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I have a problem saying the land belonged to Britain. The way I see it, the land would belong to the first settlers there, if they still exist. I prefer to think of it as occuppied by Britain.

However, whoever it belonged to is not the issue. The issue is who has the rights to it now. The answer to that question as far as I'm concerned is both Palestinians and Israelis have claim to the land.

babasin:
EFCC screwed-up. They should accept responsiblity and ensure this does not happen again. simple

How can the EFCC have screwed up when the investigation and subsequent freezing of assets was carried out by the Metropolitan Police in London?

yemmight:
The recent killings of 10 solders in Sudan that involved 7 Nigerians solders raises another poor security of life of peacekeeping forces outside the country.

I don’t think Nigerian Govt is up to the task in providing enough kits for these solders, if it did, how come Sudanese rebels would not even think twice in attacking and kill up to 7 Nigerians? If they are stronger why can’t they tack other peacekeepers easily?

Though The President has described the killing as shocking & unacceptable. In my own view, The Solders should be withdrawn while investigation to the killings go on.

IMO everyone is to blame.

The AU for not putting enough pressure of the Government of Sudan to allow peace keepers more amour for protection.

The United Noise for not putting enough pressure of sanctions on the Government of Sudan in order to stop arming the Arab militia. Special blame goes to China for this one.

The Government of Sudan for arming and aiding Arab militias in their genocide against black Africans (even though those Africans are Muslims themselves)

Finally the Rebels who carried out the attack. Their time will come.

osereka:
@texazzpete,
want my candid opinion about that school teacher?
SHE AND HER LIKES DESERVE TO DIE

Deserved to die for what?

Afam:
1. Israel declared independence as a state while Palestine has been denied statehood hence PLO. As a state Palestine will be able to own regular army, negotiate with other states for arms and my their the whole dynamics will change. For now most of the arms are smuggled in by sympathizers.

2. Are you actually stating that the land belonged to Britain before it now gave part of it to Israel?

3. The content in bold makes nonsense of your position on the issue of the land. Or, do you know expect the people of Palestine to sit back and watch their lands being given to Israel by Britain?

The content in bold above goes to show 2 clear things

1. The area that was divided into 2 was the land of Palestine by the British, I believe this is well documented and you produced it yourself.

2. Considering the fact that the intention of the powers that be at that time was to create a jewish state in Palestine it is natural for the arabs to object to the creation after all you don't share something that belongs to someone without taking into consideration his/her concerns.

Palestine belonged to no one. Before the British it was ruled at one time or another by Hebrews, Egyptians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Turks. I'm not to sure but, I don't think Palestine is even an Arab word.

The Arabs caused this problem when they rejected the initial resolution and decided to remove Israel by war instead. It's kind of funny because if they had accepted at the time, Israel would be a much smaller country than it is today or will be when it withdraws from Syrian territory it currently holds.

Kobojunkie:
LEAGUE OF NATIONS , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations
MANDATE OF PALESTINE , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_for_Palestine

I was not able to find a copy of the particular document that was signed online but I am sure it is out there somewhere in cyberspace, and can be obtained at some library

Is this what you are looking for?
http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/07175de9fa2de563852568d3006e10f3

or this?
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/349b02280a930813052565e90048ed1c

Where are our "rule-of-law" friends to explain this one?

Kobojunkie:
@Afam,

Trying to have a civil conversation when you have a biased mind or a fixed mind set on an issue rarely leads anywhere productive. Maybe you should step out of the case and see it from a 360 wide angle. you might see that it is not all one-sided at all.

If only. I know I have tried several times to make the poor lad understand.

Wasn't sure where to put this but, I thought I'd share this link with folks on nairaland.

For the last picture, a couple of my colleagues including myself thought we saw Jesus but, other colleagues think it's Che Guevara.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/braintricks

There appears to be a change in the way this report was written. This time they appear to be emphasizing that Nigerian investigators are working hard to stop this. The report also suggests that online fraud is global not not only perpetuated by Nigerians in Nigeria.

McKren don't bother yourself with the poor boy. He is a little slow. Plus I think he is gay but, is in denial. Although that's a different issue.

Poor poor Afam. I have told you before to drop this fascination you have of imagining me as a female. I only like girls that way. If you are looking for a gay buddy look else where.
Perhaps you should try your closest jail cell if you're looking to have a part of someone else up your ass.

Your senegalese friends are being economical with the truth. the key here is that in their country, 9.5 out of every Senegalese is muslim. If they went on rampage whom will they kill?

It is just like saying there are no religious riots in Saudi Arabia, it is because there are no christians to kill and the few that exist are busy hiding underground.

Look at nations where christians/non muslims are a sizeable number - Nigeria, Sudan, Lebanon!

Perhaps that's because the Saudis will come down hard on those who go around killing non-Muslims.

Since when have Christians been a substantial number in Sudan?

My God this thread has me laughing so hard. Good times on Nairaland.

Seun: So in Lagos Muslims are peaceful because they are in the minority.
And in Senegal they are peaceful because they are in the majority??
It's an interesting theory. It needs to subjected to extensive testing.

Lmao! What a theory indeed!

davidylan:


this man must be reading upside down. Robust debate, well researched are not phrases that should be found in the same sentence with "Afam". This thread is just one good example. . . except of course to those that are blind.

Yeah that comment he made had me almost choking with laughter as well. Good times.

ziddy:
So you all think he's acting independently??

Why shouldn't we think he is acting independently?

osereka:
yes.

am a muslim yea but I don't discriminate
if GOD so want he could have make us all muslim or christian

What about Scientologists though?

osereka:
@mariory,
why will you want to do that?
give me anything, I can never wipe my ass with any
religious book.

Including the books of Scientology?

How many of those graduates actually have the qualifications needed for the positions offered?

almondjoy:
Yeah right! When the "government' behaves in a reasonable fashion, then it would command respect from its citizens. Only by example as a leader. Not before. These people are only doing what they have been taught---lawlessness. You cannot purnish them for that!

So when soldier-man brushes you, it will be ok because that's what he has learned? I think I now understand.

osereka:
ISLAM IS THE WAY

SALLAM

RAMADAN KAREEM

Shukram!

PS: Is it wrong for me to wipe my ass with a few pages of the Koran?

Welcome to the internet.

darfur:
i don't get you? so we can only highlight america's mistakes? are you pro human or are you simply anti-american

He was being sarcastic. Just browse through topics on the front page of the politics section. You will see so many topics concerning the US and Israel by the same posters.

Did Afam get an email about Darfur? He should share it with us.

Big B1:
Ribadu is responsible for this mess.

IBB will be proud of that comment. Well done.

davidylan:
The difference is that Christians don't go to the UN general assembly to discuss the book of Revelation!

Amen! Or other sane Muslims for that matter.

Imagine this, Nigeria is under threat of sanctions and our Christian president goes to the National Assembly to explain why we should not be put under sanctions. And instead our leader begins lecturing other world leaders on the second coming of Jesus Christ, or on what to do to get to heaven. Would it not be logical to class such a person as senile?

presido1:
If Iranian president can be in UN assembly, then anybody can meet with him. Must we always beleive in what Washinton and London tell us about their enemies. Must we be an enemy to US enemy i don't think so. We are a soverign nation and have our right to associate as far as we are not doing it against the UN norms.

Ahmadi is a brave man and we need more people like him to counter the imbalance in this present world.

I pray you one day have the pleasure to leave by laws created by people like your brave Ahmadi. Oh how I wish.

While this is cleary another one of those threads that should be put in a shredder, I just want to add that the sect of Jews he meet in the US are the same sect that were in Tehran for the "discussion of the validity of the holocaust" together with white extremists. The same sect that like him (Ahmadinejad) believe Israel should not exist. Enough said really.

[quote author=I-man link=topic=82018.msg1539441#msg1539441 date=1190971265]It's funny signing an economic agreement with a country that has little economic growth.During the Sani Abacha era,we signed such an agreement with them and I didn't notice any growing economic ties between the two of us since then.

Iran imports fuel and suffers regular fuel scarcity just like Nigeria. . . . birds of the same feather[/quote]Indeed. Iranians are getting poorer and are leaving the country in droves. Nothing wrong in signing an economic agreement with Iran though as long as it doesn't break UN sanctions.

Dios:
and they f#ck their relatives.

That's why they are the way they are.

Where is your link? Or did you pull this story from thin air?

Good ole Bush. The man still pronounces Nuclear as Nuculear.

denex:
With little intelligence you would have known he was trying to type BLANK.

I know your intelligence is little. It's a good thing that it is otherwise I would have been unable to translate as I'm not fluent in slowpoke speak. Thanks for translating.

@Afam
Now that your mongrel has cleared things up, let us discuss what part of my comment confused you. I will break it down into smaller, easier to understand sentences.

As for Iraq, the only people being 'humbled' are the Iraqi people. They are being humbled daily by suicide bombers, car and truck bombs.
What I tried to put across here was that most of the brutal murders you hear about in the 'Sunni triangle' are carried out by mindless madmen that call themselves Bin Ladens followers. This is reciprocated by their equally mad Shiite countrymen of the other militant groups.

This is the mindset I cannot understand. Yes the terrorists are sticking it to America by slaughtering Iraqi people. Really saddening that people who claim to be intelligent see things this way.
Here I was referring to people who say they are intelligent perhaps even objective yet decide to celebrate the mindless killing of Iraqi civilians by barbarians, as a defeat to the US (or victory to America's enemy).

You know, there is a reason why former rebels are now working with America to defeat Bin Ladens boys in Iraq.
Here I am referring to Sunni Iraqi's who after the invasion of Iraq fought against the American "invasion" but, are now fighting alongside the Americans because of what they see as unnecessary destruction of life and property carried out by Osama's boys.

*For those with quick fingers, this is not a general defense of US foreign policy*
I think this one was clear enough. For example, I will always regard the invasion of Iraq as illegal for so many reasons I will not go into here.