic worldview which sets you on the road to nowhere and see's you running scared from your own shadow. My brother, please be wise. There are permanent interests in our World. The American interest is to be secure and dominant, whereas Gaddafi's interests where those of a maniacally deranged fool; he wanted to spread revolution that would see him end up as king of kings of Africa. The evidence is out there for everyone, Gaddafi spread wanton death, destruction and sorrow throughout West africa. He trained all West Africa's bloody minded insurgents, aided coup plotters, armed them and financed every West African war from the 80's to current times; from Senegal to Gambia, Liberia to Sierra Leone, Mali to Mauritania and from Niger to Chad. Those like Sankara that stood in his way were weeded out. Nigeria was only lucky because we have a big enough army and abundant oil funds; Gaddafi's phucked up "revolution" would have seen bloodshed here too. I do not see how anybody can take on an almost theoligical point of view of World politics. The fluffy idea of great satans and such other stuff belongs in fairytales; if you approach politics from a religious viewpoint like the Arabs do, you will get responses that will seem explanable only by religion rather than logic. The simple reason being that those you joust with do not see things through your religious eyes. That religious viewpoint will see you scrambling to mould and stretch events to suit your predefined good and evil principalities, almost like a brainwash. Its an unwise and scary place to be. |
| Sports › Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf(op): 6:44pm On Nov 27, 2011 |
Contrived victory for Webber. The Red Bulls are so superior they can afford to do crap, I've always thought the gap between Webber and Vettel this season as compared to last just didn't look right; especially as Webber was the only one to have various types of breakdowns at the beginning of the season. Great drives from Jensen and Alonso. |
| Sports › Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf(op): 5:39pm On Nov 27, 2011 |
I can almost bet that Red Bull is deliberately sabotaging Vettels race so Webber can win. |
| Politics › Re: American Thinker - Boko Haram: New Security Threat for US in Nigeria by Beaf(op): 9:12am On Nov 27, 2011 |
^ Lol! Thanks. Me and Kilode know awasef wella. I marry im sister and e de eye my sister.  [quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=812102.msg9641111#msg9641111 date=1322379030]Tambuwal is actually a non-issue, a PDP member supported by the opposition so as to strengthen their hands and affirm their independence in opposition? Calling that a separaratist move is not correct, in light of the major areas they can agree on, it's like burning down the family house because your girlfriend hugged your brother. I'm not holding brief for ACN leaders, since we are not inner party member, let's go by their rhetoric; I'm glad you mentioned PIB PIB as originally intended cannot be opposed by an ACN or SW whose chieftains have constantly championed resource control. Land use repeal (which will greatly benefit GEJ and his SS kinsmen cannot be opposed by SW leaders, even Tinubu utterances shows his rhetorical support for a more egalitarian land ownership regime. True Federalism : State Police, local control of ports, stronger State Law and regional autonomy ( which lagos is a major champion of, they actually walk the talk) weaker central Government. E.tc All these plus more have featured in the rhetoric of these same leaders from the SW, and the SS / SE if I must add I think the disagreement and political power tussle over who should lead the house of Rep pales in comparison with the agreement they have on these more fundamental issues. I think the bigger question now is ; Why ain't we having an FG initiated national dialogue on these issues? Who are the people blocking it, what can we do together to defeat them? Apology for the readability, I'm using a phone.[/quote]The divide in the House of rep might seem minor to the onlooker, but it isn't. Tinubu's rhetoric is sweet on the surface, but you only need to scratch the surface to find his motivation which is strongly anti-people. Tinubu connived with IBB to instal Tambuwal so as to trip the FG, if all Southern leaders had the same progressive goals, that unthinkable link up would not have occurred; if we would have lost, at least we would have done so as a united front. Today the House of Rep is split into the IBB/Tinubu and GEJ factions; a recipe for running on the spot. I do not see anything getting done by the House of Rep in the next 4 years. As for Tinubu's rhetoric about true federalism, pay close attention to the details and you will find that he is arguing to further strengthen the unitary system (which will benefit him more personally), rather than for true federalism. There have been two giveaways so far. The first is Tinubu's call for even more funding from Abuja, a position that is antithetical to true federalism. If the FG gives more money, then it must exert proportionally or exponentially more control; he who pays the piper dictates the tune. The calculation for Tinubu is simple, he gets more from milking Lagos and the benefits of true federalism can be buggerred. The second, is his outright rejection of GEJ's suggestion that LG's be empowered, while the states and FG are weakened. Any supporter of true federalism would have welcomed this. LG's are the power houses of development and service provision (fire brigade, policing, certain areas of taxation etc) in all developed countries. Of even greater appeal for a country like Nigeria, is the fact that an LG based system would go very far to decentralising power in ways that directly loosen the rampant ethnic / religious bigotries that are ravaging the country. If there is no unity in the South, there is slim hope for any fundamental constitutional change. The two stumbling blocks to immediate national dialogue are IBB and Tinubu; without these two highly moneyed men with low morals, all other power blocks would since have crumbled. |
| Politics › Re: Fct Minister Made N1.3 Billion From A Single Street Contract! by Beaf: 8:26am On Nov 27, 2011 |
I won't be shocked if this is not just another sponsored story quoting the now famous "sources." |
| Politics › Re: American Thinker - Boko Haram: New Security Threat for US in Nigeria by Beaf(op): 8:01am On Nov 27, 2011 |
[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=812102.msg9640995#msg9640995 date=1322376536]^ Bro, humor me, articulate the difference in agenda between the SW and SS\SE. Which ideas and agendas are championed by the SS/SE, but opposed by the SW?[/quote]I think I should clarify that I am talking about the positions of the leaders of these different blocks, not the people in general. The SW leaders are Nigeria's new separatists, as for agenda; how about Tambuwal? This is a time we should all have drawn together to easily make far ranging and fundamental changes to the constitution; but that task has been made exponentially more difficult by the SW leaders with their backing of Tambuwal. If at all we can realise true federalism, passage of the PIB etc, then we'd has passed through the eye of a needle. |
| Politics › Re: Federal Govt, Osun State’s Rift Deepens by Beaf: 7:28am On Nov 27, 2011 |
Refund their money so Aregbe can hire more aluta howler's to insult himself, while owing workers salaries. |
| Politics › Re: American Thinker - Boko Haram: New Security Threat for US in Nigeria by Beaf(op): 7:24am On Nov 27, 2011 |
^ The cold answer to your hopes is, Nigerians are not ready to solve their problems. The country has split itself neatly into core-North, SW and SE/SS. The core-Northern elite are doing all they can to make the FG fail, while the SW is either sitting on the fence or cheerleading. With no common agenda, I fail to see any hope for a united Nigeria on the horizon. Strangely, it is the US that is likely to want either a united Nigeria; the reason would be to dilute any extremist tendencies that might spring up in the core-North, especially as negative political forces have lost control of parts of boko haram to al qaeda. Even better, they are likely to prefer one in which the oil areas are dominant or very visible; they might not have preferred this a year ago, but realities are very much different now. If I were the Americans, instead of marines, the most subtle tricks would be employed, such as; revealations of damning population discrepancies (with solid proof); maybe by a uni or some profs academic paper. All well in time for 2015. lol! Until we set our various bigotries and prejudices aside, our fate might lie in the hands of neo-cons or other hawks. Just look how those hawks are shaming Pakistan, a nuclear power thats several times more militarily powerful than Nigeria! The US has two very pressing interests in Nigeria, to eradicate boko haram and to keep the oil flowing; its hard not to see them knocking on the door in the near future. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Libya And Imperialism: How Libya Almost Smashed Western Hegemony In Africa by Beaf: 6:57am On Nov 27, 2011 |
And they indicate that, in this case, Blaise Compaoré and Muammar Gaddafi could have been indicted. Of course, a Prosecutor has an obligation to only indict those that they can prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, and we welcome the fact that the Defence, from the evidence that's been heard in this case, believes that the involvement of Muammar Gaddafi and Blaise Compaoré has been proven, because as your Honours know, having heard all the evidence, certainly there is evidence that these individuals or the governments that they headed aided the RUF.http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=L6igKdrjyyg=&tabid=160 All for daimonds. Sierra Leonian war victims that had limbs amputated by the unspeakably evil Gaddafi armed RUF: https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/children3.jpg https://www.africanwanderings.com/wp-content/hopeinfootball1.jpg |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Libya And Imperialism: How Libya Almost Smashed Western Hegemony In Africa by Beaf: 6:35am On Nov 27, 2011 |
cap28:You are a joker of the highest order! That is why I call you Crap 28, cos thats all your hallucinations amount to, a huge pile of stinking crap dedicated to the promotion of evil and twisted lies. I don't know which devil between ignorance, wickedness, drink or drugs pushes you to do this horrible truth twisting stuff. Blaise Compaoré killed Sankara, a dynamic and gifted revolutionary; one of the proudest, truest and most principled black men ever to rise to leadership in Africa; but for your phucking Gaddafi, it was, "kill them young." Compaoré killed him to spread the "Libyan revolution" that was led by the very very dead demon called Gaddafi. You deposit yourself here everyday to talk mangled bullshiit, but it has never occurred to you that Gaddafi and France have been in cahoots for decades. To show you the extent, one of Saif Al Islams bargaining chips is that Libya bankrolled Sarkozi's campaign. By the way, your saint Compaoré also introduced Prince Yomie Johnson and Charles Taylor to Gaddafi. He supplied Foday Sanko's RUF and Charles Taylor with weapons from Libya in deal's to break UN sanctions and keep the fountains of blood flowing from the senseless orgiies of violence in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast. These are just a few graduates of Gaddafi's WRC; Blaise Compaoré, Charles Taylor, Foday Sankoh, Ibrahim Bah and Idriss Deby. Go and find out the common thread that links each of those men. If you love animals, make sure they are the four footed type, not beastly men who would cannibalise little kids. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: American Thinker - Boko Haram: New Security Threat for US in Nigeria by Beaf(op): 5:59am On Nov 27, 2011 |
[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=812102.msg9640671#msg9640671 date=1322367896]American Thinker? When Thomas Lifson and his neo-conservative journal start writing articles about your country, be very very afraid. They are a part of the same group of neo-conservative essayists that gave George Bush their "intellectual" backing before and during the Iraq invasion. Now they are deftly trying to paint a connection between Mutallab and Boko-Haram. . Hmm Nigeria, my people, be very afraid, or better still, end the Boko Haram issue by yourself before these people start "helping" you. If Obama lose this election or leave office before Boko Haram is destroyed, just pray Neo-conservatives don't return back to prominence. . See? they are not joking. They will protect their interest, just hope it aligns with ours.[/quote]For the bolded, thats the exact reason I posted the article. They are right wing types, into whose arms and calculations boko haram and its "born to rule" sponsors driving Nigeria. When you talk about interests, do you mean wider Nigerian interests, economic interests or SE/SS interests? Each of those items demands a uniquely tailored answer. |
| Politics › Re: Army Ready To Defend Unity Of Nigeria – Ihejirika by Beaf: 5:49am On Nov 27, 2011 |
ocelot2006:Hmmm! It just seems the World markets never realised that the huge shortfall had been bridged, oil prices shot through the roof as a direct result of the dire shortage of sweet Bonny Light crude. Sombori should have told them about Akwa Ibom. No? ocelot2006:No, I'm talking about men trained in the brutal arts of combat, but mortally lost when faced with the murky bowels of the ND creeks. It was croc xmas, bruv! I'm talking about red-blooded military type males with rippling muscles, reduced to wide-eyed, shivering tearfulness when it became resoundingly clear that orders from above had given them just two choices; the calmly efficient arms of Tompolo or the snapping, grinding horror of the crocodiles jaws. Damn! Sheer terror results from going into combat with WWII weapons against motivated boys armed with GPS powered high tech gizmo's. Dig? My brother, the amnesty was a necessary face saver. |
| Politics › Re: Army Ready To Defend Unity Of Nigeria – Ihejirika by Beaf: 4:42am On Nov 27, 2011 |
ocelot2006:LOLZZZ!!! Most Nigerians can recall the "searches" for the likes of Tompolo and the unfortunate fattening of the local crocs that resulted. In fact, At that time all crocs were headed for the ND! See free food yanfu yanfu! In the meantime, Nigeria's economy rapidly ground to a hult; na begging di boys come remain. |
| Politics › Re: Why Do Nigerians In Diaspora Refer To Nigeria As Africa? by Beaf: 4:36am On Nov 27, 2011 |
Toaskarity is saying he is not interested in talking, but usai! Our resident madam / mister "argue with the wall" can't take the loudest hint. |
| Politics › Re: Why Do Nigerians In Diaspora Refer To Nigeria As Africa? by Beaf: 3:51am On Nov 27, 2011 |
ogajim:Poor ogajim, the noisemaker who comes from "Africa!" How can a person be ashamed of where they come from? Save yourself from talking nonsense by healing your low self esteem. I can help you if you want, its simple really; repeat after me: "I will never be ashamed of my roots. I am a Nigerian from Nigeria."
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| Politics › Re: Nation Honor:beaf, Do You Want To Meet Chinua Achebe, I Can Take You To Meet Him by Beaf: 3:18am On Nov 27, 2011 |
^ Where is the map of Chinua Achebe?  |
| Politics › American Thinker - Boko Haram: New Security Threat for US in Nigeria by Beaf(op): 2:59am On Nov 27, 2011 |
November 26, 2011 [size=14pt]Boko Haram: New Security Threat for US in Nigeria[/size] By Khaled Nasir The U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, issued a warning Nov. 5 indicating that it had received intelligence that the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram may have been planning to bomb several targets in the Nigerian capital during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, also known as Eid al-Kabir, celebrated Nov. 6-8. The warning specifically mentioned the Hilton, Nicon Luxury, and Sheraton hotels as potential targets. An Associated Press count shows the group has killed at least 330 people this year alone. Boko Haram ("Western education is a sin"  is a Nigerian Islamist group that seeks the imposition of sharia law throughout the whole of Nigeria. The group believes that Western education is anathema.Many experts on Boko Haram note that the group's suicide bombing on 26 August 2011, which destroyed the U.N. building in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, reveals a link with al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM). Before the attack, an internal Nigerian intelligence document had discussed possible links between Boko Haram and AQIM. General Carter Ham, the general at the top of the United States African Command (AFRICOM), speculated that Boko Haram might want to establish a partnership with the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, in addition to with AQIM. Since 2000, incidents of conflict involving radical Islamist groups have increased significantly. There have been two Taliban rebellions in 2003 and 2004 in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Bauchi. An obscure group speaking Arabic in a Chad dialect attacked the police in metropolitan Kano on Election Day in April 2007. On Christmas day 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab ("the underwear bomber" , scion of a prominent northern Nigerian banker, attempted to blow up a Delta Airlines flight over Detroit. Video evidence proves that he was recruited, trained, and armed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).In January 2010, the leader of AQIM, 'Abd al-Malik Droukdal, released a statement offering to provide training and material assistance to Boko Haram. These connections notwithstanding, as of September 2011, several experts doubt the actualized alliance between the two groups, noting the lack of public hard evidence linking Boko Haram and AQIM. On Nov. 2, Nigerian authorities claimed to have foiled a bomb plot planned for the Eid holiday. A man they arrested in connection with the plot allegedly possessed explosives that he planned to use to create package bombs. The arrest probably resulted from the house-to-house searches in Maiduguri that came after an arms amnesty for militants ended Oct. 31. Nigeria is the most populous African country and one of the most densely populated countries in the world. With approximately 150 million people, half the country is Muslim and half is Christian (though many Nigerians follow traditional religions). Muslim population predominates in the north while Christians predominate in the south. The Muslim north is anchored in agricultural resources; southern Nigeria, an area that includes Lagos, holds the vibrant commercial capital and the business hub for much of West Africa, including the Niger Delta region, home to about 90 percent of the country's large crude oil and natural gas sector. The USA has defined the Gulf of Guinea as a new energy security zone, one expected to supply 25% of American imports by 2025, with Nigeria destined to provide 60%-70% of these oil imports. Nigerian crude oil's light weight, low sulfur content, lower transport costs, and security advantage over the Persian Gulf fetch a premium price from U.S. refiners. Today, oil and natural gas represent at least 37%-40% of Nigeria's GDP, 95% of its foreign exchange earnings, and 83% of federal government revenue, with estimated annual export value of $90 billion in 2008. Nigeria as a country is strategically situated in a volatile part of Africa. As the conflicts there drive away investors from the Middle East, thanks to the new "Arab Spring," the expansion of the oil industry in Nigeria may look to be a safe bet for global oil companies. With the global economy in turmoil and the Middle East in transition, a group like Boko Haram can harm U.S. interests throughout Africa. A potential merger with other groups such as Al Shabab would escalate the Afghan-style terror even further, not to mention allow for a new base for al-Qaeda in Africa. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/boko_haram_new_security_threat_for_us_in_nigeria.html#ixzz1eroSQRvU |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Built to Kill- United State Powerful Arsenals (pics) by Beaf: 11:52pm On Nov 26, 2011 |
X-51 Hypersonic Cruise Missile: Prompt Global Strike program of Pentagon Vishal | Dec 20 2006 https://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2006/12/20/x-51_72.jpg https://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2006/12/20/hypersonic-cruise-missile_72.jpg America is known to be the most powerful nation with most advanced weapons. It has a good stock of deadly weapons that are just enough to end up this world into ashes. Still some of the American security analysts feel that the nuclear weapon technology of the nation is not credential enough and is deteriorating with their enemies growing stronger so they have expressed a need of a Hypersonic Cruise Missile technology that will be able to travel large distances in few minutes and hit the target giving their enemy no time to escape. In the Pacific, a nuclear-powered Ohio class submarine surfaces, ready for the president’s command to launch. When the order comes, the sub shoots a 65-ton Trident II ballistic missile into the sky. Within 2 minutes, the missile is traveling at more than 20,000 ft. per second. Up and over the oceans and out of the atmosphere it soars for thousands of miles. At the top of its parabola, hanging in space, the Trident’s four warheads separate and begin their screaming descent down toward the planet. Traveling as fast as 13,000 mph, the warheads are filled with scored tungsten rods with twice the strength of steel. Just above the target, the warheads detonate, showering the area with thousands of rods-each one up to 12 times as destructive as a .50-caliber bullet. Anything within 3000 sq. ft. of this whirling, metallic storm is obliterated. These kinds of developments mark the possibility of a World War III. I think America should sacrifice their greed to acquire more and more deadly weapons. http://www.weaponsblog.org/entry/x-51-hypersonic-cruise-missile-prompt-global-strike-program-of-pentagon/ |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Built to Kill- United State Powerful Arsenals (pics) by Beaf: 11:44pm On Nov 26, 2011 |
https://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/11/army-successfully-tests-new-advanced-hypersonic-weapon-e1321608316482.jpg US Army successfully tests new Advanced Hypersonic Weapon The Department of Defense announced on Thursday that the first test of the Army’s hypersonic weapon, dubbed the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon, was a success.http://www.inquisitr.com/160700/army-successfully-tests-new-advanced-hypersonic-weapon/ Damn! |
| Politics › Re: Why Do Nigerians In Diaspora Refer To Nigeria As Africa? by Beaf: 10:43pm On Nov 26, 2011 |
^ ogajim:Lol! Isn't it great to see you in full fledged, high-speed retreat? The above is a long way from the "NID's" nonsense you posted out, even if you are only being grudging hurled along on the seat of your pants and by the scruff of the neck. The first step on the ladder to wisdom and enlightenment is, dropping you fake accent and being yourself. The next step is accepting your skin colour, country, state, ethnicity, mother tongue, culture, traditional name etc as indelible, indisputably bold declarations of your identity; the very definition and heartbeat of your being. Your identity is yours to accept and forcefully project. The Japanese man doesn't care if you can pronounce or like the sound of Mitsubishi, Komatsu or Fuji Tsuushinki Seizou Kabushikigaisha. They simply tell you that's the name, accept it or suck a lemon. ogajim:That's right. And I'm proud of it, we owe the youth a duty to teach, teach, teach! [flash=420,315] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0JwRW4_jo[/flash] |
| Politics › Re: Governor Rauf Aregbesola's Achievements One Year After by Beaf: 10:10pm On Nov 26, 2011 |
[size=14pt]AREGBESOLA: I can never leave Lagos and Lagos can never leave me[/size]https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-774228.0.html[size=14pt]QUESTION: You are running a government in Osun and at the same time having an eye on Lagos State. Your opponents are asking why can’t you devote your attention to Osun?[/size]http://www.osundefender.org/?p=20016 |
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