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I luv his vocals nd "like to party" one of best tracks dis year

igbos people should wake up, Jonathan is nt an igbo man, they should find someone credibile to represent dem in 2015.

Mr Latin
Mr ibu
odunlade adekola

it will only increase unemployment

By these "ibos" I mean the nuisances that come on here and insult the Yoruba race without justification or provacation.
I was born during the civil war and so did not see the
war because it ended when I was 3 years old; too
young to appreciate anything that went down but wise
enough to wish for war in any form.
When I was growing up, in Lagos I know some Ibos
living within my vicinity and even though we called
them okoro we were not told anything negative about
them, we just knew they did not speak our language,
some of them did of course.
My dad had a barbing salon on Lewis Street
“EWETUGA BARBING SALON” and a certain Ibo man,
Sunday was the foreman (or supervisor if you wish).
There were other barbers there who were Yorubas
and who were as good as Sunday if not better,
especially Jimoh, who was somewhere from Oyo
State, a Yoruba man complete with tribal marks.
Sunday was foreman (supervisor) because not only
was he the most senior barber then, he was also
good. He was a very good man and we all liked him
and fondly called him “broda Sunday” (brother Sunday
in accordance with the Yoruba traditional way of
respecting their elders by not calling them by name)
There was also an Ibo man who sold bread and tea
directly opposite the sandgrouse bus-stop. He was
kind of unique then because people selling tea and
bread then in Lagos (popularly called mai tea) were
the Hausas. The man was there for several years. He
only stopped selling these stuffs after buying 2
luxurious buses, at least that was what we were told.
One of my sisters had a son for an Ibo man; one of
my cousins actually married an Ibo woman. So I have
nephews, nieces, and my kids have second cousins
who are partly Ibos.
There’s this place on Lagos Island called Salu Court.
Right in front of the mosque were these Ibo family, we
grew up with these guys and went to university with
them, there was never a time that they were treated
like “foreigners” because they were not and nobody
killed them over some stupid cartoon or any reason
whatsoever.
WhenI was in EDUCATIONAL PROMOTERS at Akoka,
one of my best friends was Emeka. He was staying at
NNPC estate at Isolo. His dad would take us all
regardless of ethnicity to school. Nobody thought of
anyone being anything but brothers. My friend Amechi
who works with vanguard still sends my kids pictures
to me till tomorrow as we say. His sister is married to
a Yoruba man and they have been together for years.
Ndubuizi and his brother who is a pharmacist are
guys that, if I were to travel to Nigeria today, will visit
first. The pharmacist wife, who is also Ibo as well as
Amechi’s sister (Gbolahan’s wife) are very good friends
of my babies’ mama who is from Delta. Ndubuizi, the
pharmacist, Christian, Amechi and Gbolahan,
Amechi’s in-law are the first people that would be
called if anything were to happen to my kids.
There are some part of Lagos where you would be a
minority if you were Yoruba. Places such as Alaba,
Ladipo, Okota, Ajegunle will easily qualify. These are
places where Ibos are resident and are dominant.
There was an Ibo local government chairman in one
of these places. If someone would investigate it there
might still be one. If the Yorubas are not
accommodating there’s no way the Ibos would get to
be that many as to control a particular area. In Lagos,
it is not just the Ibos it is like that with all tribes in
Nigeria who choose to make Lagos their homes and it
is not just Lagos but all over the old western region.
When I was in Anambra during my youth service, I met
a soldier, a Yoruba man who was stationed in the
East, he was married to an Ibo woman and they were
living at Awka. These kids were not speaking Yoruba
then but speak Igbo fluently. The man told me he has
been at Awka for years. There was a tailor well known
at Awka and Amawbia. He was a Yoruba man and has
been at Anambra for several years. When I was at
Awka we would go to his shop and pass time, drinking
beer and having fun. There was never a time we had
problem coexisting.
Ican’t say the Ibos hate the yorubas because they
don’t. All my friends that I mentioned earlier are
friends that I can trust with my life and those of my
children. However, there are some individuals on this
site who do nothing but preach hatred against the
Yoruba race. These people would use any excuse to
take a jab at the Yorubas. The Hausas killed the Ibos
over some cartoon and some fool came here and
accused the Yorubas of turning the Hausas against
the Ibos, tell me in all honesty if such an individual
should not be confined to a mental home. Another
one came here telling a stupid story of a Yoruba man
who wished for the Ibo man to be tied to his back
when he was to be flogged. Rufus wrote his piece
about the plight of the Ibos in Nigeria and from his
story he did not tell of where the Yorubas committed
an act of genocide against the Ibos. If there are
quarrels between the Ibos and the Yorubas, they will
fight like everyone does and move on. Instead of “
these” Ibos to fight those killing them they would
rather call the Yorubas cowards. I belief it is an act of
cowardice to free your killers of any blame and blame
people who have shown them nothing but love.
Unless provoked, I have not seen, and if it exists it
would be an isolated case, where a Yoruba man
would write and debase the Ibos heritage or call the
Ibos leaders names. The Yorubas are well tutored in
the practice of respecting one’s elders. These Ibos will
rubbish the memories of Awolowo as if he was a
nobody.
A careful look at the background of these Ibos, I am
sure, would reveal that they are nonentities, people
who are uncouth, and totally without home training as
we say.
These are people, who lay claim to being intellectuals,
reason like imbeciles; I cannot detect any intelligent
reasoning in their outrage against a race that is
accommodating to them. They think of nothing but
war and they are bent on preaching nothing but
hatred.
The reason why these fools will continue to abuse the
Yoruba is because we let them get away with the
insult they heap on our race which is also the reason
they gleefully call us cowards. I have always said that
the philosophy of turning the other cheeks is not good
because your oppressor will always come back to slap
you.
In as much as I will not preach coming down to your
level (which I will not hesitate to do if it comes to that)
I will preach henceforth against allowing your
comments to go unchallenged.
By “these Ibos” I mean the nuisances that come on
here and insult the Yoruba race without justification or
provocation. To my Ibo brothers who preach peace,
harmony and the right of people to live decently in
that hell called Nigeria, I have nothing but love for you
and together, one day, with hard work and resilience
and steadfastness we will wrestle that country from
those baboons no matter who they are or where they
come from. To those without decorum, people
without enviable background, the educated illiterates,
intellectual bankrupt individuals, haters and preachers
of war and bloodshed I have nothing but harsh words
for you and I wish you nothing but what you wish
yourself, destruction.

Before 1979, Israel and Iran were best friends and
allies. Why? Because the Shah had enough insight to
know that Iran and Israel are natural allies. What
does that mean exactly? It means Iran and Israel are
two countries that have always been surrounded by a
BIG hostile SUNNI ARAB world that cannot tolerate the
thought of a non-Arab, Persian, SHIA state in its midst
anymore than it tolerate the thought of a non-Arab,
Jewish state in its midst. Israel and Iran both
represent two religious minorities that have been
persecuted throughout the Middle East (Jews and Shia
Muslims respectively). To the average Arab, Iranians,
Persians in particular, are "rafidhi" (the word literally
means "one who rejects" [the Sunna tradition]) but
soon came to be used in the sense of "heretic", a
common Sunni Arab reference to Shia.
Other choice terms Arabs have for Iranians,
"majoosi" (a reference to Iran's Zoroastrian past),
"fire-worshipper" (another reference to
Zoroastrianism, even though Zoroastrians do NOT
worship fire, but rather deem it holy, and it is a
symbol of purity for them), "ajami" (a term simply
meaning "Persian" but now used pejoratively among
Arabs when referring to Persians).
Arab hostility towards Persians began 1,400 years ago,
when they invaded Persia, or more accurately, raped
Persia, and imposed Islam on the Persian people
against their will. Persians at this time were already
practicing the oldest monotheistic religion in the
world, Zoroastrianism, and many were rapidly
converting to Christianity (evidenced by the fact there
are many Persian saints commemorated in the
Eastern Orthodox Church), and Christianity was just
beginning to take root in Persia, when it was all
interrupted by the Battles of Qadisiya and Nahavand.
This was the classic case of an inferior, lower culture
and civilisation defeating and overtaking a superior,
highly advanced and sophisticated culture and
civilisation. It is no secret that Persians became the
backbone of the Abbasid Caliphate, giving it structure,
and a more bureacratic, as well as academic identity.
The majority of the scientists, mathematicians,
astronomers and poets of the Islamic Empire were
Persians, not Arabs. Abu ali Sina, Abu Reyhan Biruni,
Zakariya Razi (whom some say was a Persian Jew),
just to name a few. Yet Arabs repayed Persians by
killing the best and brightest Persians had to offer,
wonderful people like Ibn Muqaffa and countless
others such as Abu Muslim Khorasani. Arabs never
had anything of their own, save a tribalistic Bedouin
culture, yet had the audacity to take from Persians
what they could, and re-registered it as Arab, claiming
the Persian geniuses of their Islamic Caliphate as
Arabs.
Today's reality of course is that Arabs are still Iran's
number one enemy, no matter how much Iran tries to
outbid Arab governments for who supports the
Palestinians more, and this happens as we sensible
Iranians ask ourselves this important question: Why is
Shia Iran becoming the main spokesperson for the
Sunni Palestinians who call Saddam Hussein a hero,
and name their babies Saddam, after a man who
hated Persians not only because they were Persians,
but because they are Shia? A man who murdered half
a million of Iraq's own Shia. A man who murdered
nearly a million Iranians during an 8 year bloody war.
And are these Palestinians not the same people who
join the chorus of calling the Persian Gulf the "Arabian
Gulf"? Are they not the same people who announced
an official 3-day mourning period for the hanging of
Saddam Hussein? Isn't it funny that Palestinians want
the whole world to sympathise with their suffering, yet
show complete insensitivity to the suffering that was
imposed on Iraqi Shia and Kurds, as well as Iranians
during the bloody pro-longed war, or the suffering of
Kuwaitis during Iraq's brutal occupation of that
country! Israel's occupation is called "illegal" but
Saddam's rape and occupation of a fellow Arab state
and his attempt to liquidate it was "legal" in
Palestinian eyes, the consequence of which was
vehement Palestinian support for Saddam's
misadventure and

Before 1979, Israel and Iran were best friends and
allies. Why? Because the Shah had enough insight to
know that Iran and Israel are natural allies. What
does that mean exactly? It means Iran and Israel are
two countries that have always been surrounded by a
BIG hostile SUNNI ARAB world that cannot tolerate the
thought of a non-Arab, Persian, SHIA state in its midst
anymore than it tolerate the thought of a non-Arab,
Jewish state in its midst. Israel and Iran both
represent two religious minorities that have been
persecuted throughout the Middle East (Jews and Shia
Muslims respectively). To the average Arab, Iranians,
Persians in particular, are "rafidhi" (the word literally
means "one who rejects" [the Sunna tradition]) but
soon came to be used in the sense of "heretic", a
common Sunni Arab reference to Shia.
Other choice terms Arabs have for Iranians,
"majoosi" (a reference to Iran's Zoroastrian past),
"fire-worshipper" (another reference to
Zoroastrianism, even though Zoroastrians do NOT
worship fire, but rather deem it holy, and it is a
symbol of purity for them), "ajami" (a term simply
meaning "Persian" but now used pejoratively among
Arabs when referring to Persians).
Arab hostility towards Persians began 1,400 years ago,
when they invaded Persia, or more accurately, raped
Persia, and imposed Islam on the Persian people
against their will. Persians at this time were already
practicing the oldest monotheistic religion in the
world, Zoroastrianism, and many were rapidly
converting to Christianity (evidenced by the fact there
are many Persian saints commemorated in the
Eastern Orthodox Church), and Christianity was just
beginning to take root in Persia, when it was all
interrupted by the Battles of Qadisiya and Nahavand.
This was the classic case of an inferior, lower culture
and civilisation defeating and overtaking a superior,
highly advanced and sophisticated culture and
civilisation. It is no secret that Persians became the
backbone of the Abbasid Caliphate, giving it structure,
and a more bureacratic, as well as academic identity.
The majority of the scientists, mathematicians,
astronomers and poets of the Islamic Empire were
Persians, not Arabs. Abu ali Sina, Abu Reyhan Biruni,
Zakariya Razi (whom some say was a Persian Jew),
just to name a few. Yet Arabs repayed Persians by
killing the best and brightest Persians had to offer,
wonderful people like Ibn Muqaffa and countless
others such as Abu Muslim Khorasani. Arabs never
had anything of their own, save a tribalistic Bedouin
culture, yet had the audacity to take from Persians
what they could, and re-registered it as Arab, claiming
the Persian geniuses of their Islamic Caliphate as
Arabs.
Today's reality of course is that Arabs are still Iran's
number one enemy, no matter how much Iran tries to
outbid Arab governments for who supports the
Palestinians more, and this happens as we sensible
Iranians ask ourselves this important question: Why is
Shia Iran becoming the main spokesperson for the
Sunni Palestinians who call Saddam Hussein a hero,
and name their babies Saddam, after a man who
hated Persians not only because they were Persians,
but because they are Shia? A man who murdered half
a million of Iraq's own Shia. A man who murdered
nearly a million Iranians during an 8 year bloody war.
And are these Palestinians not the same people who
join the chorus of calling the Persian Gulf the "Arabian
Gulf"? Are they not the same people who announced
an official 3-day mourning period for the hanging of
Saddam Hussein? Isn't it funny that Palestinians want
the whole world to sympathise with their suffering, yet
show complete insensitivity to the suffering that was
imposed on Iraqi Shia and Kurds, as well as Iranians
during the bloody pro-longed war, or the suffering of
Kuwaitis during Iraq's brutal occupation of that
country! Israel's occupation is called "illegal" but
Saddam's rape and occupation of a fellow Arab state
and his attempt to liquidate it was "legal" in
Palestinian eyes, the consequence of which was
vehement Palestinian support for Saddam's
misadventure and attempt at reclaiming "Province
19", Saddam's term for Kuwait.
Arabs claims to Iranian territory are nothing new. To
them, Khuzestan is "Arabistan", Khorramshahr is
"Muhammarah", Ahvaz is "Al-Ahwaz", Bandar Lengeh
and Bandar Abbas are "Arab", the three islands of
Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa are
"Arab" (even though they are historically Persian, and
were re-taken after the Shah gave up Iran's legitimate
claims to Bahrain in 1970, a move which did not enjoy
popular support among the Iranian masses), and the
Persian Gulf (even 12th century cartographers call it
Persian, and at one time Iran controlled both sides of
the Gulf) has been renamed "Arabian Gulf" by Arabs.
These claims are still very strong, and what is even
stronger is Arab hostility towards Shia Iran due to the
fall of the Sunni Ba'ath regime in Iraq. Sunni Arabs
from all over the Arab world have joined Wahhabis and
Salafis who have infiltrated Iraq and who gleefully
murder Iranian pilgrims in front of the holy shrines in
Karbala and Najaf. The "Persian rawafidh" ("rawafidh"
is plural of "rafidhi", again meaning "Shia heretics"
are considered "filthier than Jews and Christians".
Many fatwas have been issued by Sunni clerics
declaring the murder of Shia to be "halal" and a
"religious duty".
In light of this, sensible Iranians must ask themselves,
which Jew or Israeli ever called Iranians "rafidhi", or
blew up Iranian pilgrims in front of holy shrines in Iraq,
or claimed Iranian territory, or spewed the kind of
hatred directed at Persians/Iranians (which has
become a common routine in the Saudi media)? Is it
Israel oppressing the Shia majority in Bahrain? Is it
Israel banning the commemoration of Ashura in public
in Saudi Arabia's heavily Shi'ite Gulf regions of Al-
Qatif, Al-Hasa, and forbids Shia mosques from using
signs that identify their mosques or huseiniyas as
being "Shia"? If Iran's Islamic Republic Government
claims to be the protector of Shia (a false claim given
Iran's history not lifting a finger to protect the Shia
Muslims of Qarabag in Azerbaijan), how come it is
fighting Israel instead of Saudi Arabia, the archenemy
of Shias and Shiism and the one country that has
been funding and arming the Sunni insurgents in Iraq
who engage in wholesale murder of Iraqi Shia?
Did Israel ONCE create a problem for Iran prior to
1979, when Khomeini decided to pick a fight with a
country that never claimed Iranian land, and with
which Iran shares no borders with? Had Israel not
existed, whom would the Arabs gang up on instead?
Where would Arab hatred and hostility be directed at?
Israel has been a wonderful distraction from an
Iranian standpoint, and the best thing that ever
happened to Iran. Moreover Israel is strong enough to
contain the Arabs. Yet the Islamic Republic
government, against Iran's national interests, and all
the ramifications of Realpolitik, has chosen to pick a
fight with the ONE and ONLY country that supplied
Iran with arms in its war against Iraq.
Without Israel, and the Jewish Lobby on Capitol Hill,
America would be selling the Saudis some
of the most highly sophisticated weaponry their
petrodollars could buy, and the threat of Saudi Arabia,
which geographically lies right accross the Gulf, a
stone's throw away from Iran's soft underbelly, would
have been serious enough to make every Iranian lose
sleep at night.
Israel was not the country that made Iran
hemmorrhage for eight years, nor was it the country
that rained down Scuds on Iranian cities, nor has she
ever claimed Iranian territory, nor has she been the
historic archenemy of Persians and Iranians.
Diplomatic relations with Israel best serve Iranian
interests, both political and geostrategic, and if the
Republic of Azerbaijan (a predominantly Shia country)
and Israel can be best friends, so can Iran and Israel,
but this can only be accomplished once the clerical
Mafia in Tehran is overthrown and 75 million Iranians
are liberated from its yoke.
Let us not forget who invaded our beloved Persia,
raped our women, destroyed every trace of our
ancient culture, and anything that was symbolically
Persian or represented Persian culture and identity,
and even destroyed ancient monuments and statues
(the invading Muslim Arab army wrongfully thought
Persians worshipped those statues).
And isn't Muslim Turkey an ally of Israel? They have
cleverly put their national interests before the rantings
and ravings of their pious "hocas". Their alliance with
Israel has served them well. Let us Iranians follow
suit! Every Muslim country in Central Asia has
diplomatic relations with Israel! Arab Morocco, Jordan
and Egypt do! Why are we "dayeyeh mehrabantar az
madar" and "kaseye daghtar az ash" and "more
Catholic than the Pope"

[quote author=Mr. Globe]seriously the bolded was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that Game fight, dude is biting more than he can chew nowadays, fighting everybody, I wont be surprised if he is gunned down.

To the topic, young jeezy has the streets on lock unlike rick ross who many people say is fake, he stole somebodys name, rapping about a live he has never lived. But rick ross is paying his dues to the streets, you cant touch him anywhere in florida for instance, so both of them have some sort of backings if it degenerated to a street fight.

However, young jeezy need to grow up, these guys were once best friends until ross made that BMF track and jeezy felt ross was jacking his connections. I feel u bro, bt if d war com on d street, I see rick Ross losin d war cos dat nigga is not a gangster bt a wanna b, nd last I check he was fmr correction officer, fake name always abt d shit he got.

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US President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to
justice those who killed the US ambassador to Libya
during protests against a film that mocks Islam.
But he told reporters that the attack on the American
consulate in Benghazi would not break the bonds
between the US and the new Libyan government.
It sparked a political row in the US, with rival Mitt
Romney criticising Mr Obama before the president hit
back.
Ambassador J Christopher Stevens died after a crowd
stormed the consulate.
US officials say the consulate compound began taking
heavy fire around 22:00 local time on Tuesday night,
and the main building was in flames soon afterwards.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
[The attacks] go to the heart of the practice and
theory of the Obama foreign policy. They also raise
immediate questions why there wasn't more
protection for the embassies, particularly on the
anniversary of 9/11”
Mark Mardell
North America editor
Read more from Mark
Three other Americans were also killed, including
Sean Smith, a state department employee, in what
the White House described as a "complex" attack.
Libyan and US security forces tried to retake the
compound several times, US officials said, but only
succeeded so at 02:00 local time on Wednesday.
Mr Smith was found dead inside the compound, US
officials said.
Unconfirmed reports - including from Arab officials
talking to the BBC - suggest the violence could have
been planned in advance.
Reports say a militia known as the Ansar al-Sharia
brigade was involved in the attack, but the group has
denied the claim, the BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli
says.
Charred vehicles could be seen parked near the
damaged buildings on Wednesday. US officials
confirmed that all remaining staff in Benghazi had
been evacuated and the embassy Tripoli had been
reduced to emergency staffing.
A US marine anti-terrorism team is being sent to Libya
to bolster security after the attack, a US defence
source told reporters in Washington.
Protesters angry at the film attacked the US embassy
in Cairo on Tuesday night.
However, little is known with any certainty about the
origins of the film, including about a man named as
Sam Bacile, reported as being behind its production.
BBC reporters probing his background on Wednesday
were unable to confirm personal details.
'Especially tragic'
Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House,
President Obama told reporters: "Make no mistake.
Justice will be done."
Continue reading the main story
US media reaction
Time correspondent Ashraf Khalil describes the scene
on the ground in Egypt and concludes the reaction to
the film was "essentially a case of an American group
of fringe Christian fundamentalists successfully
provoking and enraging a similar group of fringe
Muslim fundamentalists".
ABC's Jake Tapper explains the chronology of events in
Egypt and Libya as the Romney campaign accused the
White House on Tuesday of being sympathetic with
those who waged the attacks.
NBC calls Mr Romney's criticism of the Obama
administration
"one of the most over-the-top and incorrect attacks of
the general-election campaign".
In the International Herald Tribune, Harvey Morris
shares Christopher Stevens' recent emails with him
about his hopes for Libya.
Libyan attack: US media reaction
He said he condemned "in the strongest possible
terms the outrageous and shocking" attack.
"It is especially tragic that Chris Stevens died in
Benghazi because it is a city that he helped to save,"
he added, praising the dead ambassador for his work
in Libya after the overthrow of the late Col Muammar
Gaddafi.
Earlier, the president was criticised by his Republican
election rival, Mitt Romney, who said the
administration appeared to "sympathise with those
who waged the attacks".
According to Mr Romney, Mr Obama's team had sent
"mixed signals to the world" in the face of violence,
referring to a statement from the US embassy in Cairo,
issued before it was known Mr Stevens had been
killed.
Mr Romney stood by his criticism of the administration
as events unfolded on Wednesday, despite a lack of
firm support from his Republican party.
Later, in an interview with CBS on Wednesday, Mr
Obama said that his election opponent had "a
tendency to shoot first and aim later".
"It's important for you to make sure that the
statements that you make are backed up by the facts.
And that you've thought through the ramifications
before you make them."
'Wonderful person'
In the aftermath of the violence, Mustafa Abu Shagur
was elected prime minister of Libya by the country's
national assembly.
Protests against the violence and against extremism
in general were also held in Tripoli and Benghazi.
Continue reading the main story
US ambassadors killed in line of duty
John Gordon Mein - Guatemala, 1968: Shot dead by
rebels who ambushed his car
Cleo A Noel Jr - Sudan, 1973: Shot dead along with
senior US and Belgian diplomats by Palestinian
militants, after being taken hostage in Saudi
embassy
Rodger P Davies - Cyprus, 1974: Killed by sniper
gunfire during a protest at US embassy by Greek
Cypriots
Francis E Meloy Jr - Lebanon, 1976: Kidnapped and
shot dead by Palestinian militants in Beirut with
another senior US official
Adolph Dubs - Afghanistan, 1979: Killed in
exchange of fire after Afghan and Soviet forces tried
to free him from kidnappers in hotel
Did Ansar al-Sharia carry out attack?
Obituary: J Christopher Stevens
In pictures: US film protests
Film outrages media
The deadly violence was condemned by Libyan
officials.
Libya's interim leader, Mohammed Magarief,
apologised to the US over the killings, which he called
"cowardly criminal acts". Libya's deputy envoy to the
UN, Ibrahim Dabashi, promised an investigation.
"We cannot understand how this group, or these
persons, could have eliminated such a wonderful
person," he told the Security Council..
Both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN
Security Council condemned the attack.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he had sent
condolences to President Obama and that he
expected the new Libyan authorities to "do all in their
power... to bring the killers to justice".
In June, two British bodyguards were injured in an
attack in Benghazi on a convoy carrying the British
ambassador to Libya. Red Cross and UN staff also
came under attack this year.
Correspondents say the film at the heart of the row,
which appeared on YouTube translated into Arabic, is
highly provocative and insulting to Muslims.
An Islamic tenet bans the portrayal of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Cartoons featuring the founder of Islam sparked
violent unrest among Muslims in 2005 when they
were published by a Danish newspaper.
In other developments on Wednesday:
Nigeria placed its police force on red alert
The US embassy in Algiers warned Americans in
Algeria to avoid non-essential travel
Tunisian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into
the air to disperse a protest near in Tunis
Demonstrations were reported in Khartoum, Sudan,
the US consulate in Casablanca, Morocco, and at
UN offices in Gaza
Afghanistan ordered a block on YouTube until the
offending film was removed - but the site was still
visible to users in KabulUS President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to
justice those who killed the US ambassador to Libya
during protests against a film that mocks Islam.
But he told reporters that the attack on the American
consulate in Benghazi would not break the bonds
between the US and the new Libyan government.
It sparked a political row in the US, with rival Mitt
Romney criticising Mr Obama before the president hit
back.
Ambassador J Christopher Stevens died after a crowd
stormed the consulate.
US officials say the consulate compound began taking
heavy fire around 22:00 local time on Tuesday night,
and the main building was in flames soon afterwards.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
[The attacks] go to the heart of the practice and
theory of the Obama foreign policy. They also raise
immediate questions why there wasn't more
protection for the embassies, particularly on the
anniversary of 9/11”
Mark Mardell
North America editor
Read more from Mark
Three other Americans were also killed, including
Sean Smith, a state department employee, in what
the White House described as a "complex" attack.
Libyan and US security forces tried to retake the
compound several times, US officials said, but only
succeeded so at 02:00 local time on Wednesday.
Mr Smith was found dead inside the compound, US
officials said.
Unconfirmed reports - including from Arab officials
talking to the BBC - suggest the violence could have
been planned in advance.
Reports say a militia known as the Ansar al-Sharia
brigade was involved in the attack, but the group has
denied the claim, the BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli
says.
Charred vehicles could be seen parked near the
damaged buildings on Wednesday. US officials
confirmed that all remaining staff in Benghazi had
been evacuated and the embassy Tripoli had been
reduced to emergency staffing.
A US marine anti-terrorism team is being sent to Libya
to bolster security after the attack, a US defence
source told reporters in Washington.
Protesters angry at the film attacked the US embassy
in Cairo on Tuesday night.
However, little is known with any certainty about the
origins of the film, including about a man named as
Sam Bacile, reported as being behind its production.
BBC reporters probing his background on Wednesday
were unable to confirm personal details.
'Especially tragic'
Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House,
President Obama told reporters: "Make no mistake.
Justice will be done."
Continue reading the main story
US media reaction
Time correspondent Ashraf Khalil describes the scene
on the ground in Egypt and concludes the reaction to
the film was "essentially a case of an American group
of fringe Christian fundamentalists successfully
provoking and enraging a similar group of fringe
Muslim fundamentalists".
ABC's Jake Tapper explains the chronology of events in
Egypt and Libya as the Romney campaign accused the
White House on Tuesday of being sympathetic with
those who waged the attacks.
NBC calls Mr Romney's criticism of the Obama
administration
"one of the most over-the-top and incorrect attacks of
the general-election campaign".
In the International Herald Tribune, Harvey Morris
shares Christopher Stevens' recent emails with him
about his hopes for Libya.
Libyan attack: US media reaction
He said he condemned "in the strongest possible
terms the outrageous and shocking" attack.
"It is especially tragic that Chris Stevens died in
Benghazi because it is a city that he helped to save,"
he added, praising the dead ambassador for his work
in Libya after the overthrow of the late Col Muammar
Gaddafi.
Earlier, the president was criticised by his Republican
election rival, Mitt Romney, who said the
administration appeared to "sympathise with those
who waged the attacks".
According to Mr Romney, Mr Obama's team had sent
"mixed signals to the world" in the face of violence,
referring to a statement from the US embassy in Cairo,
issued before it was known Mr Stevens had been
killed.
Mr Romney stood by his criticism of the administration
as events unfolded on Wednesday, despite a lack of
firm support from his Republican party.
Later, in an interview with CBS on Wednesday, Mr
Obama said that his election opponent had "a
tendency to shoot first and aim later".
"It's important for you to make sure that the
statements that you make are backed up by the facts.
And that you've thought through the ramifications
before you make them."
'Wonderful person'
In the aftermath of the violence, Mustafa Abu Shagur
was elected prime minister of Libya by the country's
national assembly.
Protests against the violence and against extremism
in general were also held in Tripoli and Benghazi.
Continue reading the main story
US ambassadors killed in line of duty
John Gordon Mein - Guatemala, 1968: Shot dead by
rebels who ambushed his car
Cleo A Noel Jr - Sudan, 1973: Shot dead along with
senior US and Belgian diplomats by Palestinian
militants, after being taken hostage in Saudi
embassy
Rodger P Davies - Cyprus, 1974: Killed by sniper
gunfire during a protest at US embassy by Greek
Cypriots
Francis E Meloy Jr - Lebanon, 1976: Kidnapped and
shot dead by Palestinian militants in Beirut with
another senior US official
Adolph Dubs - Afghanistan, 1979: Killed in
exchange of fire after Afghan and Soviet forces tried
to free him from kidnappers in hotel
Did Ansar al-Sharia carry out attack?
Obituary: J Christopher Stevens
In pictures: US film protests
Film outrages media
The deadly violence was condemned by Libyan
officials.
Libya's interim leader, Mohammed Magarief,
apologised to the US over the killings, which he called
"cowardly criminal acts". Libya's deputy envoy to the
UN, Ibrahim Dabashi, promised an investigation.
"We cannot understand how this group, or these
persons, could have eliminated such a wonderful
person," he told the Security Council..
Both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN
Security Council condemned the attack.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he had sent
condolences to President Obama and that he
expected the new Libyan authorities to "do all in their
power... to bring the killers to justice".
In June, two British bodyguards were injured in an
attack in Benghazi on a convoy carrying the British
ambassador to Libya. Red Cross and UN staff also
came under attack this year.
Correspondents say the film at the heart of the row,
which appeared on YouTube translated into Arabic, is
highly provocative and insulting to Muslims.
An Islamic tenet bans the portrayal of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Cartoons featuring the founder of Islam sparked
violent unrest among Muslims in 2005 when they
were published by a Danish newspaper.
In other developments on Wednesday:
Nigeria placed its police force on red alert
The US embassy in Algiers warned Americans in
Algeria to avoid non-essential travel
Tunisian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into
the air to disperse a protest near in Tunis
Demonstrations were reported in Khartoum, Sudan,
the US consulate in Casablanca, Morocco, and at
UN offices in Gaza
Afghanistan ordered a block on YouTube until the
offending film was removed - but the site was still
visible to users in KabulUS President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to
justice those who killed the US ambassador to Libya
during protests against a film that mocks Islam.
But he told reporters that the attack on the American
consulate in Benghazi would not break the bonds
between the US and the new Libyan government.
It sparked a political row in the US, with rival Mitt
Romney criticising Mr Obama before the president hit
back.
Ambassador J Christopher Stevens died after a crowd
stormed the consulate.
US officials say the consulate compound began taking
heavy fire around 22:00 local time on Tuesday night,
and the main building was in flames soon afterwards.
Continue reading the main story
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[The attacks] go to the heart of the practice and
theory of the Obama foreign policy. They also raise
immediate questions why there wasn't more
protection for the embassies, particularly on the
anniversary of 9/11”
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North America editor
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Three other Americans were also killed, including
Sean Smith, a state department employee, in what
the White House described as a "complex" attack.
Libyan and US security forces tried to retake the
compound several times, US officials said, but only
succeeded so at 02:00 local time on Wednesday.
Mr Smith was found dead inside the compound, US
officials said.
Unconfirmed reports - including from Arab officials
talking to the BBC - suggest the violence could have
been planned in advance.
Reports say a militia known as the Ansar al-Sharia
brigade was involved in the attack, but the group has
denied the claim, the BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli
says.
Charred vehicles could be seen parked near the
damaged buildings on Wednesday. US officials
confirmed that all remaining staff in Benghazi had
been evacuated and the embassy Tripoli had been
reduced to emergency staffing.
A US marine anti-terrorism team is being sent to Libya
to bolster security after the attack, a US defence
source told reporters in Washington.
Protesters angry at the film attacked the US embassy
in Cairo on Tuesday night.
However, little is known with any certainty about the
origins of the film, including about a man named as
Sam Bacile, reported as being behind its production.
BBC reporters probing his background on Wednesday
were unable to confirm personal details.
'Especially tragic'
Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House,
President Obama told reporters: "Make no mistake.
Justice will be done."
Continue reading the main story
US media reaction
Time correspondent Ashraf Khalil describes the scene
on the ground in Egypt and concludes the reaction to
the film was "essentially a case of an American group
of fringe Christian fundamentalists successfully
provoking and enraging a similar group of fringe
Muslim fundamentalists".
ABC's Jake Tapper explains the chronology of events in
Egypt and Libya as the Romney campaign accused the
White House on Tuesday of being sympathetic with
those who waged the attacks.
NBC calls Mr Romney's criticism of the Obama
administration
"one of the most over-the-top and incorrect attacks of
the general-election campaign".
In the International Herald Tribune, Harvey Morris
shares Christopher Stevens' recent emails with him
about his hopes for Libya.
Libyan attack: US media reaction
He said he condemned "in the strongest possible
terms the outrageous and shocking" attack.
"It is especially tragic that Chris Stevens died in
Benghazi because it is a city that he helped to save,"
he added, praising the dead ambassador for his work
in Libya after the overthrow of the late Col Muammar
Gaddafi.
Earlier, the president was criticised by his Republican
election rival, Mitt Romney, who said the
administration appeared to "sympathise with those
who waged the attacks".
According to Mr Romney, Mr Obama's team had sent
"mixed signals to the world" in the face of violence,
referring to a statement from the US embassy in Cairo,
issued before it was known Mr Stevens had been
killed.
Mr Romney stood by his criticism of the administration
as events unfolded on Wednesday, despite a lack of
firm support from his Republican party.
Later, in an interview with CBS on Wednesday, Mr
Obama said that his election opponent had "a
tendency to shoot first and aim later".
"It's important for you to make sure that the
statements that you make are backed up by the facts.
And that you've thought through the ramifications
before you make them."
'Wonderful person'
In the aftermath of the violence, Mustafa Abu Shagur
was elected prime minister of Libya by the country's
national assembly.
Protests against the violence and against extremism
in general were also held in Tripoli and Benghazi.
Continue reading the main story
US ambassadors killed in line of duty
John Gordon Mein - Guatemala, 1968: Shot dead by
rebels who ambushed his car
Cleo A Noel Jr - Sudan, 1973: Shot dead along with
senior US and Belgian diplomats by Palestinian
militants, after being taken hostage in Saudi
embassy
Rodger P Davies - Cyprus, 1974: Killed by sniper
gunfire during a protest at US embassy by Greek
Cypriots
Francis E Meloy Jr - Lebanon, 1976: Kidnapped and
shot dead by Palestinian militants in Beirut with
another senior US official
Adolph Dubs - Afghanistan, 1979: Killed in
exchange of fire after Afghan and Soviet forces tried
to free him from kidnappers in hotel
Did Ansar al-Sharia carry out attack?
Obituary: J Christopher Stevens
In pictures: US film protests
Film outrages media
The deadly violence was condemned by Libyan
officials.
Libya's interim leader, Mohammed Magarief,
apologised to the US over the killings, which he called
"cowardly criminal acts". Libya's deputy envoy to the
UN, Ibrahim Dabashi, promised an investigation.
"We cannot understand how this group, or these
persons, could have eliminated such a wonderful
person," he told the Security Council..
Both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN
Security Council condemned the attack.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he had sent
condolences to President Obama and that he
expected the new Libyan authorities to "do all in their
power... to bring the killers to justice".
In June, two British bodyguards were injured in an
attack in Benghazi on a convoy carrying the British
ambassador to Libya. Red Cross and UN staff also
came under attack this year.
Correspondents say the film at the heart of the row,
which appeared on YouTube translated into Arabic, is
highly provocative and insulting to Muslims.
An Islamic tenet bans the portrayal of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Cartoons featuring the founder of Islam sparked
violent unrest among Muslims in 2005 when they
were published by a Danish newspaper.
In other developments on Wednesday:
Nigeria placed its police force on red alert
The US embassy in Algiers warned Americans in
Algeria to avoid non-essential travel
Tunisian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into
the air to disperse a protest near in Tunis
Demonstrations were reported in Khartoum, Sudan,
the US consulate in Casablanca, Morocco, and at
UN offices in Gaza
Afghanistan ordered a block on YouTube until the
offending film was removed - but the site was still
visible to users in Kabul

Emma.UG:
SO my ricky rosay is not in the list
drake rihanna and brown tomps up.

Guy ur wankass rapper can't win!!!

Esss: Whats the point?!! Wether they call themselves CCC, ACC or CPN, the first problem that all the opposition have is ethinic divide.. The only Uniting political Party in Nigeria till tomorrow remains the PDP. From the North to the South. You cant call them an Igbo Party like APGA, cant call them an Yoruba Party like ACN (& AD), Cant call them a Cattlfucking Party like CPC...

Secondly, the PDP might have produced crooked leaders, but the other advantage they have is that they have their house in other.. Who ever runs shiit in the PDP (Obasanjo) has his machine working at optimum efficiency.. Even if the party principals dont like it, they always seem to put party interest above theirs.. If you no gree, they evict you like Atiku.

The Igbos will never vote for a CPC & ACN coalition party.. Dont forget that the ethinicity that both parties represent have betrayed Ndi Igbos in the past especially the Yoruba one.. Ask for the South-South, their allegeance to the PDP is as solid as Rock.. They may elect an ACN governor, but the presidency belongs to the PDP.

All the top gunners in the coalition party are not widely acceptable.. Not BUHARI (The war monger and NYSC killer), El-Rufai (The Boko Haram Sympatiser), Bakare (the two-tongued Political Pastor), Tinubu (the Yoruba criminal)...


The PDP already owns the East and the South-south.. The Middle belt will go to the PDP, The northern votes will be split and majority of the Western votes will also go to PDP.. In the end, PDP wins yet again... Jonathan till 2019... Fresh Breeze Campaign team wins!!!

fool majority of sw vote will go to acn

Lordave: Nawa to this op o. How many times has this worked for you? Cuz as I de see you be complete broke nigar. I'm sure this one no be for Unilag babes.

NA so o naija girls fustrate guys, dis no fit work especially 4 Yoruba chic.

Beaf: God Bless GEJ!
God Bless Barth Nnaji!
Fresh Air!

I don't no y pple are so dumb, small alway freak naija

Beaf: God Bless GEJ!
God Bless Barth Nnaji!
Fresh Air!

I don't no y pole are so dumb, small alway freak naija

Super1759: Please!!! Please!! This man is not a pastor. The qualities of a pastor are just absent.
A pastor should be committed to the well-being of his member spiritually. Preach and win souls for God. He is a shephard and not a political analyst. How can I dress up to church to hear word of God and it turns to political studies.

is rev Martin Luther king a pastor? dude u so dumb

Nebeuwa: I can't believe that so many ignorant people have posted on this thread. And they wonder why other groups of people, consider Africa as backwards.

Learn to appreciate the scientific leaps that are happening around the world. You are benefiting from these scientific achievements, by the mere fact that you are able write any words on Nairaland.

ignorance is one d disease killin naija, I doubt if Gej can operate a laptop!!!

odumchi: Islam has failed to maintain a good image in the east for many reasons most important of which being the Nigerian-Biafran war.

In the East, at that time, the war seen as an effort by the Northerners (namely the Hausa Fulani) to Islamize the East, thus the stigma. Nowadays, we are trying to find ways to harmonize our societies and establish peace between the adherents of Christianity and Animism. Christianity has already damaged and uprooted a large amount of the culture of the Eastern peoples; there is no need for Islam to enter the scene and wreak its own share of damage.

Besides, speaking from the perspective of the Igbo, the Igbo world view, culture, and tradition are incompatible with those of Islam. Attempting to unite these two will result in massive cultural upheaval and (possibly) violence. Besides, Christianity is so deeply rooted in Igboland that attempting a mass conversion from it to another faith is nearly impossible.

Ndi Igbo inyi mepe anya inyi o. Okwukwe Ndi Alakoba enweghi opoto na ali Igbo.

NA sooo

dis Guy is my inspiration NA self made millionaire oooo

God is a supreme being

dis black swan do fall in love oo

2buff: There is this girl I've been friends with.
My heart skips every time I see her, and I see the way she looks at me too. There is definitely a pull, something seemingly more wholesome than just carnal attraction.
She is gorgeous and the flow between us is effortless. I can sense that there are expectations on her end, that I take the initiative as the man.

But being the guy I am, I consulted God first and made my intentions known. The word that came back was "No not her. Just wait, your wife is coming. She will come from a place you do not expect...". This was confirmed from another trusted unbiased sources. Twice now this has happened.

I've thus far been trained to the level where I do not officially START anything with any woman now until I have seeked God's counsel on the matter, but it is always one of the most painful things ever to have to pull back from initiating something that made a whole lot of sense....this girl makes a LOT of sense. But I'm not stupid...I won't go any further...but has anyone else met thi

s "No"? How do you weather through? Do you tell the other person?

Atheists keep out please. Mature Christian counsel needed.

follow ur heart bro

2buff: There is this girl I've been friends with.
My heart skips every time I see her, and I see the way she looks at me too. There is definitely a pull, something seemingly more wholesome than just carnal attraction.
She is gorgeous and the flow between us is effortless. I can sense that there are expectations on her end, that I take the initiative as the man.

But being the guy I am, I consulted God first and made my intentions known. The word that came back was "No not her. Just wait, your wife is coming. She will come from a place you do not expect...". This was confirmed from another trusted unbiased sources. Twice now this has happened.

I've thus far been trained to the level where I do not officially START anything with any woman now until I have seeked God's counsel on the matter, but it is always one of the most painful things ever to have to pull back from initiating something that made a whole lot of sense....this girl makes a LOT of sense. But I'm not stupid...I won't go any further...but has anyone else met thi

s "No"? How do you weather through? Do you tell the other person?

Atheists keep out please. Mature Christian counsel needed.

follow ur heart bro