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Hoaxen:The term genocide is a legal term with a legal definition, not a matter of opinion Try again next time |
LordAdam16:There's a reason I didn't dwell too much on Plateau state despite the killings there Plateau's insecurity goes beyond this relatively new advent of banditry, it has been a subject of inter-ethnic and inter-religious violence for decades, with both sides taking heavy losses As far as Plateau is concerned and to a lesser extent Kaduna, both sides are culpable of what can be described as ethnic cleansing and in Plateau in particular, the Christians have always had the upperhand being the clear majority Now before you misinterprete my words, my point is that Plateau isn't a good example because of the history of violence in the State. Everything must be put into context Once again, I'm not questioning the advocacy for Christians, I'm questioning the misframing of the realities Shouldn't be hard to understand |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:Call them whatever you want Of course they're armed, they wouldn't have been such a problem if they carried catapults |
LordAdam16:There's nothing damning about what I said Bandits make Christians flee their lands due to attacks, true...bandits make Muslims flee their lands due to attacks, true Comparing this to israel and the West Bank makes no sense. The israelis expel Palestinians and replace them with israelis, bandits don't replace Christians with Muslims, those places usually remain empty until normalcy returns and the people go back When did I state that victims of violence shouldn't seek justice? Bandits usually don't physically occupy areas they attack, they engage in hit and run attacks. They emerge from the bushes, attack and retreat back into the bushes. They also extort communities prone to being attacked by them, by levying 'taxes' on the people in exchange for sparing such communities. Boko Haram is the one that tends to occupy areas they overrun You can interprete this however you want, you can even call me a bandit for all I care, but facts are facts I'm not justifying killings but mischaracterizing issues will only create more problems |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:Christians are being killed along with Muslims As for a genocide specifically targeted at Christians, that doesn't exist It would have been better if you had said that Christians might be endangered due to the killings against them since they're generally a minority in the North. Even then, I'd be cautious because the reality is that a genocide against Christians can only be possible if there's a collective Muslim effort against them in the North Bandit groups don't even have the capacity to commit a genocide against Northern Christians, the only thing they can do is make them flee their lands die to violence and that happens in all areas, whether Muslim or Christian |
LordAdam16:I understand where you're coming from, though I want to make one correction...unlike Boko Haram, bandits aren't 'islamists' Excluding possible foreign interference, there are a few reasons banditry got out of hand: 1. Unchecked cattle rustling against the Fulani people 2. Illiterate Fulani with no education, life skills and no real possessions apart from the cattle they herd, now found themselves deprived of their only source of livelihood and thereby took to criminality .i.e. kidnapping, bandit raids etc 3. Regular clashes between farmers and herders that spiralled into communal clashes 4. Illegal mining where herders were armed by politicians to protect mining sites, which led to violence and instability in those areas. A case in point is Zamfara 5. There are foreign interests that stir up violence in those same mining sites 6. Using the cover of banditry to settle old scores from past inter ethnic and inter-religious violence. E.g in Kaduna and Plateau There are many other reasons, but I get your point It's unfortunate how bad things have gotten, but I do hope this will atleast make those in charge situp and actually do something about it |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:Between Muslims and Christians who have been the overwhelming victims of Boko Haram violence? Keep in mind that I don't care if you believe me or not, I'm just stating facts Unlike you who reads things online, I've lived it |
LordAdam16:I have no problem with stating Christians are dying What I have a problem with is the framing of the situation. Calling it a Christian genocide is making it appear as a targeted campaign against Christians which is false It's a problem of widespread insecurity affecting a whole region, across ethnic and religious lines |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:I'm a Northerner from Kaduna |
LordAdam16:I won't deny there have been killings, I stated such My point is simple. The places that have it the worst regarding killings are : Zamfara, Niger, Katsina, Benue, Kaduna, parts of Sokoto and now parts of Kwara. These are the main hotbeds of the violence All except Benue have majority Muslim deaths and victims. Taraba is more affected by intra ethnic violence than banditry, Nassarawa's is more of a spillover from neighbouring areas than it being an epicenter Religious violence isn't new to the North, but the current pervasive insecurity isn't a religiously motivated one. That's why calling it a genocide against a particular group, implying the specific targeting of that group is simply false The reality is that the continuous promotion of this narrative will only serve to create resentment between the Christians and Muslims of the North, especially from the Muslims, because they suffer it more What is happening is as a result of the bastardization of governance at all levels |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:You should dull this narrative First of all, far more Muslims get killed by the same elements killing Christians. The Gulf, ratio and disparity is as wide as 70:30, with Muslims getting it worse Secondly, the main bandit hotspots are in Muslim dominated areas. For example, in Kaduna, despite all the media noise on Southern Kaduna, the headquarters of banditry in the State is Birnin Gwari. Nothing in Southern Kaduna comes close to Birnin Gwari which is Muslim dominated. The same is true for other spots in Kaduna like Giwa etc. There's just lopsided media coverage in favour of Southern Kaduna, usually to create a false narrative of Christian persecution Thirdly, aside Benue, the other hotspots are Zamfara, Katsina, parts of Sokoto and recently Kwara. All these locations are Muslim dominated. Now in Benue, beside bandit killings, there are ethnic militias that operate there which media hasn't sufficiently covered. Though it doesn't change the fact that many have been killed by bandits Fourthly, bandit hotspots are notoriously known for being in areas close to illegal mining sites. Politicians as well as foreign interests have fueled unrest in those areas for exploitation purposes and now with Trump's obsession with rare earth minerals, it's no surprise they're interested in Northern Nigeria Fifthly, if you notice, there's been a collective surge in this Christian genocide narrative from the same people who promoted israeli genocide in Gaza. These are the same people promoting the false claim of white genocide in South Africa. It seems like a targeted campaign against those who were vocal in opposition to Gaza's genocide like Nigeria and South Africa. In South Africa for example, evidence has emerged that racist whites are being funded and armed to eventually carve out a separate state...Elon musk has been providing free starlink support to individuals known to advocate for a separate white State in South Africa Sixthly, the picture of Tinubu you posted is a classic case of irresponsibility by Nigerian politicians who use whatever means to achieve their aims. Tinubu said that to vilify Jonathan's government in APC's quest to achieve power. The same thing was done with subsidy with occupy Nigeria protests and many examples Calling it a genocide is claiming Christians are specifically targeted for their faith and in a Muslim dominated Northern Nigeria, makes it appear Muslims have a collective agenda against the Christians. That would have been okay had the Muslims not been more of the victims way more than the Christians. The problem is a failure of security All that's going on is evidence of a weak State which Nigeria is. The problem is that we have people like you who are buying into the plans of foreign actors who have nefarious agendas, which if they succeed, will birth problems for everyone in the Country including you |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:Their backgrounds reflect their leadership styles Putin uses negotiations, compromise, blackmail etc, i.e. chess moves to achieve his aims. Which also explains why he believes in playing the long game often times Trump on the other hand uses bullish tactics to try to force his way and believes in quick resolutions. A hall mark of a boss businessman who didn't build his way up |
WriteerNg:When Putin speaks, you can tell he's a person who reads a lot He seems to have the belief that a leader can't be caught off guard on essential topics and speaks very knowledgeably Trump is the exact opposite...he loves to be heard but his words are usually hollow and he often tries to pass off a narrative not rooted in America's present realities, but in those of days gone by Simply put, Putin is cultured and well read, Trump is all over the place |
The Wild Robot This movie has been reviewed here before, but I had to drop one too This one made me teary eyed and that's no mean feat...I genuinely couldn't before watching it, remember the last time I was that emotional watching a movie The only way I can describe it, is that it's deeply moving. I can't use other adjectives to describe it because it goes straight for your heart and pierces it It's one of those I won't be deleting anytime soon 9/10 easy
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23jerryking:You've only ever been good at cheerleading others' comments...stick to that and let others do the intellectual bit |
23jerryking:"Nader Sadaqa’s identity as a Palestinian Samaritan Jew is crucial to understanding his story. The Samaritans are a tiny ethnoreligious group, often considered the world’s smallest, who live primarily on Mount Gerizim in the Palestinian city of Nablus and in Holon, Israel. They are adherents of Samaritanism, a religion cognate with, but distinct from, mainstream Judaism. The Samaritans assert that they are the genuine descendants of the ancient Israelites, specifically the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, who were not exiled during the Assyrian conquest in 722 BCE. They hold their version of the Torah (the Pentateuch) as the sole holy text and believe it to be the original. A core tenet of their faith is the sanctity of Mount Gerizim near Nablus, which they regard as the true holy site chosen by God, unlike the Jewish tradition that holds Mount Zion in Jerusalem as holy. The Samaritans reject the Jewish religious canon beyond the Torah and believe they possess the original version of the ancient Israelite religion. In the context of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Samaritans of Nablus have maintained strong, integral ties with the surrounding Palestinian society." https://www.palestinechronicle.com/samaritans-of-the-resistance-nader-sadaqa-a-palestinian-jewish-prisoner-freed-by-israel/ The way some of you just quote stupidly with a confident ignorance is irritating...this is 2025 for God's sake, there's Google, AI and so many research tools |
LordAdam16:What they identified as before, is what they call fiction today Truly, time reveals all things |
Just learnt today that one of the commanders that Hamas facilitated the release of was a Samaritan (a branch of Judaism). He's essentially a Palestinian Jew He was one of the commanders of the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP, which is the most hard-line Palestinian Resistance group They're more hard-line than Hamas and Islamic Jihad and are a communist/Marxist group. They're so hard-line, that they reject acknowledging israel's existence, negotiating with israel and believe Israel must be completely eradicated only through armed violence The group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was founded by a Christian Palestinian George Habash and is one of the eight Resistance groups fighting in Gaza His name is Nader Saleh Mamdouh Sadaqa, a native of Nablus in the West Bank and this is his quote on why he fights: "Military action was not my choice, but the choice of the stage (of the Palestinian struggle) – that stage in which we sought to express ourselves, and defend our convictions, principles, and the rights of our people,” Sadaqa was quoted by Al-Jazeera as saying
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🙋🏾♂️ WriterrNg first and foremost and all associated with the thread TAKE A BOW 👏🏾
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Obedience40:You always loved to bury your head in the sand |
Obedience40:The bolded is answered in the link
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obedience4:I don't like involving myself in religious talk but this might be relevant to the bolded https://medium.com/belover/was-hitler-a-christian-6e6b1d01a8fb |
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WriterrNg:He's equating the far right party of ben gvir and smotrich which netanyahu is in alliance with, to Hamas...meaning extremists led by an extremist (netanyahu) |
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Obedience40:Jerusalem (AsiaNews) – “At 2:00 am, all of the participants in the negotiations entered a large room with tables and chairs set up in a square. The Israeli delegation sat directly across from the Hamas delegation. This was the first time in history that official Israelis and officials from Hamas sat in the same room. The deal was signed and now we have to wait for its full implementation. And now we can begin to breathe again.” Gershon Baskin, an Israeli political activist, founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), a former columnist for the Jerusalem Post, and a leading expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is among those who worked in recent months to reach the agreement signed overnight by Israel and Hamas. https://www.asianews.it/news-en/For-the-first-time,-Israel-and-Hamas-in-the-same-room-to-reach-a-truce-in-Gaza-64038.html
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obedience4:Why quote me just to add nothing on any point I made? Literally the only thing worth responding to, is your questioning if they sat face to face. My answer is do your research, previous negotiations were done indirectly even if they were at the same venue, this time it was direct, with both sides in the same room I don't need to scream genocide, it has a legal definition, codified as the Genocide Convention or more formally, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Nowhere in my post did I use the terms victory or defeat, because it's pointless to do so. The reality is that the fact that a genocide took place in our lifetime, is a loss for humanity already. The only win would be to eradicate genociders and their cheerleaders, until then, humanity has a collective shame to bear |
I think israel's bombing of Qatar had something to do with Trump's resolve for a ceasefire this time around From all reports, the war criminals only notified the US after they had taken flight, likely to ensure air defenses were shut off and to avoid any possible US objections by forcing their hand The Qataris were likely informed just before the attacks and they relayed same to the Hamas team which saved their lives, though it did achieve some fatalities That singular miscalculation by the warmongering racist war criminals alarmed Trump, because it directly undermined US interests and it showed that netanyahu and his clan had become like mad dogs due to being unchecked Trump realized he had to put a leash on his ally who had become a rabid dog, a danger to everyone including himself. Hence, the need for a halt to hostilities became critical That explains the over-compensatory actions of the US towards not just Qatar, but the Gulf countries in general. Trump has even struck a more conciliatory tone with Iran lately The reality is that the damage has already been done. The Gulf countries have seemingly realized that going forward, they cannot completely hedge their bets on only the US as they've become accustomed to and that explains why Saudi Arabia was so spooked, that they quickly signed a defence pact with Pakistan, solidifying what had been an unwritten agreement between the two for years, to come to the other's aid incase of an emergency. Though it's mostly a one-sided responsibility of Pakistan to Saudi, what had mostly entailed an understanding to deliver nukes in the event of Iran acquiring them, has now developed into a more comprehensive military setup, due to America's perceived unreliability On the ceasefire itself, it's too early to judge. There's uncertainty as to it's holding and negotiations are still ongoing, but the idea of destroying Hamas has proven to be wishful thinking In this last round of talks, Hamas negotiators sat in the same room as their israeli counterparts, facing each other eyeball to eyeball and reached an agreement. Previously, they never met each other. That must have been a very bitter pill for the israelis to swallow, because not only did they fail to defeat them like they promised, they had to be in the same room as them, negotiate with them and agree with them, to achieve some of their goals. This is all the more humiliating when you factor in the fact that israel had declared open season on all Hamas heads and yet they ended up subduing themselves before them to get a deal. Of course, it's not all down to Hamas, but they never bowed down and they still remain consequential One thing's sure though, this utopian Trump dream of a kumbaya Middle East is likely a pipedream. There may be some semblance of quiet for the remainder of Trump's tenure, but the future is loaded with cheques that are yet to, but waiting to be cashed. |
LordAdam16:Someone on this thread said that Hamas will be defeated by January next year...inorder not to seem cowardly I'll mention the individual: Lawag3 One thing that media hasn't really covered indepth is the growing schism between the military leadership and political leadership of israel...the idf heads had repeatedly told netanyahu that defeating Hamas was impossible, but he ignored and pressed on. Apart from that, there's a growing number of conscientious objectors as well as a growing suicide rate in the soldiers' ranks that they're blaming on netanyahu and co This is coupled with the fact that the US is evermore struggling to cope with its debt burden and continuous funding for the genocide, along with Ukraine. Plus the political pressure from both sides of the aisle i.e. the left and right who are growing more and more frustrated with the war(genocide), means there's pressure on Trump to rein in netanyahu, or at least hands off israel Turkey is unique in that the forces within the country won't allow it to swing one way or the other and that explains why they're two faced a lot of the time. On one hand, there're forces for more European integration and on the other, forces for Middle East primacy I'm not excusing Erdogan but he's engaged in a balancing act to ensure he has legs to stand on |
FoolishBoy419:Yarenmu dai Duk sanda nake kusa yakamata mu hadu, kana reppin da kyau...ko a Kadunan, ko Kuma Zarian duk ba matsala |
FoolishBoy419:Mai Jin yaren ba bahaushen bane? Inda kayi karatu ne gari na |
Vl3ly:Hamas has been offering to release the prisoners for a long time now in exchange for an end to the war and full withdrawal of israel They even agreed to Biden's plan, but guess who made an about turn? You guessed it, the war criminals Matt Miller, the former US Department of State spokesperson, admitted in an interview last month that israel was responsible for sabotaging previous ceasefire efforts, contrary to what he claimed when he was on the job Prior to that, in an earlier interview, he admitted that israel had been committing war crimes in Gaza, despite his public denials when he was on the job |

