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SAHACO:
Bruce Baruch Mayrock (6 May 1949 – 30 May 1969) from Old Westbury, New York was a student at Columbia University who set himself ablaze at the premises of the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 29 May 1969, to protest genocide against the nation and people of Biafra in the Nigerian Civil War. Mayrock doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself afire on the lawn outside the U.N. building. The fire was spotted by United Nations security guards who ran after him with fire extinguishers. Mayrock eluded them, running to the north lounge of the building as witnessed by several hundred delegates. Mayrock finally fell to his knees beside the bronze statue sculpted by Evgeniy Vuchetich to represent the human wish to end all wars, which bears the slogan "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares". The flames were extinguished and he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center where he was listed in critical condition and was pronounced dead in the early hours of 30 May 1969, the Biafran independence day. He was carrying a cardboard sign which said, "You must stop the genocide—please save 9 million Biafrans." Mayrock had worked actively to protest the war in Biafra, writing letters about the war to the U.S. President and leading government figures. The student took his life to protest the killing of innocent Biafran babies and what he believed was genocide in Biafra. He was concerned that people were being killed and no one was doing anything and no one was listening. Mayrock graduated with highest honors from Flatbush Yeshivah and was a Student of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as Columbia University, and worked as a photographer for the Columbia Daily Spectator. He had previously studied briefly at Hofstra University. He is buried in Mount Ararat Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York.


http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Mayrock

kenpaul0:
You can pass your comments without using foul language on our leaders. If someone uses similar language against the current what would you say? Suprised that everyone is keeping quiet to this

jln115:
the SADF had a casualty(KIA and accidents) figure of 0.03% during the Border War.

bidex111:
And where did you get your starts from or source; before you start challenging anyone.

Whyem15:
If only we can keep up with procurements like this, $1billion or more every year from ECA, but
Our neighbors are getting more aggressive and rude, particulary cameroon, and it is because of the support paul biya get's from france. Having a modernised military is the key to letting france know that we could decide to remove those puppets and nothing will happen because the french won't be able to project reasonable force within a short period in west Africa that will harm Nigeria.
Cameroon's armed forces is just a little above 14,000 personnel, chad;35000. And to think this puppets are already facing unrest in their countries.
Imagine cameroon sending men to arrest seperatist leaders in Abuja! All because of a few Exocet they were given by France.
I know it's fantasy though

Whyem15:
Is Nigeria getting weapons to fight bokoharam or modernising it's arsenal because this is unfair to bokoharam gun trucks
The only advantage this has over rpg 28 is range and accuracy. The rpg 28 has same armour penetration and significantly cheaper.
It is really commendable and would help taking out technicals kilometers away.

Sizzorkay:
I do agree with most of what you wrote, I said it before as well, to say the US couldn't defeat the Taliban is silly.
But i also wouldn't call the loss of over 2,400 US military personnel in Afghanistan minimal casualty, that's a lot of dead soldiers

ugo4u:
Stop wallowing in ignorance, as of 2014 I was very much within the military circles (Airforce) and was privy to some information esp from the contractor that procure our helicopters (Won't mention the name). The Israeli's were more than willing to give us Chinook helicopters to help with the fight against the insurgents, infact the deal was almost done and approved by Netanyahu before it was blocked by Obama citing (Leahy's Law) it's as simple as that I even saw minuted document to that effect. I still have all the memories as fresh as a morning wine. Can you post the "rules" that made it off limits to Nigeria but accessible to India, UAE, Singapore etc
Calm down and learn stop basing your argument on hearsay or sentiments.

You were in the Airforce in 2014 & probably one of the clusterfvcks that advised Jonathan to pursuit the Chinooks

Let me ask you, did you support Jonathan's advisers based on what?
Does Nigeria have any existing military treaty or defense MOU with the US in 2014?
if the answer is NO then on what grounds did you and your cohorts advise Jonathan to chase shadows? what was in it for you guys? let me guess, the few Trips to New York, estacodes & sitting allowance?

I am sure it was the same team of clusterfvcks that advised Jonathan to circumvent Leahy's ban through South Africa with militants & bling-bling pastor?
Do you expect them to know SA has been a US ally since Apartheid? We lost $10m to that stup!dity, Meanwhile, your mates in
India circumvented CAATSA with EU, Iran is trying to circumvent US JCPOA sanctions with EU also.

You are not even ashamed to admit you were part of that conspiracy.

Toju200:
well they aren't winning From my point of view...
They killed more civilians than terrorists in Airstrike and you call that mission successful

ugo4u:
Stop wallowing in ignorance, as of 2014 I was very much within the military circles (Airforce) and was privy to some information esp from the contractor that procure our helicopters (Won't mention the name). The Israeli's were more than willing to give us Chinook helicopters to help with the fight against the insurgents, infact the deal was almost done and approved by Netanyahu before it was blocked by Obama citing (Leahy's Law) it's as simple as that I even saw minuted document to that effect. I still have all the memories as fresh as a morning wine. Can you post the "rules" that made it off limits to Nigeria but accessible to India, UAE, Singapore etc
Calm down and learn stop basing your argument on hearsay or sentiments.

blacKDalia:
U.S objectives in Afghanistan are easy to list: stability, good governance and prosperity. It should be noted that the United States did not make a premeditated choice to focus it's attention on the small land locked mountainous region. 9/11 changed all that. The initial goal of US military operations was narrowly conceived ; the elimination of the threat posed by al-Qaeda. The mission was urgent and not preceded by any long term objective. Albeit they did make quick work of the Taliban regime, their efforts did not produce any rapid result on the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The longer the US stayed in Afghanistan, the more blurry the line became between it's narrow counter terror mission and a more ambitious effort of building a post Taliban Afghanistan.The question is, was the US' strategic objective of building a stable and prosperous Afghanistan achieved? The answer is no. And I think the Taliban will be back.

Toju200:
gurellia warfare is different from conventional warfare...You say Mali will give us a rough day in battle ha I laugh. We been the gaint of Africa Entails many things not just military...You know Egypt is stronger.
There's no African country that can defeat us in battle except perhaps military..
You're using our present situation to judge I'm using the future
The general complained of Wrong info and tactics given to him
He failed to change and respond on time IMO
No country would dare Nigeria currently and in a few years.
You say we don't have air defense I agree
The TRACON project is underway
Nigeria got the best eyes In the sky In case u don't know
ISR and Geospatial technology
Yes we fail most times I get it but appreciate the little we do that's why I'm even on Nairaland
Isn't it the same Hilux terrorists in Mali that the whole European nations are deploying troops and hardware here and there..

Simple truth if Nigeria Falls Africa falls
IN Mandela's words: Africa won't be respected until Nigeria is respected

Egugun be Kiafulloo

GabrielYulaw:
Yes, it's a failure. Just like the Israelis, the US has an unhealthy fear of casualties. Just one dead soldier in the Middle East or anywhere else can trigger congressional hearings, firings and worse.

It doesn't matter if 1 person or 3K dies, they view every death as excessive and will spend millions of dollars in armaments attacking folks with AK who are about to overrun a single one of their soldiers. Someone like you should have known that.

And I'm not using my standards, but theirs.

Whyem15:
Ships can't be intercepted?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2072NJ&ved=2ahUKEwjgrebIld7oAhWKzoUKHbeeALsQFjADegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2rOQQpv58zDeyxVND4vLKZ&ampcf=1

Of what strategic importance or benefit is somalia to US that they drone al shabab's commanders regularly?
Of what use are the drone bases in the first instance knowing fully well they told the American public they are using them to fight bokoharam?. Is there global antiterrorism war now dependent on how useful the country is?
Why did they block the sale of the cobras and chinook from Israel but allowed kenya to get them?
Has Iran been able to buy weapons from any country other than russia and china?
Why would you compare Iran to Nigeria militarily knowing they were allies with US before the revolution and US transferred several technologies to them, they were more industrialized than we are now yet we are already developing our local arms industries too.
I am not making a case for Jonathan, I am trying to make people realise the US is abetting bokoharam.
Apart from Italy, no one in the west sold reasinable weapons to us and we went to the east.
Algeria wasn't able to buy weapons throughout the time they were on sanctions.

Toju200:
the russkies with their Sukhois are they winning in Syria..
ISIS destroyed three yesterday in Syria I'm case u don't know

nemesis8u:
Just a minor correction .

ugo4u:
Obama stopped the sale of Chinooks to Nigeria that I am sure of, the Israeli's were willing to sell to us as per third party but it was blocked by the US.

Toju200:
He stopped us from getting three Chinooks and 10 cobras

ugo4u:
Nigerian Army Air components is still a pipe dream. I don't see any tangible thing happening to that effect even in 5yrs time except something urgent is done. You can't be talking about establishing an air wing with our pitiable defence budget majority of which goes into recurrent expenditure.
Infact we don't have more than three operational T-72 tanks as of present. We hv not really seen the need to look for other sources of funding the Military other than the annual pitiable budget, if truely we have leaders that can think it won't be difficult to source for at least $2bn yearly from the private sector/public apart from defence budget to fund the military.
Out of the VAT sef 2% can be budgeted strictly for purchase of equipment yearly but we no dey reason in this part of world.

GabrielYulaw:
It's not him that called it a failure. Everyone knows it's a failure. Even Trump the great idiot based his campaign on bringing the troops home and ending America's misadventures in the middle east.

0.3% KIA sounds really nice. Except if your brother or sister was included in that kill statistic.

Consider, the war in Afghanistan has damaged the US almost beyond the point of recovery. It has spent trillions of dollars prosecuting this war and has precious little to show for it. Its civil infrastructure is in shambles because there's no money to fix these, since war consumes money like crazy.

What the above statistics don't show is that quite a few service men and women stuffer from PTSD. They act crazy and do the craziest things and the cost of treating them is astronomical.

The war in Afghanistan has also massively degraded the US war fighting abilities. While it was focusing on fighting towelheads, the Chinese were massively growing their army and navy and the Russians were getting bolder and acting out.

Reports of massacres and torture by US forces also does its reputation no good and makes it look hypocritical when it lectures other countries on human rights.

The US war on terror is a failure with no clear goal or objective. The only thing it has to show for it is millions of deaths and unimaginable devastation. The Taliban they invaded Afghanistan to remove will be back in charge of that country very soon.

GabrielYulaw:
America, a weak enemy? Lol.

From what I can see the Taliban are not and have never been serious about negotiations. I remember reading an intelligence briefing to that effect, but then anyone could easily see that.

So, why are the Taliban negotiating? Mainly to bamboozle, and to show their power.

Remember the almighty US has endlessly said it would never ever negotiate with terrorists. Then imagine them going cap in hand to negotiate with some sandal-wearing towelheads who can't count up to 100 but can reassemble an AK 47 blindfolded.

So, the negotiations are a great propaganda coup for the Taliban. They will cheerfully negotiate an end to American occupation and agree to share power with the Afghan government. Once the Americans are gone they will reopen their offensive and make Afghanistan theirs once again.
They agreed to negotiate because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Whyem15:
Because they it is the cheaper way to achieve the victory they want. US will leave totally, taliban will become a legal political party again and be sure that they will rule Afghanistan again very soon.

Just wish we will be getting some surveillance and reconnaissance equipment soon

Whyem15:
https://allafrica.com/stories/201412291911.html
This is a link I found about saudi refusing to grant flight permit to plane conveying Nigeria's weapons in 2014.
I am sure there was another incident that Nigerian boumd weapons were siezed. Will keep search4 though.

kemicalreact:
Yeah, I'm quite surprised by Algeria and Egypt's case, even Serbia (a strong Russian ally) was threatened when they wanted to buy the S400

I think Nigeria should go for Russian weapons. They're cheaper, reliable and their delivery would not have any political undertone. We should have gone for the Su 25 equipped with latest avionics instead of going for that Super Tucano which won't be delivered at anytime soon. The Su 25 is the perfect platform for this COIN war judging by its performance against terrorists in Syria.

The problem lies with the decision makers and I doubt the president's situational awareness of what's going on in the North East. The man is senile and old, but I don't really blame him.

Alll

GabrielYulaw:
Toju won't you ever tire of blaming Obama for the inadequacies of the Nigerian army and airforce? Did Obama also stop us from buying stuff from China, South Africa, India, Russia and Egypt? Or Eastern Europe? Doesn't South Africa manufacture Super Hinds and even the Rooivak? The Tucano you are talking about, are there not equivalents we can get cheaper and sooner elsewhere? The weapons we use now, are most not from Russia and the Soviet Union, so why the sudden love for American weaponry?
And as regards heavy lift helicopters, don't the Russians have the Mil Mi 26 Halo? What stopped us from buying these massive choppers as Algeria long since have? Or what stopped us from buying masses of Mil Mi 8 and 17s? What stopped us from buying platforms from other countries other than the US and massively upgrading the stuff we already have by giving them better avionics, engines, weapons and sensors?

Kindly leave Obama out of this please and find someone else within Nigeria to blame. Your excuse is wack and weak and I am very tired of hearing shit like that.

joshingjosh:
this sanction you are talking about... Just seeing Cobra and chinook helicopter give me Erection..can u please provide the link where Nigeria requested for Chinook and Cobra??

Toju200:
it's not the best but we'll use what we have
New platforms are coming.its better late than never
If not for Obama's sanctions and blocking the tucano,Cobra and chinnok helicopters would have been here

Whyem15:
Now, I'm not disputing the fact that the political class is corrupt and have been embezzling funds for buying weapons, but when these funds were made available, were we allowed to get them? Do you know the number of arms deals involving Nigeria that was blocked under the guise of "human rights violations" by those who sell tons of weapons to saudi and UAE yearly?
This problem is both internal and external, the earlier we accept that that of external is the one destroying us most the better.

Whyem15:
Exactly what I have been pointing out. France has a reason to see Nigeria destroyed because of our past diplomatic relations with them. They have air assets in all these countries surrounding us , yet they've never for once deployed them against bokoharam. US has two drone bases in Niger, one in Cameroon yet the same thing.
Jonathan wanted to end this war in 2014/15 so that he could get reelected, they blocked all the arms deal he made, even those he tried making secretely.
We wanted to purchase cobra helicopters from Israel, they blicked it.
Even if we are serious about ending this war which we are not currently, we will face a lot of challenges from these people who haven't for once scratched bokoharam.
They don't even help us with intelligence.
All you need do is go on sipri and see the quantity of weapons transfer in the last 10 years from US to nigeria and compare with Egypt's that get a lot in aids from US.

kabe1:
92 soldiers dead in a single attack is the highest tally for Chad, however we should also remember chad only started suffering Book Haram attacks in Chad in 2018.

I added the 36 soldiers Chad also lost in Mali in a single attack.

Where is the evidence that Chad has a better military, especially in dealing with Terrorism than Nigeria?

It's shameful that their are Nigerians supporting Chad over the Nigerian military because of a few PR stunts.

Chad: Boko Haram kills 23 soldiers in Dangdala attack

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2019/03/22/boko-haram-dangdala-chad-raid-gueskerou-niger/

The same day the Chadian army announced that it lost 36 soldiers during the three-month intervention in northern Mali and suffered another 74 wounded. In total the presence of Chadian soldiers in Mali costs the country 57 billion CFA francs (87 million).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian_intervention_in_northern_Mali

Boko Haram kills 92 Chadian soldiers in seven-hour attack

11 Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack: authorities

https://m.guardian.ng/news/world/11-chadian-soldiers-killed-in-boko-haram-attack-authorities/

Over 20 Chadian soldiers 'killed in Boko Haram raid'

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/03/20-chadian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-raid-190322154007633.html

BabaOwen:
What's the importance of villages been destroyed?
What's the importance of people been chased out of their ancestral homes?
What's the importance of Nigerian civilians being killed because of their faith or the organization they work for?
Nigerian soldiers can keep dying in borno, so far it does not have any economic importance to the country, right?

Monies that should be spent on more important things are been spent on the military.

Hope you no go vex when buhari announce say millions of dollars have been budgeted for rebuilding the north east, imagine if this millions of dollars is channeled to BOI

Why did the UK go to war because of Falkland island?
Was any harm been done to the UK economy for them to go to war because of the Falkland island?