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Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 7:15am On Aug 24, 2013
Hahaha - This is the funniest thing ever. grin grin grin

"As far as he is concerned, “even if one million Nigerians – my brothers and sisters from Nigeria – they step in Accra here, we are finished”." grin grin grin grin

“They’ll swallow you up [and] you’ll see where pepper lies…so we are in a very critical time and moment in the history of our nation. Anything could happen if we relax. We cannot relax. We cannot hold our peace. We can’t give God and Heaven rest,” he warned.

“…’Let there be peace in Nigeria. Let there be peace in La Cote D’Ivoire. Let our borders be safe’ Duncan-Williams prayed.

He feared an influx of Nigerian into Ghana to seek refuge could spell doom for the country.

“We don’t even have enough to eat and drink, much more more people coming here…if you want to succeed in Ghana, pray for Nigeria”.


http://vibeghana.com/2013/08/20/doom-to-befall-nigeria-duncan-williams-prophesies/



Mr Seleka - you've gotta admit: this is funny! grin grin grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 2:21am On Aug 24, 2013
chris365: what an 1diot grin grin grin. you recently quoted the cheaper recipe for caviar that's meant for the average man, am telling you the prize and it amazes you? you're an amusement grin grin now tell me who's ignorant grin

anyone who knows caviar will understand when you tell him you bought a $10 plate. DUHH undecided like what i've been trying to tell you since. DUHH undecided

only a bushman like you that only sees it in magazines and tv will cry the way you are doing now.

once again, don't use that phrase again cos cavier is never annoying to a common man.
Anyone who understands caviar will laugh in your face when you say you bought it at $10 a plate. And sincr when is caviar sold by the plate? So in Naai-geria, you eat a whole plate of caviar? I can bet my last cent - you know nothing about caviar, other than what you've heard and read today.

grin grin

You see what we are dealing with here? An unrefined monkey who has discovered this thing called caviar but does even know what exactly it is. grin

You keep putting your foot in it, the more you talk.

Accept it and be happy. You don't know what caviar is. And the very statement "caviar is never annoying to the common man" proves it. grin

You are quite the amusing monkey tonight and the phrase works perfectly on you.

I'm even tempted to withdraw it in reference to Naai-jaPigoon who knew not to speak (thanks to his time on Joburg grin). You, however, are a true egg-bow pauper (no pun intended re:eggs). grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 2:00am On Aug 24, 2013
chris365: no my dull friend.. i have thought you a new thing today and am sure that now that you know you can have a taste for less than $10, you'll thank me in your heart grin

stop using the word wrongly please cos there's definitely no level of class in your comments. i've exposed your ignorance and it will hunt you to your grave grin
Hahaha - caviar costs $10 in Naai-geria? This is getting amusing. grin grin Perfect. You see?

Next time someone insults you and says: "I won't bother explaining. It will be like caviar to you", you now will get the insult. But if you keep insisting that caviar costs $10, the person will say: "See? What did I say? I'm explaining caviar to a pauper" grin

It's like explaining the colour red to a blind person. grin

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You have amused me today. grin grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 1:54am On Aug 24, 2013
chris365: oh common.. don't change the subject. your phrase is as flawed as your thinking.


and now you want to tell me it's expensive and also affordable for the poor, which was my own point grin

how will it not make sense to a pauper when his crave brought a cheaper version.

you were just too ignorant to know how wrong you used it. wow! google is really helpful for some people o shocked

so, as you were... an idiot
Caviar is not affordable to the poor idïot.

grin grin

Can you see now why the phrase: "it is like caviar to you" exists?

It deals with situations like this: where something advanced will never make sense to a lesser person. The lesser person will never get the advanced argument because they aren't capable.

Caviar does not make sense to a pauper. It tastes salty and is too expensive. They have not acquired the taste. So they think it's ridiculous to spend so much on something that tastes so bad.

An advanced argument works in the same way for intellectual paupers. Therefore, explaining it is a waste of time. grin

It's even worse here because you don't even knew what caviar is. So how could you even get the phrase.

I'm starting to feel sorry for you. cry
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB:
agaugust: 200,000 guns are missing from south african government armoury. whether sold by your amred forces or stolen while your police and army were sleeping drunk with koeldrank, we dont care, all we know is that 200,000 guns were illegally removed from the hands of your stupid soweto police or army and landed in the hands of criminals. fact.

you enjoy posting nigerian shell petroleum story, so i enjoy posting your own country's own story too.

learn one lesson today, nobody has the monopoly of throwing s..h..i..t at other people, they can surely kick you back.....and we will !

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I do see your lips moving, yes. But I see nothing else. grin grin

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The group cited local sources who warned it was impossible to tell where weapons provided by the UK to help protect Shell eventually ended up.
‘It is common knowledge that soldiers and policemen sell arms to people who need them at give-away price,’ said one.

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Common knowledge, the man says. Not some wishy-washy story from the 90s. You need to kick harder taken that. grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 1:47am On Aug 24, 2013
chris365: hmm! so you quickly ran to google for help as usual to rescue yourself after an unguarded utterance ehn. grin grin. ignorant little boy just proved my point exactly.

now let me rephrase your own comment


yet you finally agree that it actually does. cos his crave helped made it affordable.

wrong phrase from an empty head who never understood what he used as a phrase grin

case closed.. you are an 1diot grin.
No idïot. It is a bloory saying. grin grin You keep exposing yourself. Nothing has been admitted. Caviar costs about £5000 a kilo. Naai-gerian monkeys claim they can afford caviar now. Please don't embarrass yourself. grin

You've learnt a new phrase and discovered news food. Accept it and go impress other people in Onitsha.
Case closed indeed. Close long before you even opened your mouth.

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Once again: all this is caviar to you, as you keep proving the point. grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 1:40am On Aug 24, 2013
agaugust: .

half a million illegal guns are in south africa as smuggled, lost, or stolen weapons. sorrow, tears, and blood


https://www.ukarts.com/user_files/Shows/Production-Shots/Township/130-Relativity---Mar-2006.jpg
As you have so desperately wished and dreamed you could show by producing an article confirming our soldiers selling these, as they do in Naai-geria.

Lovely.

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Nigeria - The group cited local sources who warned it was impossible to tell where weapons provided by the UK to help protect Shell eventually ended up.
‘It is common knowledge that soldiers and policemen sell arms to people who need them at give-away price,’ said one.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB:
chris365: still i continue to prove how ignorant and stup1d you are grin

so now i just discovered caviar cos i exposed your stupid1ty ehn? what an 1diot undecided

an ignorant f00l that thinks caviar is only meant for the rich. grin

admit it boy. you are a poor person who thinks it's still an expensive food. grin how can caviar annoy a pauper when he craves it. grin am done with you

as you were... an 1diot grin
Proving my stupïdity by always responding after I log off? grin Intellectual pauper.

Proving my stüpidity by saying: "I have proved your stüpidity? grin

Sure, Mr Caviar. Lots of substance in all your comments. grin

They ooze substance and aren't empty at all. You're almost 2 degrees above monkeydom. Only that's just my wish. cry

You don't even realise that the fit-for-paupers caviar that you mentioned after googling is vegetarian smiley. Caviar is in fact meant for the rich, idïot. .

Never mind the actual phrase, which you still prove to not be fit enough to understand. Now you prove that you don't even know what caviar is.

Not that I blame you. You're Naai-gerian. angry

Even Möet & Chandon has been made accessible to you by South Africa.

I repeat, all this is like caviar to you. All my comments are. You're too unrefined to get them. Clearly. And I'm not going to venture into the futile task of explaining caviar to a pauper at this time. A mental and real pauper who will never acquire the taste, literally and figuratively. grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 1:12am On Aug 24, 2013
agaugust: go to BBC news official website and delete the true report posted there saying the south african army/UN soldiers side shelled Goma city of innocent civilains and killed them in Congo. your own medicine is now a bitter taste in your own mouth.

meanwhile start a research expedition and look for some ordinary rifles that shell petroleum suspects are missing without proof of the so called wrong hands coming out to say they got the guns.

also find which people in south africa got the thousands of rifles that smugglers illegally ship into south africa every day and your foolish police, border officials, army and government CANNOT stop them...fool tongue

half a million illegal guns are in south africa

200,000 guns out of the 500,000 above are 'missing' south african government rifles. nation of fools !

south africa is as african as any other african country...south africa is a sh..i ..t hole, read below, see your rottenness :

Introduction

South Africa is bogged down by unacceptably high numbers of weapons
in circulation, smuggled into the country from neighbours in the
subregion, stolen from legal firearm owners and state institutions,



TCP SERIES: VOLUME I I I
ILLEGAL FIREARMS IN CIRCULATION
SIZE OF THE PROBLEM?
SOURCES OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS
USE OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS
• Armed robberies
• Hijacking of vehicles
• Cash-in-transit heists
• Attacks on smallholdings and farms
• Murders
INTERNAL SOURCES
• State firearms
• Stolen private firearms
• Homemade firearms
EXTERNAL SOURCES
• Routes or pipelines used for
smuggling firearms into
SouthAfrica
• Destinations and fate of
illicit firearms in South Africa

[b]
TOTAL SUBTOTAL DESCRIPTION

200 000 Total state-owned firearms missing
18 000 Left behind by the SADF after its withdrawal from
Namibia (former South West Africa)
63 000 Issued to commando and reservist members after
completion of national service, these firearms were
not retrieved from members because they moved, or
changed addresses without notifying the
SADF/SANDF
91 000 Sent to other countries as part of special projects or,
as it was referred to during a TRC hearing,
“reconciliation sale/transfers of arms”
22 000 Firearms lost or stolen over a period of time,
including those lost or stolen from the ten former
homeland police forces
6 000 Firearms provided to local black councillors, local
black professional people in townships and to tribal
leaders.
150 000 Firearms stolen from private owners
20-30 000 Homemade firearms
Unknown Number of illegal imports
Unknown Number of underreported losses from all sectors in
South Africa
500 000 TOTAL NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS
Source: Joint Investigation Team
thefts of firearms; the number of firearms retrieved; the seizure of
ammunition; and finally, the number of licence applications received and
approved.[/b]

TCP SERIES : VOLUME I I I • 1 9
Table 2 – Total reported cases of violent crimes between 1994 and
1998
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Murder 26 832 26 637 25 782 24 588 24 875
Attempted
murder 27 300 26 512 28 516 28 148 29 418
Robbery with
aggravating
circumstances 84 900 80 071 67 249 69 691 88 319
Rape 42 429 47 506 50 481 52 159 49 280
Assault – GBH
(serious) 210 250 220 990 230 425 234 554 234 056
Common
assault 193 764 205 101 205 333 201 863 199 313
Other robbery 32 423 40 881 51 506 52 678 62 111
TOTAL 619 892 649 693 661 288 665 678 689 370
Source: Crime Information Analysis Centre, South African Police Service
Table 3 – Crimes accounted for under robbery with aggravating
circumstances between 1995 and 1998
1995 1996 1997 1998
Carjacking 6 683 12 860 13 011 15 111
Hijacking of trucks 1 695 3 694 4 296 5 773
Robbery of cash-in-transit 123 410 120 214
Bank robberies 646 642 497 476
Source: Crime Information Analysis Centre
6 231. (See table 4 below for the total number of reported cases of firearmrelated
crimes between 1994 and 1998.)
The increase in the theft and negligent loss of firearms from private owners
is higher than the official number reported. There is underreporting of these
crimes, since firearm owners fear that they could be declared unfit to
possess a firearm if it were proven that the loss of the firearm was through
negligence on their behalf. South African data shows an increase between
1994 and 1998, from 14 460 firearms to 20 682 firearms, respectively, in the
20 • TCP SERIES: VOLUME I I I
Table 4 – Number of reported cases of firearm-related crime
between 1994 and 1998
CRIME 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Murder with firearm 11 134 11 056 11 394 11 215 12 267
Attempted murder
with firearm 23 682 22 035 22 387 20 937 22 001
Robbery with firearm - - 51 005 54 250 69 501
Attempted robbery
with firearm - - 2 014 4 237 4 703
Theft of firearm 7 285 7 456 9 085 12 141 11 391
Negligent loss of
firearm - - 4 729 4 964 6 231
Illegal possession
of firearm/ammunition - - 13 413 13 036 14 554
Negligent handling
of firearm - - 2 895 3 362 3 384
Firing of firearm in
municipal area - - 2 791 2 983 3 098
Pointing of firearm - - 22 742 23 655 25 375
Other transgressions
of the Arms and
Ammunition Act
(no 75 of 1969) - - 1 333 765 909
Source: South African Police Service
number of illegal firearms recovered by the illegal firearm units. (See table
5 below for the number of firearms retrieved between 1996 and 1998.)
The total number of ammunition seized by the illegal firearm units is also a
useful indicator of the increase in the number of firearms. (See table 6 below
for the total seizure of ammunition by the SAPS between 1994 and 1998.)
Other lesser sources of firearms for the illicit market in South Africa include
the illegal imports of firearms, and those remaining after international
hunting expeditions. There are no statistics available on the extent of these
sources.


Firearms also flow through
South Africa to regions of conflict. The flow of firearms from Mozambique
to the Great Lakes Region, for example, fuels the civil wars there.
TCP SERIES : VOLUME I I I • 2 3
Main routes by air
Main routes by sea
Main routes over land
Mauritania
Algeria
Libya Egypt
Sudan
Chad
Niger
Mali
Nigeria
Central African
Republic
Ethiopia
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Angola
Namibia
Tanzania
Botswana
South Africa
Kenya
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Equatorial Guinea
São Tomé & Principe Gabon
Senegal
The Gambia
Guinea Bissau
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Côte
d’Ivoire
Burkina
Faso Djibouti
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Swaziland
Lesotho
Cabinda
Mauritius
Seychelles
Comoros
Cape Verde
In the South African context, most of these firearms end up in the hands of
criminals.


As mentioned previously, there is an increase in crimes involving
firearms. Vehicle hijackings increased from 6 683 in 1995 to 15 111 in 1998,
an increase of 12.6%. But the shock is the 24.1% increase in truck hijacking
over the same period: in 1995, there were 1 695 reported cases and, in 1998,
5 773. Firearms were used in the majority of these hijackings, and handguns
are the most frequently used firearms in vehicle hijackings. (See table 3
with details about the crimes accounted for under robbery with aggravating
circumstances between 1994 and 1998.)
There has also been an increase in robberies with firearms in the last few
years. These include cash-in-transit robberies and bank robberies. Statistics
indicate an increase from 51 005 robberies with a firearm in 1996, to 69 501
in 1998, excluding attempted robberies. Again, the firearms favoured for
robbery are handguns, except in the case of cash-in-transit robbery, where
assault rifles are the weapon type preferred by criminals.
The incidence of the negligent use of a firearm is also showing an upward
trend. This is evident in the increase in the number of incidents of the
negligent handling of a firearm, the firing of a firearm in a municipal area
and the pointing of a firearm.
Figures for attacks on farms and smallholdings also showed an increase
from 1997 to 1998. In 1997, 66.1% of all the attacks on farms and
smallholdings were committed with firearms, with a handgun again most
frequently used by criminals. In gang violence in the different provinces,
drive-by shootings are on the increase and, most recently, the eliminating of
witnesses awaiting appearances in court cases involving gangsters. From
these different statistics it is therefore only too apparent that the increased
availability of firearms for criminal use is having an ever-increasing effect
on crimes involving firearms.
Although the smuggling of firearms into and through South Africa by
criminals and organised crime syndicates continues, large-scale smuggling
for political reasons has decreased dramatically since the first democratic
elections in 1994. Joint operations between the Mozambican police and the
SAPS have been successful in destroying hundreds of tons of weapons and
ammunition inside Mozambique, preventing them from being smuggled


TCP SERIES: VOLUME I I I
into South Africa. However, crossborder smuggling is still a real threat and
the police remain alert to smugglers and organised crime rings dealing in
weapons. The porous borders between South Africa and its neighbours are
difficult to police. For instance, military weapons that went missing from
the Lesotho Army base during the SADC intervention in Lesotho in 1998
could find their way into the hands of criminals in South Africa.
Internal sources of illegal firearms in South Africa
The identification of sources of illegal firearms internal to the country and
the gaining of control over them are among the most important tasks to be
addressed, if firearm-related crime is to be curbed in South Africa. Within
South Africa, major sources of arms currently fuelling the illicit market result
from the theft or loss of state-controlled firearms; the theft or loss of firearms
owned by defence force and police service members (200 000 weapons);
firearms lost by or stolen from civilians (150 000 weapons); and firearmsmuggling
(quantity of weapons unknown). Other sources of firearms,
although minor, include the illegal imports of firearms and those left by
international hunters as part payment for the hunt or as a gift to the outfitter.
Stolen State Firearms
State-controlled firearms include all those under the control of the SANDF,
the SAPS and any government or provincial department to which firearms
are assigned. Thefts from state armouries are often well-organised and
usually carried out with the assistance of a person working inside the
armoury or one with knowledge of its security procedures.
In the Western Cape, the armed theft of firearms and ammunition from
police stations is emerging as a new trend. Such thefts include assault rifles,
pistols, ammunition and other police equipment. From January to June
1999, 38 assault rifles, 24 shotguns and 32 9mm pistols were stolen from
police stations in the Western Cape. It is believed that gangs and vigilante
groups are responsible for these robberies, using the stolen weapons for the
ongoing drug and gang wars on the Cape Flats.
The SAPS and SANDF are armed with firearms as a result of the nature of
their work – making them targets for criminals in search of firearms. In

TCP SERIES : VOLUME I I I • 2 5

224 police officials were killed on and off duty, many believed to
have been killed for their firearms in one year alone.
Ag shame grin grin

A 1999 article. How sweet. http://www.issafrica.org/uploads/SOCIETYCHAP2.PDF

And I thought it would say our soldiers sold these arms to the public? I am disappointed (almost shattered) that it does not and it is so old cry

Back to the drawing board for the chief monkey.

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The group cited local sources who warned it was impossible to tell where weapons provided by the UK to help protect Shell eventually ended up.
‘It is common knowledge that soldiers and policemen sell arms to people who need them at give-away price,’ said one.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 1:00am On Aug 24, 2013
chris365: it's only an airhead like you that will continue to show his ignorance with pride grin

Soldiers Arrest Fleeing Foreign Boko Haram Members
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/05/31/soldiers-arrest-fleeing-foreign-boko-haram-members/

Boko Haram leader is from Niger Republic
http://news.naij.com/38340.html

so, as you were... an 1diot grin
How wonderful for the soldiers. We are happy for them.

Too bad it changes nothing.


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2013-08/24/c_132658324.htm

Boko Haram suspects kill 44 in Nigeria village raid
English.news.cn 2013-08-24 01:10:31
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Suspected Boko Haram suspects have killed 44 people in Dumba Village of northeast Nigeria's Borno State, a top official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported on Friday.


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Mr I-just-discovered-caviar-today. The same monkey that celebrated a useless ceasefire not too long ago. As I was, indeed. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 12:52am On Aug 24, 2013
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 12:46am On Aug 24, 2013
chris365: and the f00l has no one else to quote but shehu sani that has always been sympathetic to boko haram.

well, i don't blame you.. you mandela was a terrorist and still seen as a hero
I suppose you will amaze us by proving him wrong. Ok.

Very smart. Er lest, we forget, BH are Naai-gerian. Your own fellow monkeys. You are doing this monkey business to each other. Leave us commentators out of it. wink
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 12:43am On Aug 24, 2013
agaugust: your side shelled Goma city and killed innocent people.

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As you have proved it ever so wonderfully by repeating the same statement, with nothing else but the above emotional plea of an "argument" to back it up. Very analytical. grin

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The group cited local sources who warned it was impossible to tell where weapons provided by the UK to help protect Shell eventually ended up.
‘It is common knowledge that soldiers and policemen sell arms to people who need them at give-away price,’ said one.



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How amazing. cool



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BR_kTmoEk
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 12:35am On Aug 24, 2013
agaugust: fool, read your own source where it says "Minutes of a meeting between Shell’s Malcolm Brinded and the Foreign Office in 2006 state that Shell was ‘keen to see HMG [Her Majesty’s Government] looking for further opportunities to assist Nigeria with Niger Delta security and governance'. "

thats what people call irrelevant, a story of year 2006 events. niger delta militancy ended many years ago, even a professional lawyer liar like @msauza cannot dispute that. foolish crayfish inside naija pot of pepper soup grin

now you have run out of ideas on what to publish...

dont divert attention, latest news is that south african army/ UN multinational forces have shelled and killed innocent civilians with artillery in Congo DRC city of Goma.

lets see you blame nigerian army for boko haram war zone death of civilians in Bama and Baga.

as i always said on this forum, its only a matter of time and patience, new events will make the truth pop out of south africa's sh..i..t hole grin

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Idîot, read the source you are commenting to, before monkeying up and down:

PUBLISHED: 16:00 EST, 16 August 2013 | UPDATED: 03:05 EST, 18 August 2013

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Be a good monkey now. Sit.

Alternatively, give us proof about Goma.

Alternatively still, have a cup of tea. cool

If you don't have a substantive comment about the article, go buy some moët at Shoprite and paint Lagoooz red - or something to that effect. You could always ignore the post if it's a useless lie. No one's forcing you to comment, but your own conscience. grin

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The group cited local sources who warned it was impossible to tell where weapons provided by the UK to help protect Shell eventually ended up.
‘It is common knowledge that soldiers and policemen sell arms to people who need them at give-away price,’ said one.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 12:26am On Aug 24, 2013
agaugust: you are the one who failed comprehension in school, read the BBC news report below...

"UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an offensive, shelling positions held by rebels near the eastern city of Goma."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23816186

it was your south african army plus UN multinational force that shelled goma city and killed innocent people you fool !

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As previously stated, you will give us proof, no doubt.

Failing which, my tea is brewing in the kitchen. cool

And while you're at it, you will show us civilians being lined up, made to lie down and killed - which is the style of your loseritary.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 12:25am On Aug 24, 2013
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2395897/Shell-Nigerian-arms-controversy.html


Shell in Nigerian arms controversy as campaigners accuse it of doing little to prevent weapons falling into the wrong hands
By ROB DAVIES
PUBLISHED: 16:00 EST, 16 August 2013 | UPDATED: 03:05 EST, 18 August 2013


Shell lobbied the Government to send millions of pounds of weapons to Nigeria that may have fallen into the hands of militants guilty of human rights abuses, a report has warned.
Oil theft in Nigeria contributed to a £160million bill in Shell's last set of quarterly results and the Anglo-Dutch firm has sought Government help to deal with the fragile security situation in the West African county. That total also includes deferred oil and gas production as a result of pipeline shutdowns caused by criminal activity, and the blockade of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas plant.
But sending weapons to Nigerian security forces risks further destabilising a dangerous situation, said campaign group Platform.

Shell: The oil giant has been accused of doing little to prevent arms falling into the wrong hands
The UK has spent close to £12million in military aid to Nigeria since 2001, according to a Freedom of Information request, including on machine guns and other weaponry.
SPDC, Shell’s joint venture with the Nigerian government, also provides funding to the Joint Task Force, a military-police squad that helps protect its pipelines and rigs. And according to Platform, Shell lobbied the UK and US governments to increase military aid to Nigeria.
Minutes of a meeting between Shell’s Malcolm Brinded and the Foreign Office in 2006 state that Shell was ‘keen to see HMG [Her Majesty’s Government] looking for further opportunities to assist Nigeria with Niger Delta security and governance’.
The amount of military aid from the Government to Nigeria subsequently increased, helping offset Shell’s own costs in Nigeria. But Platform warned that no measures were put in place to prevent arms falling into the hands of militant warlords and human rights abusers.
The group cited local sources who warned it was impossible to tell where weapons provided by the UK to help protect Shell eventually ended up.
[size=15pt]‘It is common knowledge that soldiers and policemen sell arms to people who need them at give-away price,’ said one. [/size]
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:49pm On Aug 23, 2013
It gets worse:

SATURDAY, 24 AUGUST 2013

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/national-news/130861--boko-haram-gunmen-kill-44-borno-villagers-


ABOUT 50 gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, have again attacked Dumba village on the outskirts of Baga town in Kukawa Council of Borno State, killing about 44 people by slitting their throats without firing a single gunshot.

Baga is on the shores of Lake Chad and 230 kilometres north of Maiduguri, the state capital.

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"Since the dislodgement of Boko Haram insurgents from Maiduguri, attacks on local government headquarters, towns and villages have been on the increase."

"According to an NRC source: “When our rescue team reached the village on Thursday, some of the eyes of victims had been removed by the gunmen and we don’t know the motives behind removing such organs after the victims had been killed. "


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No wonder the talk of Juju. grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:44pm On Aug 23, 2013
agaugust: sorry you cannot drink tea with me, i already plugged a log of wood in your leaking mouth grin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23761048
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Quoting your very article:

Abubakar Shekau of Nigeria's Boko Haram 'may be dead'

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Sorry "sir". Join me for a cup of tea. grin

You aren't 'plugging wood". You are grasping at straws.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:37pm On Aug 23, 2013
agaugust: same way i thought you will give us proof that boko haram leader is still alive....show us his genuine video since the june attack on his base by nigerian army , show us, until then... grin

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His being alive is irrelevant to me. BH lives. Who leads it, is inconsequential.

His death is important to you. Prove it. So, we can both sit and drink tea. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:34pm On Aug 23, 2013
agaugust: go tell that to the late boko haram leader in the pit of h.ellfire where his wicked soul has zero minutes rest per hour grin

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No need to waste energy.

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A Kaduna-based human rights activist, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday dismissed claims by the Joint Military Task Force in Maduguri that it has killed the leader of Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau.

Sani further challenged the Nigerian military to produce the body of the presumed late leader of the sect to the public as proof.

cool

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Or better yet:


'Boko Haram Islamists' kill 35 in Nigeria raid
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:33pm On Aug 23, 2013
agaugust: south african army is now part of a UN force that kills innocent civilians.



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Ok. I suppose you will give us proof. Until then...

...lips are moving. No sound cool

A military aspirant analyst who can't analyse anything.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:29pm On Aug 23, 2013
http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/08/21/boko-haram-activist-challenges-jtf-to-produce-shekaus-corpse/

A Kaduna-based human rights activist, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday dismissed claims by the Joint Military Task Force in Maduguri that it has killed the leader of Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau.

Sani further challenged the Nigerian military to produce the body of the presumed late leader of the sect to the public as proof.

"He however maintained that until the body is found or the sect members make a proper announcement confirming his death, Nigerians should not take the claims of the JTF serious."
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Still - irrelevant.

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:25pm On Aug 23, 2013
agaugust: [size=16pt]Abubakar Shekau of Nigeria's Boko Haram 'may be dead'
Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram

Nigeria's militant Islamist leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out, an army spokesman has said.[/size]
"There is no independent confirmation of Shekau's death."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-2382162

In any case - irrelevant.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:24pm On Aug 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23816186

UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an offensive, shelling positions held by rebels near the eastern city of Goma.

The UN was responding to shelling from M23 rebels on Goma on Thursday, a UN spokesman said. Congolese officials say five civilians in the city died.

A M23 spokesman told the BBC it had not attacked the city, blaming the army for provoking the fighting.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 11:23pm On Aug 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23821622

23 August 2013 Last updated at 16:50 ET

'Boko Haram Islamists' kill 35 in Nigeria raid


Suspected Islamist militants from the Boko Haram group have killed at least 35 people in north-eastern Nigeria, local officials have said.

They say the gunmen raided the village of Demba in Borno state after locals refused to co-operate with them.

The attack happened on Monday, but details emerged only now because of the remoteness of the area.

Boko Haram, which has waged a deadly insurgency in Nigeria since 2009, has so far not commented on the incident.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB:
chris365: grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

you will always remain an id1ot.. gbabe.

i doubt you've even tasted caviar for not knowing there are different types. expecialy types that are fit for paupers due to their crave for it..

you always talk before thinking. and it lands you in the baboon section of intelligence grin


as always, you talked out of f00lishness and ignorance. so, as you were... an 1diot
As you always remain an uneducated humanoid. I doubt you've ever stepped into an English classroom - barking without understanding.

Once again. It's caviar and a pauper. And you call me hasty. grin

Egg-bow ways! 98%! grin grin grin

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NaijaPikinGidi: Therefore remain as you were! shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked Maintain your area! And park well!
CraigB: That's always been the plan. Next time, put your brain on before you ask a question.
NaijaPikinGidi: Make some sense the next time! You are as usual brainlessly blabbing!
CraigB: Caviar will never make sense to a pauper.
This is caviar to you. Clearly grin grin grin. And you think others are hasty? grin grin

Keep fulfilling it, mental pauper. grin You don't even know what you want to argue. Even Naai-jaPigoon (who speaks slightly better English) has deserted you. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 9:52pm On Aug 23, 2013
agaugust: every other Frican country's weapon is not a threat to south africa only according to you.
As Naai-geria is ranked above South Africa only according to you. It took you many pages on this thread to realise that the rankings are not about to change.

Hard though you may try.

So, to quote you...

"sharaaaap"
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 9:42pm On Aug 23, 2013
chris365: grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

the 1diot tries to redeem himself with yet another brainless reason for his comment grin grin grin

that's why i tell you not to be hasty in response.. it only reveals stup1dity grin

as you were... an 1diot
Once again: a self-proofing comment if I ever saw one. It's caviar and a pauper. As I was, indeed. cool And he calls me hasty grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 9:29pm On Aug 23, 2013
chris365: see a f00l running diverting from his f00lish comment grin
When someone says: "it's like caviar to you", it means you are too unrefined to get it or acquire the taste.

It's a saying, idîot.

Now, keep talking and fulfil that exact phrase. I repeat: Caviar will not make sense to a pauper. Mentally right now, you are a pauper and my comments are caviar. Read back if you can and tone down the jungle noises. Initially, the phrase applied to Naija-Pigoon, but it also applies to you now. Monkeying up and down without understanding basic English phrases.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 9:19pm On Aug 23, 2013
chris365: about the dumbest post i ever read grin

then why do paupers want to be rich? what an id1ot grin
Case closed. A self-proofing comment if I ever saw one. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 9:18pm On Aug 23, 2013
NaijaPikinGidi: You are a worthless soul! Your worthlessness is inborn ... Worse than a used tissue paper! I mean toilet roll! grin grin grin grin Can you ever be useful? LWKMD!!
Is this the part where I myself, the complaint being that a humanoid thinks* I'm worthless?


* (Not meant to suggest the presence of a brain)
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by CraigB: 7:29pm On Aug 23, 2013
Quote: "Statistically, almost all Nigerians are dirt poor. A very few are stinking rich. Again, a manageable problem in itself, but the rich haven’t finished yet. Indeed, they’re only just getting started. I spoke to a couple of Angolans in a seminar once, and they said that although their ruling classes had enriched themselves immeasurably, they were at least spending some money on the country, and improvements were noticeable"

We've been saying!

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