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Sermwell:
So the Gulf states will just clap of Iran after the bombing right?

What are you insinuating? Iran has been striking their oil facilities, there's a reason they didn't retaliate because they know if they do, the entire gulf states becomes GROUND ZERO. That's when you'll know that the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc are desert land propped up by USA through the petrodollar system.

The Strait of Hormuz is shut, that's the passage for majority of oil from the Gulf states, Around 90% of their entire economy is from oil and gas. They have the most to lose, so yes, they can go ahead and strike back, let's check something, because some of you don't know history and don't do any sort of research or have any clue about geopolitics but come online to ask dvmb questions to masquerade ignorance while pretending to be knowledgeable.

Strike their power plants and they will strike the Gulf's desalination plants where more than 90% of the Gulf states gets their drinking water from. Also Iran has about 500 power plants while the entire Israel has only around 15. US and Israel can go ahead and strike Iran's power plant so that we can check something.

An African in this day and age, calling themselves christian is still a mystery to me. With the exception of the Ethiopian orthodox christianity of course.

State of emergency? The buildings are still standing though

I can see they're wearing rings on their finger. Hope they have 72 more rings each in their pockets.

Ukraine will eventually turn to a nation of women only eventually. Their men has either been killed in war, currently in war, fled the country or waiting to be picked up by the roadside to go fight in a war.

Starboytwo:
My question is Are these guys Muslims??

Like, I don’t understand.

Do we have different kind of Muslims cuz my Mum is Muslim?? And I know some Muslims here in Lagos .

They all read the Quran, my Mum inclusive. Or is there different Quran

There are two sects of Islam. You have the Sunni Islam and the Shia Islam. Most Nigerians muslims practices the Sunni sect of Islam. Within the Sunni sect, there's a movement called Salafi. Salafism has a range of followers, there's the quietists Salafi, political Salafi and extremist Salafi.

Quietists Salafis focuses on personal piety, they avoid politics
Political Salafis engage in governance and activism
Extremist Salafis endorse violence.

Both political salafis and quietist salafis and the general Sunni Islam condemns the extremist salafism.

Extremists Salafis are the Jihadists which groups like Boko Haram, ISWAP, Al-Shabab, JNIM, ISIS etc belongs to.

Just like there are violences in the Old Testament of the bible, ordained and instructed by "God", Quran also contain passages about violence in specific historical contexts. However, jihadist-salafis selectively interpret certain Quranic verses and elevate them into a doctrine of violence, which is not how mainstream Muslims understand the text.

These Jihadist salafists have been around for a while, their violence is largely contained and very controllable until USA, France, Israel, etc started funding them, using them as a political tool of conquest and destabilisation. Hope you understand?

Intelligence on what exactly? Because it's certainly not intelligence on terrorists.

Great development but Nigeria should be focusing on getting to the source rather than killing a head of ISWAP, Boko Haram or whatever. They will just choose another leader and the cycle continues. This isn't a victory, Victory comes when the funding stops completely.

At least they are now coming out one by one to tell the truth. Now we're waiting for Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Dubai to say the same thing. Till then, enjoy the drones and missiles on your oil and gas fields.

Well, when Netanyahu hit Iranian oilfield, Trump said he knew nothing about it, IDF said Trump certainly knew about it, Netanyahu in his press conference yesterday said Trump didn't know about it. Is it that they can't maintain coordination since both USA and Israel now seems to have different strategic but linked objective in Iran. Is it a ploy to convince Iran not to launch a retaliatory strikes on Israel's oil field?

SpecialAdviser:
I created a thread where I tried to teach Nigeria why Trump is the 21st century genius leader but a lot didnt understand.

You can read below

https://www.nairaland.com/8639129/iran-should-double-down-attacks#138835864

Absolute pile of nothing sandwich. Trump doesn't need to convince any American that NATO allies are exploiting America but Trump cannot pull out of NATO without Congressional approval and congress knows exactly what America is using NATO for and NATO no longer serve its purpose. They don't need convincing. Congress disapproves the war against Iran so what test are you talking about?

America is $40 Trillion in debt and growing, $1 trillion was wiped out of the US stock market today alone, they've used strategic military assets that can't be replaced as fast as they are used. There is a very high chance that they will be kicked out of the Gulf states after this war. Do you know what that means? How exactly is America going to come out the war a stronger nation?

US officials are furiously trying to avert a potential months long closure of the Strait of Hormuz, they are privately acknowledging that reopening the key waterway is a huge problem without a clear solution. Do you know what you are talking about? Have you been keeping in touch with developments rather than headlines? Should I signpost you to the United States National Security Strategy Document 2026 so that you will have some idea of where the world is going before giving some beer parlour geopolitics analysis?

madridguy:
Starmer has become Trump’s puppet.

Both Starmer and Trump (especially) are both Netanyahu's puppet.

I said it earlier, they will join in one by one. That means the British base in Cyprus and Diego Garcia is going to be hammered by Iranian and allied drones and missiles. That's if they don't send some to London. If we are not in WWIII already, this is the prequel to it. Most people really don't have an idea how much the world is about to change.

In a situation like this, Africa should show resilience and self sustainability, but reverse is the case. Angola should be able to supply Southern Africa, Morocco and Libya supply north Africa and Nigeria supply West Africa but vision, leadership, execution and regional infrastructure development is the problem. For a continent blessed with resources, this shouldn't be our problem. China was willing to help with infrastructure but USA has showed up to crash the party. Enjoy!

Recessive and archaic religion

Righteousness2:
See as you carry Fake news with boldness.
You speak what you know nothing about with boldness.

Shame on hour Skul

Is this the First of 1000th person that is slaughtered for being against your Mullahs?

Boys and Girl taken down, you dey hate dey talk TERRORISTS thrash

No, all my analysis are carefully researched. I'm not a dum dum like you who lets sentiments and religious ideologies cloud sense of reasoning and critical thinking. I have videos of him committing the act but dum dums like you don't care about details like that. At least some dum dum can be reasoned with but when you're a dum dum and a zombie, there's no saving you. It's gone.

It's true NATO is nothing without USA because NATO = USA. NATO was created after WWII to serve US interest locking Europe into America's orbit. If NATO (Europe) joins this war, that will be synonymous to buying a ticket to go on the titanic after it has already hit an iceberg. But we all know they will get involved eventually and they will be disgraced.

They say NATO is a defensive alliance but it's actually the opposite. Afghanistan war in 2001 wasn't defensive, neither was Bosnia in 1995 and Kosovo in 1999. I wonder what they were defending in Libya before they murdered Ghadaffi.

By the way, NATO (Europe) has evacuated Iraqi deployments back to Europe because they know that Iran will touch them one by one. This is the end of NATO.

heniford2:
every Muslim in Nigeria is supporting Iran big time

This is not a religious war. I am not a muslim, neither am I a christian anymore but I fully support them in their fight against unprovoked aggression. It's high time Nigerians start thinking beyond religion.

I had earlier thought it was a miscalculation. But no, it was the plan.

Switzerland and Austria have always enjoyed the benefits of neutrality. Something Ukraine could be enjoying but chose to sell its soul to the USA and now paying dearly for it. UAE, Dubai, Kuwait also sold their soul, they're now paying for it. South Korea and the Philippines may also be burnt if China decides to take Taiwan kinetically.

It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal. - Buckley, William F. Jr., “Henry Kissinger Comes To Town,” Daily Record, Oct. 13, 1974, p. B2

PlasmaTV:
Are you sure about that?
A government that rehabilitates terrorists with 9b is definitely handling terrorism with kid gloves.

Tinubu that went on vacation with other key ministers just days after bomb blasts in parts of the country? That's kids gloves, my bro.

Tinubu didn't go on vacation. He went on a state visit and a state visit hosted by the British Monarch is the highest level of international visit. I'm not a Tinubu apologist but it's normal for presidents to go with entourage like key ministers and business leaders on a state visit. Look at state visits hosted by the British Monarch, you will see that the head of states don't go alone. Such visit is a multi-layered diplomatic, economic, and political operation so it makes sense that Tinubu attends with the entourage that he went with. Though the particular state visit that Tinubu went on is a continuation of neocolonialism because the deal he signed will benefit UK more than it benefits Nigeria.

The terrorist attack that happened days before his visit was deliberately timed. You expect him to cancel the visit because of the attack? I don't think so. This is what I mean when I say terrorism is being used as a political tool, it has always been a political tool. When I implored yo to look outward, I meant that global powers outside of Nigeria (in collaboration with some entities in Nigeria) are the source of terrorism leveraging the impoverished, uneducated northerners who are ardent on strict orthodox of Sunni Muslim. That's why I said Nigeria is treating symptoms and not the actual disease.

Righteousness2:
PRAYERS for the 0.07%.

We Sincerely hope they dont get the kind of Treatment the Mullahs TERRORISTS in iran gave to its citizens TODAY in continuation of the Brutal killings.

Dum dums will see headlines like this and will choose to either ignore the source or refuse to seek alternate media. Saleh Mohammadi and his friend murdered two police officers with knives and sword.

This is huge. The F35 made a landing but the most important thing here is not even whether an F-35 was shot down. It's the fact that an Iranian self dense was able to identify, track, target lock and shoot an F-35. US won't keep shut about the stealthiness of the F-35. Guess it's not very stealth now.

This is really not looking good.

PlasmaTV:
I wish, bro.
But terrorism tripled immediately Tinubu assumed office. Fact check it

The fact that he's using kid gloves to handle this mayhem is a pointer to something deeper, don't you think?

He's not using kid's glove to handle it, in my opinion. Occurrence of this attacks overwhelms capacity and I don't think a new president will do anything drastic either. Nigeria is treating symptoms but not the disease. Look outward.

£236 million in supplier contracts are reserved for UK firms, including £70 million for British Steel, so that's a significant portion of the investment circulating back to the UK economy rather than building Nigerian industrial capacity.

If Nigerian authorities rely on foreign technology, systems, and training to run the ports, there’s a risk of long-term operational dependence on UK expertise. Much of the money also will flow back to UK suppliers, so full economic benefits for Nigeria will depend on how well Nigeria leverages the technology and training opportunities. Just the same old patterns of influence without formal colonial control. Besides, UK's decision to specifically invest in Nigerian ports means UK will oversee arms import into the country.

Well it may sound counterintuitive that an oil-producing country like Nigeria still needs to import oil but regardless, I think this is a net positive step for Nigeria’s oil sector because the refinery is helping reduce fuel imports and adding value, though I don't think it's a perfect solution yet. Domestic crude supply and refinery efficiency need improvement to make the system fully self-sufficient but this is good news. Not great but good.

None. Give me cold water please. These FanMilk has a lot of sugar and calories, yes they contain a small amount of protein and calcium which is good for bone and teeth but you can get a lot more natural calcium and other nutrition like magnesium just by chewing fish bones.

Aside the natural benefits of drinking water, there's this orgasm level satisfactory sensation that you get from drinking moderately cold water on a hot day when you're thirsty. Fanmilk is ok to consume occasionally but it's certainly not an ultimate thirst-quencher for me.

mariovito:
When trying to solve a crime, most times people focus on the usual suspects

But how about the unusual suspect, that comes with sweet rhetorics and all so you look the other way

The "unusual suspects" funds and sponsors the "usual suspects". "Unusual suspects" operate in the shadow. Welcome to the light.

shoodboi2:
It's the usual suspects. The American CIA agent with his Ukrainian drone instructors. By the time the people they're training attack India, the CIA will tell India that it's Pakistan.

The same CIA is likely training terrorists elsewhere to attack Pakistan and when that happens, they'll tell the Pakistanis that the terrorists are from India.

That's pretty much how they operate. One of the captured mercenaries is Matthew Van Dyke, a "volunteer" US trainer in Ukraine. Just like how one of the mercenaries was sent to Nigeria few months ago. They're trying to create unrest in the North East of India which is the closest to Myanmar. Any terrorist activities in North East of India will spread to Myanmar. Myanmar is a weak nation with weak government so can be easily infiltrated.

I also heard about someone else's account of how they met with a CI.A agent who particularly learnt Burmese language so that they can spread democracy in Myanmar. USA can use Myanmar to cause problems for both India and China. Chinese Belt and Road initiative also cuts through Myanmar because it gives China direct access to the Indian Ocean. This is US attacking BRICS from every angle and it's a standard CI.A job. I remember Putin was saying a while ago that Nazism is coming back again and we have to stop it. Well, it's here.

I've been saying it - Everyone will soon see the real forces behind terrorism. Unless you're really lazy not to follow the trace, you don't connect the dots, or you're just ignorant - either by default, by conditioning or by intention because at the end of the day, you can't wake someone pretending to sleep.