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Why do I have the feeling that this kidnapper was neutralized to cover up the quantum of money pilfered from the sum recovered?

Why will an arrested kidnapper not be handcuffed and possibly placed on leg chains when leading law enforcement agents to their hideout?

They keep recycling this same story line to hoodwink gullible Nigerians while they share their looted booty.

Sudden wealth without enterprise loading!!!

To the attached pix.
If 2 bolted away and the one arrested was eventually "escorted out", who is the person in that photo?

If this picture was taken before his demise, then the soldiers have questions to answer as the cash on the floor surpasses the recovered amount quoted.

To worsen matters, the suspect in this picture is actually in hand and leg chains. Which hand did he allegedly use to disarm troops (not one soldier o!)

8 million naira that can't even buy a decent Toyota Camry is what 13 families (women plus children plus in-laws) will share for losing their bread winners?

What will 600k achieve for these bereaved families assuming the 8 million was shared equally?

This is the height of wickedness indeed.

Beautiful plots and twists.

When "the Lion is fully Risen", a best seller would surely come out of this war.

Wars from now hence would be more intelligence driven than by the spectacles of military ordinances and hardwares.

How was Tehran so ill-prepared for war with Israel? - analysis

Iran’s failure to understand the war it was entering into is a historic failure.


By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
JUNE 16, 2025 13:58
Updated: JUNE 16, 2025 20:08

Iran was caught by surprise when Israel carried out strikes early Friday morning. The war is now in its fourth day, and Tehran continues to be taken by surprise and is unable to respond to the attacks. Why is the Islamic Republic reeling so much from a war that was long discussed and that it threatened for years?

The day before Israel’s attacks, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, had said that the country was “fully prepared” for any scenario. How could he have gotten things so wrong? Was Tehran prepared? It doesn’t appear to have been prepared, as Salami was killed in the first Israeli strikes, along with other key commanders.

Although the Islamic Republic replaced the commanders quickly, it took hours for it to get its ballistic missiles ready for launch. Over the last four days, it has lost some of its missile arsenal and the launchers needed to fire the missiles.

IRAN'S MISSILE ARSENAL

This is a major blow to Iran. Without the ballistic missiles, Iran doesn’t seem to have a good way to strike at Israel.
The Islamic Republic likely had thousands of missiles capable of reaching Jerusalem, and the type and quality of these missiles have grown over the years. Some of these could have also been sent to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. However, Iran still has a limited number of long-range missiles.

As some of the depots and stocks of the missiles are destroyed, that number dwindles. As the launchers are eliminated, it is harder to position them for launch.

Why would a country rely only on its missiles for a war? No war in history has been won solely by missiles. Russia has used missiles and Iranian-style drones for attacks on Ukraine, and Moscow has not won the war.
The Islamic Republic also has its drone arsenal for attacks on Israel. These are relatively small drones, and they also do not appear to pose a major threat. Most Iranian drones have been shot down on the way to Israel. Even if Tehran has thousands of them, it appears the drones’ wings have been clipped.

Iran’s Failure to understand the war it was entering into is historic. It had threatened to destroy Israel for years, but it didn’t seem to have gamed out how to do this.

Once Israel weakened Hezbollah in 2024, Tehran didn’t change its calculations. The Lebanese terror group was supposed to provide it with a front line against Israel, part of a multi-front war that included Hamas, the Houthis, and other groups, such as militias in Iraq. Without the Hezbollah front, the Islamic Republic had fewer options.

When the Assad regime fell on December 8, 2024, Iran lost another key ally in the region. Without Assad and Hezbollah, Tehran has no direct border with Israel.

It has tried to place proxy groups in the West Bank, and it backed the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. However, Hamas is much weaker, and the proxy groups in the West Bank, such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad, are no match for Jerusalem. The Islamic Republic has also tried to threaten the Jewish state via Jordan, but it has not succeeded.

Iran’s navy and air force are too weak to confront Israel. Its army may be large, but it can’t get to its enemy.

Tehran was also taken by surprise by Saddam Hussein’s 1980 invasion at the start of the Iran-Iraq War. The Islamic Republic relied on human wave attacks and attrition to defeat the superior Iraqi army. It also carried out what was called the “war of the cities,” attacking Iraqi cities, as it has done to Israel, and striking ships in the Persian Gulf.

However, Israel is not Iraq. It is not a front-line state with Iran. Tehran can’t rely on its strategic depth and manpower.

Jerusalem understood the Iranian threat and planned for it. Iran was called a “third circle” threat. Along with Hezbollah, Tehran was seen as the major enemy.

While Israel underestimated Hamas, it overestimated the Islamic Republic and strategized how to defeat the regime. It also carried out the campaign between the wars in Syria to weaken Iran’s efforts to move weapons to Syria and Hezbollah between 2015 and 2024. When Assad fell, its arm in Syria collapsed.

Tehran’s Inability to understand this war is not unique in history. Countries have walked into wars in the past and been surprised by their enemies. For instance, Mexico’s Santa Anna lost in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American war in the 19th century. Santa Anna’s arrogance led to defeat.

In addition, Spain entered the Spanish-American War in 1898 assuming it could also withstand the US naval and armed forces. It was surprised when the US defeated the Spanish navy and army in Cuba and the Philippines.

There are other examples. Perhaps the most pertinent to our situation is the historic Persian Empire, which often overestimated its strength. It was defeated by the Greeks several times. The worst came when Alexander of Macedon conquered the Persian Empire and chased its leader to Bactria in Central Asia in the fourth century BCE.

Iran is not the modern Persian Empire, but it has a similar arrogance to Darius III, the Persian leader who lost to Alexander.

The war with Iran now enters a new stage as Tehran’s missile and drone forces are weakened. Iran could hold on and continue to fight, as Israel can’t bring an army to Tehran. It could also ask for a deal. Or Iran’s regime may be weakened from within.

Wars are not usually won solely from the air, though there are exceptions. In 1999, the US and NATO were able to defeat the Serbs in Kosovo largely using air power. However, there were options for a ground invasion if the air campaign failed.

Additionally, the US and a large coalition of countries mostly defeated Saddam’s army in 1991 using air power, followed by a short ground campaign. However, air power didn’t bring the Nazis victory against England during the Battle of Britain. Air power alone is not always enough.

The question for Iran is why it failed to understand the modern battlefield. Didn’t it see that its drones have not won Russia the war in Ukraine. Drones and missiles don’t win wars.

Also, why did Iran think it could deter Israel after threatening the Jewish state for so long? Did it think the US or others would get Israel to call off an attack? Was Iran so used to being the one threatening that it didn’t think anyone else could threaten it?

In the history of war, Iran’s blunder appears to be one for the record books.

Watching this video was like shooting an arrow at my heart.

The effrontery with which they commit these crimes must be rooted in an ideology that is not "open source"

Hell will surely explode someday and "heaven will not fall "

tishbite43:
The numbers of the Igbo officers are authentic but that of the Yorubas and Northerners are spurious abi?!
Your hypocrisy will find you out

I doubt if you comprehended my assertion.

I have a background knowledge of how army numbers are serialized by reasons of personal association.

My father got enlisted as an other rank into the army in 1963. His army number up until his retirement was 63NA/ 20***.

Just writing down numbers does not cut it.

From 1979, a new set of serialization started. All recruits had 79NA/ ***** as army numbers.


In recent times, especially since 2000, the year of enlistment proceeds the numbers.

I will advise you to sheath your ethnic bigotry and be opened to knowledge where you lack one.

It's not a death sentence.

Though preventable via the hepatitis B vaccine, it is not curable but manageable using anti retroviral medication.

First , go see a gastroenterologist.

You will be asked to do a liver function test, an abdominal ultrasound scan and a hepatitis B DNA viral load. It's based on these results after a thorough physical examination that medications MAY be instituted if you meet the criteria for starting.

Relax!

moskai:
Is the Bona solar freezer still holding up. Kindly let me know as I intend to get one.

So sorry!

Just seeing your post.

Bona is running like mad.

Solely powered by DC non-stop.

While the names of the other ranks is subject to confirmation, the army numbers appended against most of them are evidently spurious.

Any army number without year of enlistment embedded within it is a red flag already.

Besides, numbers running into 6 and 7 figures in the 60's up to the 70's were non existent.

Hypocrisy

ibinaboonline:
If you're still typing from that mattress after eight years, I'd say you got used to it. 🙂

That's the only mattress in my bedroom and I have no intention of changing it just yet.(A king size mattress)

My wife has abandoned it for the guest room for over 3 years now due to unending sleepless nights and body pains.

Besides, my entertainment gadgets are in my bedroom

How do you continue stealing up to the 5th time after you have lost all your digits at the 4th attempt?

I see terrorism also carries the "beheading" penalty. Why are we offering them repentance in a sharia state?

Hmmm!

This is man's cruelty at its worst

There is no getting use to with these orthopedic mattresses.

I've had one that I bought over 8 years now and currently typing from it.
Thought you will enjoy the alignment of your skeletal frame but the body aches on your soft body tissue doesn't "get use to"

Using a topper like some have suggested may be an option to reducing the pressure on subcutaneous blood flow.

It's better you go for your weight grade mattress than jumping on the full orthopedic.

You have been down graded to a lesser band or you are being rewarded for the days of grid collapse.

They will soon revert to type!

This doesn't really add up at all.

If a female can not assess a male doctor for her health challenge, how is a female doctor suppose to hear her out if they are banned from hearing each others voices?

Religion is a violation of humanity

Does he still have a valid driver's license?

So surprised he served out his term fully without state pardon.

"Whence did we see you an hungred and we didn't feed you? "

This powerful quote above readily comes to my mind and the answer there from equally thought provoking.


Happy Sunday NL

Great men make history while "stupid" minds relieve history with uncorrelated statistics.

This is the" luckiest man in Baghdad Jakarta" indeed.

It's impossible to get out of Indonesia alive when you have drug related case dangling down your neck.



"God is really with Emmanuel"

FREEMADNESS:
Let me start by saying no matter how broke I am I will never accept such proposal from a woman.
There's a lot of unseen clause in dis kind of business.
She will end up enslaving u either physically or spiritually.




The werey must ve rejected many men in her prime 😆

You are very correct sir.
The first worrisome clause is already clearly spelt out: A submissive husband !

Even the Christian holy book admonished a man to love his wife and the woman should be submissive IS A BIG RED FLAG.

This one has turned the Bible on its head already by demanding a submissive husband.

No 2 hidden condition in plain sight is the arbitrary 50M with no prefix or suffix. It may easily be 50M grains of sand.

Other T&C still remains shrouded in mystery.

Awaiting official confirmation.

Kai!!

This is sad indeed if confirmed.

Nice move by the military.

More usage of the air platforms after credible intelligence would send morbid fear into these non-state armed actors.

Just imagine the quantum of allegations this soldier has made against the Nigerian military high command.

Soldiers requiring orders before they engage enemy combatants has truly caused the death of many military personnel and that is an incontrovertible fact

I sometimes wonder why our drones can not loiter around Turji's general area until he shows up with his horde on bikes and then delivering "Armageddon" on those scoundrels.

The Israelis cannot be the only ones versed in the knowledge of precision drone strikes on targets nau!!

GloriousGbola:
A. Million naira 'British' school and no one there knows the heimlich maneuver.

A.K.A "Bear-hug" manoeuvre.

With failure of the above to dislodge the meat ball, they should have done a quick "Cricothyrotomy" and saved the innocent child. It takes just 4 minutes of asphyxiation to become comatose.

The medical team's inexperience actually failed the poor child.

leTrizzle:
Which is best sir?
Used Canadian panel or brand new panels?

Brand new panels from reputable companies are surely better.

With the deluge of low quality Chinese panels in the market, you can't guarantee their efficiency .

New Panels from Renogy, Canadian Solar ,Trina Solar, Jinko Solar, LONGi Solar , JA Solar etc are some of the best in quality and true to their ascribed specifications.

The used panels are not at 100% of their rated factory efficiency however their low cost is the "pull factor" and are surprisingly still better than some low quality Chinese brand new panels.

brightk:
what model of epever controller do u use... the reason i asked is because you are on 12v and the highest 150v epever controller can only make use of 1250w of pv power and that is the 100a version.... i understand you are using 350w x8 pcs which in my own case translates to either 250w or 200w that is if they are tier 1 panels...... i like keeping tins simple....

Thanks for your question.

I use 6 PCs of 350W
Canadian mono
crystalline solar panels bought as second hand. Their efficiency has certainly dropped considering their age. They have never delivered above 1000W even at the sunniest of seasons.(I have been using them for 6 years now. Their daily average is 960W between 11am and 2pm).

My epever is actually rated 60A at 150V with a generated battery amperage of 45A at 10am, and 50 - 59A at the peak period I specified above.
I sometimes fear I may fry the charge controller one of these days because it gets so hot that I begin to doubt if the heat sink actually works. But hey, this is 6 years and counting!

Most 100A charge controller will take higher wattages than what you quoted above at 12v battery configuration. For a 12v battery configuration, a 100A Felicity mppt charge controller can handle PV wattage of 1375W, and 2750W for a 24v battery assembly.

One Clean shot to the Heart.

Who does not know that this man was "DELETED" because he knows TOO MUCH.

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