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mzilakazi:Ouch that hurts. |
mzilakazi:Is this Lezz? Why is he crying? |
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http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40404:sandf-members-to-be-recognised-for-gallantry-after-sudan-incident&catid=111:sa-defence&Itemid=242 SANDF members to be recognised for gallantry after Sudan incident A platoon of South African soldiers from 8 South African Infantry Battalion will be cited for gallantry after being accosted by heavily armed militia in Darfur, Sudan. On 18 August a team of 37 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members were escorting an United Nations team on a long range patrol to north of the South African Company Operating Base (COB), Mellit in the Darfur Region of Sudan as part of their deployment with the Unamid peacekeeping mission in the region. The patrol comprised four Mamba Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), one Recovery Vehicle and two Land Cruisers. The patrol was to a small village, called Selibilo, 51km north of the base. The team was led by Lieutenant Phiri, a Platoon Commander from 8 South African Infantry Battalion. On the way back to the COB the team was ambushed by an armed group and a stand-off ensued, SANDF Joint Operations said in a statement. As the protection element of the patrol had passed the ambush point, this allowed the militia to stop the second group behind them. The SANDF said that the militia were aiming an anti-tank weapon and 12.7 mm machineguns at them and had further militia members deployed on a hillside nearby. The militia fighters then ordered the Section Commander to get out of his vehicle while pointing a weapon at him. Two fighters jumped onto one of the APCs, with one pointing a weapon at the SANDF light machine gun (LMG) gunner whilst a second armed man removed the LMG gunner from the vehicle. They demanded to see the Platoon Commander and when he arrived they ordered him to surrender and give them all their weapons otherwise they would kill everyone. “However, the Platoon Commander, Lt Phiri refused,” the SANDF said. After two hours of negotiations to return the 7.62mm machinegun, the militia told Phiri that his members were surrounded by eight vehicles from a southerly direction and six others from a northerly direction but Phiri still refused to hand over anything. The militia then took firing positions, prompting Phiri to deploy his troops on the ground in a battle formation. He informed his troops that they would move out of the area with all vehicles, walking alongside the vehicles irrespective of the obstruction by the militia members. Before the patrol started moving out of the danger area on foot, one of the militia members punctured the rear tyre of one of the UN Land Cruisers. One of the SANDF members observed this and pushed him away from the vehicle, all the while with automatic weapons being pointed at him. Phiri instructed the recovery vehicle to come forward and tow the UN vehicle. The SANDF Mambas were able to move forward with the troops alongside, with weapons being pointed in both directions. “They safely moved out of the danger area and proceeded back to the base after mounting the vehicles one kilometre from the danger zone. The members who stood their ground in the face of great danger will be cited for their deed of bravery,” the SANDF statement concluded. Around 2 000 SANDF personnel are currently taking part in peacekeeping operations, as South Africa increases its role in regional conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts. SANDF troops are deployed in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The SANDF has more than 800 troops deployed in Sudan with the African Union and United Nations as part of Unamid (their joint operation in Darfur). The SANDF has recorded several incidences in Sudan – for instance, on 11 April 2010, four South African UN Police personnel were attacked in South Darfur and abducted and two vehicles stolen. They were released sixteen days later. On 26 August 2010 the South African contingent had one assault rifle stolen. An attack on a Unamid patrol in North Darfur on 12 November 2012 killed one South African; an attack on a Unamid patrol on 17 October 2012 killed one South African in North Darfur; and an attack on a South African Unamid patrol in North Darfur on 29 October 2014 injured three. The ambush was on a section dispatched from the South African battalion base to collect water. Earlier this year President Jacob Zuma, as commander-in-chief of the SANDF, extended the South African deployment in Darfur by another 12 months. Keeping the 850 soldiers in Sudan until March 31 next year will cost R369,079,895 for the 12 months. |
mzilakazi:Bwahahaha these Nigerian olodos still don't know the difference between rubbish and quality. After so many years of being schooled on this thread, they still post their second-grade stuff here. They have no shame. ![]() |
EVarn:Feel free to point out the incoherence and expose your ignorance even further. Not that you can point it out to begin with. |
mzilakazi:But the truth is there's nothing to correct other than the attitudes of oppressive nations like Nigeria. |
mzilakazi:Only 5 years out of the toddler stage. Shameful. |
ddami:But there ARE gays in Nigeria. And they will not be eliminated. |
EVarn:And average straight men do not? Last time I checked polygamy was practised all over Africa. What a stup1d argument. And if same-s3x marriages never last, it's not your place to stop then from happening. And get it right: Males = gay Females = lesbians Gender-changed = Transexûals Attracted to both s3xes = bisexûal Nigeria needs a basic education on the most basic of issues. |
ddami:Bwahaha. Buhari went to America for one thing and one thing only - to get buy-in on his Boko Haram plan and to get the Leahy law relaxed. End of story. |
EVarn:Rubbish. 1. Leopards have not been lost. 2. The existence of leopards is a non-rebuttable presumption. 3. Rubbish analogy. |
ddami:A complete misunderstanding of democracy, which is to be expected given that you only recently emerged out of military rule. Without the protection of minorities, there can never be democracy. Nigeria is known to oppress minorities. You scream xenophobia, yet you embrace homophobia, tribalism, religious intolerance, racism, sexism, ageism and even xenophobia. You are not a democracy. You are in the dark ages. A backward nation of 180 million people. |
EVarn:For all you know? That is like asking how I know that unicorns do not exist - and then saying that for all we know their existence might be classified. The Chibok girls will NEVER be found. |
ddami:In short, democracy is the last thing to move you forward. You voted well, in getting a dictator back into power. You are well suited for dictactorship and aren't ready for democracy. |
mzilakazi:She has accepted it. |
mzilakazi:It is not a democracy. |
ddami:You're stating the obvious as usual. No one disputes that it is not allowed. Accept that you are a nation that tramples on human rights and be happy. |
ddami:Bwahaha a poll! Yeah right. You mean something that resembled a poll. Slavery was also founded in biblical arguments and there was real economic detriment to the majority in its abolishment. There were threats of conflict too. But it was abolished in the interests of democracy and human rights. Homosexuality is no different. In fact it poses no threat to others. It is not the gay person's fault if your parents are incompetent and fail to teach your little sis about being accommodating of others. |
ddami:"our president rejected it immediately". Exactly why you don't have a democracy. One man took an immediate decision for 180 million. Abraham Lincoln faced the prospect of war with the abolishment of slavery. Weak leaders cannot grow nations. |
ddami:Look at ddami dummy quoting the bible as primary authority in an intellectual debate as if that will settle the argument. Homosexuality is older than Christianity and certainly older than Christianity in Africa. It also is abundant in nature. |
mzilakazi:Lol it's not even like they are smart hypocrites. Some even start quoting Adam and Eve as if everyone believes in that. And they they.summarily forget to quote the tem commandments for their killers and scammers and adulterers. |
ddami:Look at dummy celebrating the export of refugees from her own country. |
mzilakazi:They are happy to live with killers and scammers. But they criminalise LGBT people. What a backward nation. |
ddami:No one is denying that. Comprehension failure from you. Mzilakazi says they exist regardless. So the fact that you've criminalised them has not done away with them. |
ddami:They hide - exactly dummy ddami. You cannot do away with them. They are there whether you've legalised them or not. You've merely suppressed them and their rights. You've also weakened your fight against AIDS in the process because they have some of the highest infection rates in Nigeria but you cannot treat them cause you've criminalised them. |
ddami:Your 99% figure is a total thumbsuck. We don't do guesswork here. There was no referendum or credible poll that produced this fake state of yours. Fact is your pseudo-democratic leaders decided for the masses and trampled on basic human rights in the process. |
agaugust:In short, you do not have any EMERGING evidence that the kidnapping was staged. You were speaking our of your ars.e as usual. |
EVarn:Because it does NOT exist. Feel free to post it if you disagree. I know like I know that unicorns don't exist. |
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/clean-up-your-military-us-senator-leahy-tells-buhari/215576/ Clean Up Your Military, US Senator, Leahy Tells Buhari |
EVarn:I repeat: you do not negotiate without proof of life. There is no proof of life. None whatsoever. |
agaugust:Emerging where? In your mind? Post it then, if it is emerging. Post the evidence. There is no such. |

