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na wa o. na letter writing season we dey so o.

anyway sha. I don't think any reasonable, smart and intelligent person will take that old gorilla (OBJ) seriously in the first place.

let me kukuma write my own letter to that my wicked lecturer that showed me pepper.

brb

Fighter Pilot: We respect regional organisations and cannot act against their decision, same as when ECOWAS demanded that our warship should back off from Ivory Coast.

Wrong. You try to flex some muscles hoping you won't be challenged and end up being challenged only for you to retreat like scared horse.

Case study: ivory coast and CAR

Did you respect or take permission from regional organizations when you deployed troops to CAR? Or when you sailed your old boat to ivory coast?

Fighter Pilot: South Africa never ran back home from CAR, it was a decision which was taken by an extraordinary summit of central African states (ECCAS) held at Chad that SA troops should be withdrawn from CAR. Our president was ready to reinfonce SA troops in CAR by deploying over 2000 soldiers. We will never run away, but we will fight your soldiers until they raise a white flag like what SELEKA has done.

Tales by moonlight. So seleka's white flags are manned on you equipments you left behind while running abi?

Keep deceiving yourself

sorry @op. there is no sign of racism in your plight. maybe incompetency or the person just decided not to meet you for other reasons. if you trully travel a lot, you'll know that things like this can happen to anyone anywhere. sorry for your experience.

Happy New year to my Nigerian and South African, Ghanaian and fellow African brothers. Wish you all a prosperous new year.

Troop101: hoekom loep nai jy nie. Don't talk S.hit!!! Naaaiier

You must be a drunk to have responded with your own sh1t. Dull south African

agaugust: na waah o ! na so tiny Cuba come disgrace basket mouth South Africa in battle ? Chei...Chineke mooo !!!

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For them to have considered the use of nuclear weapon, you can imagine the level of disgrace and frustrations they got from the Cubans.

Just as Japan routinely wooped US till they dropped the A bomb.

Mike..ZA:
when I did "cut and paste" your Brothers became mad,saying "we should state facts Mr cut and paste" here's what the outside world not from SA nor Cuba said about the battle of cuito:.........
"Chester Crocker, who was the U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs during the
Reagan Administration, said that: "In some of
the bloodiest battles of the entire civil war, a
combined force of some 8000 UNITA fighters
and 4000 SADF troops not only destroyed one
FAPLA brigade but badly damaged several
others out of a total FAPLA force of some 18
000 engaged in the three-pronged offensive.
Estimates of FAPLA losses ranged upward of
4000 killed and wounded….Large quantities of
Soviet equipment were destroyed or fell into
UNITA and SADF hands when FAPLA broke into
a disorganized retreat... The 1987 military
campaign represented a stunning humiliation
for the Soviet Union, its arms and its
strategy. ... As of mid-November, the UNITA/
SADF force had destroyed the Cuito Cuanavale
airfield and pinned down thousands of FAPLA's
best remaining units clinging onto the town's
defensive perimeters.""

Dummy. Since when did FAPLA became CUBAN troops?

Your cut and paste become useless and baseless when they don't correspond with the argument. Like you just did and always have done.

Your question was Which battles did tiny Cuba defeat SADF. Which I gave you. And so far you did not refute them.

Your resort to sink to this stup1d post shows how shallow your mind is or maybe you are just desperate.

Maybe it's just the inferior quality of the south African brain.

Mike..ZA:
Let's talk facts please.

is this supposed to be a joke? when have you ever presented facts here other than your plenty fictitious imaginations?

i see how my facts have got you running away like a scared horse. don't talk trash if you can't back them up. thanks

drag_on: /cough /cough

Issues that face the SANDF include a severe shortage of pilots and naval combat officers, due to the replacement of white officers from the former SADF with appointments from the old liberation forces and emigration. The loss of trained personnel and the decommissioning of much needed equipment due to funding issues , high HIV-rates amongst personnel and the fact that SANDF infantry soldiers are some of the oldest in the world, all raise questions regarding the current fighting efficiency of the SANDF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_South_Africa

Is this what will take on Nigeria,Egypt or Ethiopia?
At least be a Fighting Force First.

The fact is not far from the truth. Notice how they fled from CAR only to rush in to fight behind Tanzania and UN?

Weakness successfully hidden. But only to the ignorant

chris365: like i said. unlike you, i state facts not fictions.

it's funny you talk of a year while the war lasted far more than that. lemme give you a reminder. i'm only going to post battles that involved SADF. enjoy

Battle of Quifangondo
10 November 1975
Decisive Allied strategic, tactic and moral Victory. Luanda was saved, the FNLA was destroyed, the South African invaders were forced to retreat.
When the fate of the Republic was in danger, it was this battle that changed the outcome.

Battle of Ebo
23 November 1975
Cuban tactical and moral victory.

A team of 70 Cuban soldiers ambushed an enemy armoured group.
They used a single rocket-launcher BM-21, that proved successful in the Battle of Quifangondo, together mortar’s, light, RPG-7’s fire and a single 76mm gun.
There was also a second group of 140 Angolans but they didn’t reached the battle in time.

The South-African and counter revolutionary UNITA rebels suffered massive losses thanks the difficult ground for their armoured vehicles.
6 South African Eland armoured vehicles were destroyed and 1 was captured intact. The enemy suffered a combined loss of 76 dead, even if the S.A. Propaganda admitted only 4 dead and 50 UNITA dead, another source admitted a number of 30 dead and 40 wounded between the S.A.
Also a little Recce aircraft Bosbok was shot down, with two SA pilots dead. Cuban sources counted the enemy losses of 80 or 90 killed, close to the admitted mixed S.A. – UNITA losses
During the battle only one Cuban was killed (named Juan Tamayo Castro) and other 5 were wounded.

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Aerial clashes in autumn of 1987, battle between December and March 1988
It was the decisive and definitive Allied victory, both tactical, Strategic and moral.
It was the biggest African battle after the WWII, nicknamed the African Stalingrad.
While there was a near peace’s agreement, both the two sides tried to arrive with the best results.
Curiously while the South African propaganda claimed that was not their intention to take Cuito, the massive use of their best equipment and men seem a bit contradictory, as their incredible, repetitive and failed effort to take the Cuban-Angolan positions. During the battle the defenders where 1,500 Cubans and 10000 Angolans while the South African were 4000 and the 8000 UNITA. Others number increase at 7000-9000 South African, 10000 of UNITA, 2000-5000 Cubans and 20000-18000 Angolans, other speak also of 40000 Cubans, Angolans and other African allied together.

A first stage of the battle was the aerial war.
In the Autumn of the 1987 the Cuban Air Force defeated the South African Air Force in a serial of air-to-air battle.


Battle of Tchipa
4 May-27 June 1988
The successful offensive of Cuban, Angola and SWAPO forces on the border line with Namibia
Decisive Moral and Tactical Victory.
After the Victory at Cuito and thanks the total Air Superiority our mixed forces attacked the enemy inside their occupied land.

google is your neighbor. endeavor to use it often.

Wow! Mr lama requested for this proof and now avoids it like a plague. The power of knowledge prevails over ignorance after all.

Fighter Pilot: The Apartheid forces stopped the ANC such that over 10years passed with no any terrorist activities at all. Not even riots.

Because they now control your military and country. Duh

They already won. So the need to keep fighting is useless.

Fighter Pilot: South African troops and Rooivalk debut received all the glory they deserve. Well done SANDF.

thanks to the tanzanians and UN for covering your as5. you should have proved all that in CAR

Mike..ZA:
I'm not asking you to copy and paste a bunch of stuff. I'm asking in which Battle was the SADF defeated by Cuba during the 88-89

like i said. unlike you, i state facts not fictions.

it's funny you talk of a year while the war lasted far more than that. lemme give you a reminder. i'm only going to post battles that involved SADF. enjoy

Battle of Quifangondo
10 November 1975
Decisive Allied strategic, tactic and moral Victory. Luanda was saved, the FNLA was destroyed, the South African invaders were forced to retreat.
When the fate of the Republic was in danger, it was this battle that changed the outcome.

Battle of Ebo
23 November 1975
Cuban tactical and moral victory.

A team of 70 Cuban soldiers ambushed an enemy armoured group.
They used a single rocket-launcher BM-21, that proved successful in the Battle of Quifangondo, together mortar’s, light, RPG-7’s fire and a single 76mm gun.
There was also a second group of 140 Angolans but they didn’t reached the battle in time.

The South-African and counter revolutionary UNITA rebels suffered massive losses thanks the difficult ground for their armoured vehicles.
6 South African Eland armoured vehicles were destroyed and 1 was captured intact. The enemy suffered a combined loss of 76 dead, even if the S.A. Propaganda admitted only 4 dead and 50 UNITA dead, another source admitted a number of 30 dead and 40 wounded between the S.A.
Also a little Recce aircraft Bosbok was shot down, with two SA pilots dead. Cuban sources counted the enemy losses of 80 or 90 killed, close to the admitted mixed S.A. – UNITA losses
During the battle only one Cuban was killed (named Juan Tamayo Castro) and other 5 were wounded.

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Aerial clashes in autumn of 1987, battle between December and March 1988
It was the decisive and definitive Allied victory, both tactical, Strategic and moral.
It was the biggest African battle after the WWII, nicknamed the African Stalingrad.
While there was a near peace’s agreement, both the two sides tried to arrive with the best results.
Curiously while the South African propaganda claimed that was not their intention to take Cuito, the massive use of their best equipment and men seem a bit contradictory, as their incredible, repetitive and failed effort to take the Cuban-Angolan positions. During the battle the defenders where 1,500 Cubans and 10000 Angolans while the South African were 4000 and the 8000 UNITA. Others number increase at 7000-9000 South African, 10000 of UNITA, 2000-5000 Cubans and 20000-18000 Angolans, other speak also of 40000 Cubans, Angolans and other African allied together.

A first stage of the battle was the aerial war.
In the Autumn of the 1987 the Cuban Air Force defeated the South African Air Force in a serial of air-to-air battle.


Battle of Tchipa
4 May-27 June 1988
The successful offensive of Cuban, Angola and SWAPO forces on the border line with Namibia
Decisive Moral and Tactical Victory.
After the Victory at Cuito and thanks the total Air Superiority our mixed forces attacked the enemy inside their occupied land.

google is your neighbor. endeavor to use it often.

these drug pushers with their loud mouths no go let us hear word. they are starting to sound like clowns.

if the country tire una, carry gun and fight again na. abi una dey fear to die? noise makers.

man!!! this fighter pilot guy is truly daft o. answer simple question and he's jumping around saying rubbish.

what else can one expect from a country that will rather present a madman to interpret to the world.

it seems to be in abundance over here

Fighter Pilot: Everything that you manufacture end within the borders of your country. Unlike us who send it to other countries as well.

we manufacture what we need nonetheless. i think that is what bites you stup1d south africans.

you sound pained

rka1: He said despite the inherited security challenges which were mainly induced by local politics in the North-East, with severe consequences on the economic growth in the region, President Jonathan recorded tremendous successes in economic and social development in the last three years.

Maku said, “In the last three years of the present leadership, we have recorded 7 per cent GDP growth. This is the highest we have recorded in the last 20 years”.

He cited the feat as a landmark having achieved the percentage of GDP to national debt as low as 21 percent when compared to South Africa 42.7 per cent; USA 106 per cent; UK 90 per cent and Japan 225 per cent.

According to him, the exchange rate remained stable; foreign reserve grew to over $45 billion (N7.2 trillion); domestic production particularly in agriculture and industries increased while inflation decreased from 12 per cent to 8 percent in 2013 as a result of stable macroeconomic management.

The Minister disclosed that government was fighting corruption through systematic methods by applying technology to block the loopholes hitherto exploited to siphon public money from the treasury.

He mentioned that the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS) introduced in 15 ministries, departments and agencies had so far saved N118 billion paid to ghost workers and the Government Financial Management and Information System, which networks and monitors financial transactions in all ministries, departments and agencies.

Maku noted that because of the economic expansion, 2 million jobs were created in 2013 mainly through agriculture and industries.

Furthermore, the minister said Nigeria remained the preferred destination for foreign direct investments in Africa with the record of $7 billion (N1.1 trillion) investments from reputable companies such as General Electric which was constructing a manufacturing plant at the Calabar Free Trade Zone, the Onne Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone where 150 companies are operating, Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemical Limited in Rivers State, Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant in Ondo State, Siemens Plant in Lagos among others.

He remarked that the rebound of the capital market, which collapsed before the advent of the present administration had given foreign investors confidence to invest in the Nigerian economy.

Maku said the Stock Market Index has risen by 71 per cent since 2012 while Stock Market Capitalisation increased by 66 percent since 2012 to N11.8 trillion.

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/12/29/fgs-priority-2014-tackle-boko-haram-insurgency-maku/

wow!!! all of these great strides while fighting the deadliest terrorists in africa

i dunno what else to say

Mike..ZA:
Are you bringing weapons industry into this. South Africa has a bigger and better weapons industry than Nigeria,but you blokes were reluctant to admit that this would influence the outcome of a war between both countries if it ever became a possibility.

Nigeria vs SA's case is totally different. both maintain a certain level of advantage over each other in weaponry, personnel and training.

cameroon does not even have a battle tank. their airforce is dead and their navy can only boast of speed boats and fishing nets. cameroon has no advantage. Nada

it took our military 12 hours to overrun cameronian military and chase them out of bakassi and ocuppied it from 1991 till ICJ came to the rescue. how many days do you think it will take to occupy the capital?

there's a verrrrry big difference with both comparisons. just like comparing swaziland to SA

Fighter Pilot: I wont blame you for it because you have never been a soldier. No wonder you do not know.

and you think your comments on this thread so far qualifies you as a soldier? your ignorance is worse than who you accused.

get it straight to your head. dummy. NIGERIAN military doctrine does not permit family members in any conflict zone.

[size=15pt]Military Begins Evacuation Of Families Of Soldiers Living In Bama Barracks[/size]

In a bid to sustain the ongoing military war against Boko Haram insurgents, the Defense Headquarters has begun the evacuation of families of all soldiers in Kuru Mohammed Barracks in Bama, Borno State.

The move is aimed at screening the living population in the barracks as well as to reduce the number of casualties during attacks against the insurgents along Bama-Cameroon border route.
http://www.informationng.com/2013/12/boko-haram-military-begins-evacuation-of-families-of-soldiers-living-in-bama-barracks.html

Fighter Pilot: A r.etard "naai"-gerian.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/naai

just as i thought. a proper dummy. i wonder how you managed to pass through training

Fighter Pilot: The ANC has never done the damage that BH has done on your military. The apartheid forces were feared to the core.

you are a confirm dumbo if this is the best you could come up with. real dumbo

Fighter Pilot: How dare do you put UN and Tanzania on the same footing. SA does not hide anyone.

This your gibberish says it all. You can't even construct a simple two line response and want me to believe you.

Fighter Pilot: Surely, Nigerian military trains its troops about how terrorists operate, yet they cannot utilise their acquired skills.

Let me ask you something. And please be honest with your response.

When SA military was at it's best during the apartheid. The ANC was their headache right?

They fought the ANC to the extent of invading their neighbors to neutralize ANC camps and leadership which even prompted an all out war.

Did that stop the ANC from attacking the military? NO

You can't defeat ideology with guns. You can only control it'a effect.

Or else why is the Taliban still fully operational with the presence of the best militaries in the world with state of the art counter terrorist weaponry?
Let's even come home to Algeria. (1st country in Africa to chase terrorism out of their boarders without help). Has AQIM stopped attacking till date? NO

Talk like an experienced soldier please. Not the dunce you sound like right now.

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

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Sadly, that is the kind of soldiers you'll find in SA military. Even me go kill this guy for battlefield with that kind mentality.

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

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They are currently in DRC under the pay and protection of UN and Tanzania. That's how they roll

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

Did you just assume that Islamic jihadists are afraid to die for their course? You are an imposter. Don't ever claim to be in the military please. You are a fake.

No matter how they are being killed, they will keep attacking cos it is their belief to die not live. Olodo

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

You must be high on horse sh1t. Fighting asymmetric and. Guerrilla warfare is even more difficult than fighting a conventional war. C'Mon man. Ain't you a soldier?

The second most powerful military in Africa has defeated terrorism out of it's boarders without foreign assistance and you don't think that is commendable.

Just imagine if Cameroon grows some balls or permits us to attack boko haram camps on their soil.

Guy, grow some brain abeg

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CAMNEWTON4PRES: I see your diplomacy and democracy is about plotting with wrstern country to undermine African countries right?

you just keep making me laugh

who bought you a phone that you were so eager to log on to nairaland?

CAMNEWTON4PRES: You have probably never been at the northern border, you Must see how your people are queueing to cross the border and enter in heaven so what we should is close the border right?

let me provoke you a little. since you want to play ball

while your government doesn't have the guts to send Nigerians back, we keep throwing your likes back to cameroon everyday in thousands. and the worst thing is you don't have conflicts but would rather die in Nigeria. so why else would you rather be pests here if not for poverty.

Nigeria deports 22,000 as part of anti-insurgency fight
Interior minister Abba Moro told reporters in the northern city of Kano late Thursday most of the deportees came from the neighbouring nations of Chad, Cameroon and Niger and were not properly documented.
http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/nigeria-deports-22000-part-anti-insurgency-fight

oh the irony. refugees when there's no crisis

CAMNEWTON4PRES: [s]You have probably never been at the northern border, you Must see how your people are queueing to cross the border and enter in heaven so what we should is close the border right? Who is going to vaccinate and feed them? As long as they don't constitute a threat to us we don't have the right to prevent them from crossing for two obvious reasons
1) it is against human rights and all the treaties we signed
2) unfortunately your people are visas free here( 90days)
So please come to us with any sane way , and don't think we will join u in your barbarism[/s]

fixed. don't try to hide the foolishness you previously displayed. now you are getting softer. nice

next time, think before you talk.