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I can now see reason why Nigerian Women abroad are scared of Nigerian Men. hmmm, Tragic!! Tragic!!

Na lie. No naija man will try that nonsense with a naija babe. Nigerian women are too smart to be outplayed that way. Yet, these people will say naija women are stupid. Just who is the stupid breed?

oops

Iwuanyanwu is a disappointment.

The Yar man has not even indicated any desire to run for the post again.

What kind of Nation are we?

But they will try any foreigner who commits a crime. As long as you're American and you commit crimes against foreigners, the Government doesn't care.

Great custodians of democracy and huiman rights!

Obama exempts CIA 'torture' staff

Critics say the methods approved in the memos amount to torture
CIA agents who used harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects during the Bush era will not be prosecuted, US President Barack Obama has said.

The assurance came as memos were released detailing the range of techniques the CIA was allowed to use during the Bush administration.

Mr Obama banned the use of methods such as sleep deprivation and simulated drowning in his first week in office.

But rights groups have criticised the decision not to seek prosecutions.

Amnesty International said the Department of Justice appeared to be offering a "get-out-of-jail-free card" to individuals who were involved in acts of torture.

The Centre for Constitutional Rights, which has championed the legal rights of the "war on terror" detainees, also expressed its disappointment.

BUSH-ERA INTERROGATION
Waterboarding: Aimed at simulating sensation of drowning. Used on alleged 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Insect: Harmless insect to be placed with suspect in 'confinement box', suspect to be told the insect would sting. Approved for Abu Zubaydah, but not used
Walling: Detainee slammed repeatedly into false wall to create sound and shock
Sleep deprivation: Detainee shackled stading up. Used often, once for 180 hours


Interrogation: Obama's approach
"It is one of the deepest disappointments of this administration that it appears unwilling to uphold the law where crimes have been committed by former officials," it said in a statement.

However, the former head of the CIA under former President George W Bush, Gen Michael Hayden, said the White House move would undermine intelligence work and dissuade foreign agencies from sharing information with the CIA.

"If you want an intelligence service to work for you, they always work on the edge. That's just where they work," he told the Associated Press.

The Obama administration did not say that protection would extend to CIA agents who acted outside the boundaries laid out in the memos, or to those non-CIA staff involved in approving the interrogation limits.

That leaves open the possibility that those lawyers who crafted the legal opinions authorising the techniques, one of whom is now a federal judge, could yet face legal action.

But the BBC's North America editor Justin Webb, in Washington, says it seems that the Obama administration does not want any prosecutions and would like the matter closed.

Harsh techniques

The Obama administration said the move reiterated its previously-stated commitment to end the use of torture by its officers, and would protect those who acted within the limits set out by a previous legal opinion.

Announcing the release of the four memos, Attorney General Eric Holder said the US was being "consistent with our commitment to the rule of law".

"The president has halted the use of the interrogation techniques described in these opinions, and this administration has made clear from day one that it will not condone torture," he said.

The four secret memos detail the legal justification for the Bush-era CIA interrogation programme, whose methods critics say amounted to torture.

Mr Obama gave an assurance that "those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice, will not be subject to prosecution".

One of the documents contained legal authorisation for a list of specific harsh interrogation techniques, including pushing detainees against a wall, facial slaps, cramped confinement, stress positions and sleep deprivation.

The memo also authorises the use of "waterboarding", or simulated drowning, and the placing of a detainee into a confined space with an insect.

'Orwellian'

Critics of the Bush-era interrogation programme say the newly-released memos provide evidence that many of the methods amount to torture under US and international law.

"Bottom line here is you've had crimes committed," Amnesty International analyst Tom Parker told the BBC.

"These are criminal acts. Torture is illegal under American law, it's illegal under international law. America has an international obligation to prosecute the individuals who carry out these kind of acts."

Mr Parker said the decision to allow the use of insects in interrogation was reminiscent of the Room 101 nightmare described by George Orwell in his seminal novel, 1984.

The approved tactic - to place al-Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah, who is afraid of insects, inside a box filled with caterpillars but to tell him they were stinging insects - was never used.

Despite that, the memo was "incredibly depressing reading if you're somebody who loves America", Mr Parker said.

During his first week in office, President Obama issued an executive order officially outlawing the use of harsh interrogation techniques by the CIA, and forcing the agency to adhere to standards laid out in the US Army Field Manual.

The release of the memos stems from a request by civil rights group the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Whats the rush? If you're in a rush, get married!

I quit these fools a long time ago.I just laugh at them now.

These are the kinda idiots that live in Trailer Parks,Zap their cousins on a daily basis and regard Hannity and O Reily as heroes.

The media needs to stop giving them attention.

I always suspected this about that Sean Girl.

To those who have harsh words for the Pastor, has anyone been forced to give their money? Is the printing of envelopes a forceful way of collecting money?

Anyone who is not happy should not give. He has not forced me to give and I have not given. What exactly is your problem here with the man? Is it not one of the good things about democracy that people are allowed to do what they chose with their hard-eraned (or easily-earned) money?

Abeg make una meshionu

I just have to laugh here

If both parties are happy with it, why should anyone else tell them that they should change things?

love my step father but he got on my nerves a lot. he had this know all attitude. Is it because he was Ghanaian??

here i go,

when my mom use to take me and my brothers shopping, my step dad will hop along. After 30 minutes in the store, he will get tired and angry and say that we should leave. during the 30 minutes, he will tell me what outfit to pick out knowing that i dint need his help. tell my brothers to buy all the clothes they dint want and getting them mad. After doing that to us, he will tell us to leave early for no reason. i use to be so mad. thank God that i go shopping with my friends now.

Another thing, when i am cooking i love to fry the onions and the pepper in hot oil. my dad says no to that. He will come into the kitchen just seconds after putting the oil on the fire. tell me to empty the pepper and onions in the cold oil. I use to explain to him my way but he insist that i should do it his way. That also use to get me heated


another thing is, after a long day at school, i will come home from hangin with my friends ready to watch some TV. while watching TV, my dad will come home from work, assuming to himself that i been watching TV for hours and tell me to turn the TV off and do homework after i tell him i have no homework, he says i should read a book, i then tell him that i have no book to read so he could leave me the hell alone, but guess what, he tells me to go and sleep. He will make sure that i do it. Plus if i don't, there is a lot of fighting.


The last but not least is being on the phone. When my friends call the house, my dad gets angry for no reason and tell them that i am not home. He says the phone should be use for business not gossiping.

what are some thing ya ll dad/step dad did to you that made you mad??

now my step-dad live in Maryland and i live in North Carolina. we talk on the phone but its strict business. I went to visit him a few months back in his lovely apartment. I had fun. when i graduate from high school in 17 days, i will visit him more often.

SeanQ, hope you have outgrown this

In my experience, men who like being treated like kings tend to reciprocate same - they make their women know they are special. A king cannot be married to a slave afterall. The king's wife has to be a queen.

Most men dont like a woman who is overly assertive. . . it can become a challenge within the family

gabrywyl:
If everyone thinks like you (a world without change and civilization), there wont be IT today. . There wont be human rights today. There wont be car, aeroplanes, motorcycle, watch, roller coasters, chocolate and etc etc today) Before, when those inventors created them, other peeps told them the exact thing which you are saying right now but they still went ahead with their plan and look what happen now? We are using their invention to the fullest.

You are right!

the world should change for the sake of change.
Suggested changes:
*Men/women should start marrying goats
*Kids should have the right to take hard drugs
*Everyone should have the right to steal other people's property
*Men/women should be allowed to beat up one another whenever there are disputes

More changes will follow. . .

This man's pic also deserves to be on that looters thread

@Leilah, you still have your issues.

@sweetsweet, there's no absolute rule for any man anywhere in the world. Most men in the world want to feel like kings in their own homes and some women have learnt the art of making the men feel like kings while being able to manipulate the men at the same time. I believe most Nigerian men cant stand any woman who makes them feel less than a king in the home.

Its a balancing act. . . this is one of the reasons I have utmost respect for Nigerian bred women - they endure a lot of things but they get what they want at the end of the day.

Asiwaju of thieves, behold Bola Tinubu

@ debosky, I meet a lot of girls and when they open up, it's generally different from what you opined.

@chichi, is that your pic?

I'm wondering if you work in the entertainment industry - the circus?

Thats why its not good to send pics to people you dont know. Its another reason I am vehemently against those public forums like facebook etc.

what a whole load of rubbish!

If we dont want it in Nigeria, take it where it is wanted. Nigerians generally dont want sodomy so why dont you take it to America the home of sodomites?

kini big deal?

Falae kept taking home his share of Babangida's loot in cartons almost every evening when he was secretary to the federal government

Yet to be forgotten how Uche helped Abacha to turn Nigeria into a hellhole while helping himself to millions of naira

Uche "the conniving destroyer" Chukwumerije

Unforgotten Barawo - Umaru Dikko

joshO:
Even during the 3rd term saga, I did support obj's continuation in office, simply because the alternative (Yar, Buh, Ati) were always going to be worse, in my view. I think he did very well with the EFCC. Today that lame slowpoke, Yar, has stood by as Ribadu was humiliated! How will things work? What is there to fear now? I fear for our country, really. If things continue this way (and Yar remains in office), then we'll most likely be a failed state in 5 years and a breakup of the country will be inevitable!

perhaps that's what we really need

How do you demand compensation for something which you have failed to investigate?

Behold the chief thief who destroyed the last fabric of sane accountability in Nigeria -

Thiefangida

Sky Blue:
I hope the officer gets disciplined and considering we are speaking of a functioning country i am more confident it will happen compared to if the incident occured in Nigeria. However i am just still at a complete loss at the way you choose to draw your comparisons. Please you might have to repost again so I know i am not getting things mixed up; i mean, are you actually seriously comparing the shooting in the train that occured during a time London was on high alert as a result of the terrorist attacks, to a police officer in Nigeria killing someone over twenty naira bribe? I mean, seriously though, are you joking? What happened to the brazillian was very sad and indeed unfortunate however put it in context instead of just saying a brazillian was shot. A man was running from the police for whatever reason through the london underground during a period when the city was on high alert as a result of terrorist attacks, the man was carrying a bagpack and he was shot. Compare such an incident to a driver in his car seat being shot because of twenty naira; compare that to citizens being flogged ALL THE TIME because they can't clear the road on time for police officers during one of their frequent trips to their local mamaput that seems to warrant use of siren; compare that to innocent people on a large scale being accused of armed robbery if they haven't got enough money to pay. Trust the Nigerian police force, if you have money you are not an armed robber but if you can't pay the bribe you are. Should i go on?

I dont want to join issues here but the highlighted are not exactly true if you find out.

Vergessen sie, um wo ich bin.

Manchmal habe ich Tadel nigerianische Männer angezogen, die die Mädchen für papiere viele von den Mädchen benutzen, die die Jungen heiraten, sind illiterates sich und die sie haben angezogen wirklich hat Rücksicht für das sein gerechte von Nigerianern um den Mann den sie können erhalten und das Geschlecht, das sie erhalten. Deutsche mädchen sind gut dafür bekannt

[quote author=Ladyange_A link=topic=259456.msg3704500#msg3704500 date=1239182478]Some men hide their real character in order to get a lady once they succeed in having you they show their true colours some of which the lady can't just take and hence it leads to divorce.[/quote]very true

it goes both ways though

izoumi:
Welche? Die afrikanischen, oder die europaeischen Frauen? Was hat das ausserdem mit der deutschen Sprache zu tun?

Die Wahrheit zu sprechen, die am meisten ist von den ausländischen Mädchen hier, sind hässlich, schwarz-weiß.

Deswegen verlassen Nigerianer Jungen sie nach irgendwann. Sie kennen das, nach Ehe, wird ein Mann anfangen, Dinge zu sehen, die er vor nicht bemerkt hat.

izoumi:
woher hast du die deutsche tastatur in uk, just good?

Ich bin in Nigeria jetzt