You are right, but I usually just think of it as part of the war in Sierra Leone.
*Johnny Paul Koroma.
APOSTLECHUMA: Didn't I read well ? l didn't see Sierra Leone in the list. I was in Freetown when Nkrumah's coup took place and Abacha ordered him to leave and he refused, forcing Abacha to send Nigerian ttroops.When they started attacking Nigerians for Abacha's intervention, grace of God we were able to leave Freetown via helicopter taxis that operate in all big hotels in Freetown.
Orion2603: What are you even saying typing rubbish. What is the point of calling people mouth general, I believe you got issue and what is the aim of your post? Past glory and nigeria can't redeem herself. You are one of the problems you attack everyone that oppose your post and respond like a little kid.. grow up man.
DeeFlask: not every body here is a mouth general some of us don serve japa soilders have lost their lives ,children women, and you want to telle it's easier to flush coupist in an urban area where missles can even hit private buildings than mahmudawa terroris that's everyone know their hideouts int the thick forest okay .
You see, my question is a very simple one, but none of them can answer it.
Boko Haram was created in 2002. We have had many governments since then and Boko Haram has continued to exist. Many lives have been lost, yet some people say that it is simple.
If it is simple and you are a human being, why have you not prevented the loss of lives and stopped it, since it is simple to you?
None of them can answer it, they just keep trying to divert attention. Look at some of them up there!
This is my last post about insurgency (because that's not the topic of the thread. If you want to learn about insurgency, google all the names in this post.
These things lasted many years and when you hear these names every day for 30 or 40 years, they get burned into your brain.
I'm not going to include the Europeans, because I've made a separate post about them (or, maybe I'll quote my old post at the end). I might also add the Africans later.
1) Shining Path
2) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers).
naptu2: Maybe that's the benefit of violence, who knows?
I usually included The Parti Québécois in my list of such parties back in the 1980s and '90s, but I've usually failed to include them in such lists since the 1990s. It's almost as if I have forgotten them. Now I think it's because they were never linked to violence (that's why I've forgotten them).
There are certain terrorist organisations that have or are linked to political parties. I remember compiling a list of such parties and organisations in the 1980s. These are the ones that I can still remember.
Herri - Batasuna and ETA: The Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is a terrorist organisation that had a bombing campaign in Spain and France in order to win independence for the Basque Region of both countries. Its attacks were mainly carried out in Spain, but it also launched attacks in France. Herri Batasuna is a political party that advocates for the independence of the Basque Region of Spain. The party has won seats in elections into the Spanish and Basque regional parliaments, but it always refuses to take up those seats. The party has been banned a few times because it is viewed as the political wing of ETA.
Fattha and the PLO: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) is an umbrella organisation of Palestinian liberation organisations. The PLO carried out terrorist attacks against Israel and its allies in the 1970s and '80s. Fattah is the dominant group within the PLO and since the 1994 peace agreement, it has contested elections for positions in the Palestinian Authority and in fact, it has controlled the PA for greater period of time since then. Although the PLO reached a peace agreement with Israel, some of its component factions still view violence as a means of achieving their aims.
Sinn Fein and the IRA: Sinn Fein is a mainly Catholic and Republican political party that advocates for the unification of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The party mainly operates in Northern Ireland. In the past, Sinn Fein won seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly, but it refused to take up those seats. However, in recent times, especially after the peace agreement, it now takes fills its seats in the assembly. They have also won seats in the United Kingdom Parliament in London, but they have always refused to take up those seats. The Irish Republican Army is a terrorist organisation that ran a violent campaign to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and unite it with the Republic of Ireland. Many people see Sinn Fein as the political wing of the IRA, even though both groups do not publicly admit their ties. The former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was one of the people that believed that Sinn Fein and the IRA were one and the same. This was the reason why her government banned the voices of Sinn Fein leaders, including their chairman, Gerry Adams, from being broadcast in the UK. The government likened broadcasting the voices of Sinn Fein leaders to providing a platform for terrorist propaganda.
Hezbollah and Hezbollah: Hezbollah (the Party of God) is a triple purpose organisation. It is a political party, a terrorist group and a charity organisation all rolled into one. The organisation is often mentioned in Nigeria because of its charitable activities. Hezbollah was formed in the 1980s to combat the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It is heavily backed by Iran and its military wing has grown to become even bigger than the Lebanese Army. It often fires Katyusha rockets into Israel in reprisal for Israeli actions. This often prompts the Israeli military to invade Lebanon and obviously this leads to regular battles between Hezbollah and the Israeli Army. Hezbollah's political wing has often won seats in the Lebanese Parliament and they have massive support among the Lebanese people. In Nigeria, Hezbollah was often talked about in the 1980s and again in the early 2000s because of its charitable activities. The organisation builds and runs numerous schools and hospitals in Lebanon. It also donates food, medical supplies and other goods to the poor. Obviously this is not being done because the organisation is altruistic. Rather, I believe that it's simply part of the group's propaganda war (in order to win the hearts and minds of the Lebanese people). Back during the Niger Delta militant campaign, some Nigerians complained that the militants were simply enriching themselves and doing nothing for the poor in the Niger Delta and they compared them to what Hezbollah was doing for the poor in Lebanon.
Now to the propaganda video. This video was created by Sinn Fein. The video is titled, "The Gate That Opens Once A Year" and it is designed to show that the Orange Order marchers are the cause of the trouble in Northern Ireland.
I have previously posted videos of the confrontations between Protestant Orange Order marchers and Catholic residents in Northern Ireland. In order to reduce the likelihood of skirmishes, the government erected huge walls, barriers and gates between Protestant and Catholic neighbourhoods in the late 1990s. However, they occasionally open the gates to allow the Orange Order marchers to cross into the Catholic neighbourhoods. The video attempts to show that Catholic residents are suffering because the Protestants stubbornly insist on coming to their neighbourhoods. It shows that Catholic neighbourhoods are inundated with heavily armed riot police, soldiers, armoured vehicles, helicopters, etc every year and that this has a negative effect on the residents. It says that the residents obviously don't want the Protestant marchers, so why do they keep coming. It says that the Protestants are unnecessarily creating tension in what is supposed to be a peaceful neighbourhood.
Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Samora Machel (you won't believe how depressed I was when he died), Sam Nujoma, Kenneth Kaunda, José Eduardo dos Santos, Joaquim_Chissano, Steve Biko, etc.
Right, I have eaten and I have taken my drugs. From this point on, I am going to block all the people that have been paid to spread political non sense online.
I will block everybody that tries to derail my thread.
I will block all the mouth generals that can talk but can't do anything (those that know nothing about insurgencies and asymmetric warfare).
And I will block all those that mock our dead troops by claiming that fighting insurgents is simple (something that great powers like the UK, Spain, France and the United States took decades to do and still couldn't win).
tollyboy5: Yes that's what we're saying. Soldiers are not loosing their life invading other countries but loosing their life in their own country over some forest bandits politicians are protecting. It is easy but like Trump said "disgraced country" we have many disgraceful shameless men in so many important security positions. Why would you not tag it as not simple when disgraceful politicians choose to negotiate with terrorists and absorbed them into our military forces.
It's easy, yet you cannot do it?
It's easy, yet the Americans could not end the insurgency in Iraq (22 years after invading)?
It's easy but the British could not defeat the IRA for over 30 years?
It's easy but Spain could not defeat ETA??
It's easy, yet Obasanjo, Yar'Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, Buhari and Tinubu have not been able to stop it??
These mouth generals are not serious and I think I'm going to start blocking them.
YOU ARE EITHER WI CKED OR YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR YOU, YET YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO STOP THE INSURGENCY
GloriousGbola: Also Alberto fujimori of Peru who shut down shining path and Tupac amaru
Yes! That's the person that I was trying to remember!
I followed the attack on the embassy live via the BBC World Service. I was kind of confused when the insurgents were killed, but that became the beginning of Fujimori's problems. There were claims that some of the insurgents were killed after surrendering.
President Talon is the democratically elected president of Benin Republic. He requested for assistance based on Ecowas agreements and Nigeria and the Ivory Coast responded. There's nothing illegal about that.
Anyway, I know that the aim is simply to derail my thread.
This thread is about the times that Nigeria has intervened to stop coups in other countries (troops actually doing the work). It is not about mouth generals and their fantasies.
If it is easy to end an insurgency, then my challenge to the mouth generals here is that they should save lives and go and show the Nigerian Armed Forces how to do it.
It is usually very difficult to end an insurgency. I follow the news and I know that insurgencies go on for decades. There's an insurgency in Colombia that has been raging since the 1960s. There are other such insurgencies that I have tracked for decades. Remember the IRA in the UK? ETA in Spain, etc?
The other day I wrote a question, I said that the war in Iraq began in 2003 when the Americans invaded, when did it end? The answer is that it's still going on right now (22 years later). The media just stopped paying attention to it because the Americans withdrew.
It's very difficult to overcome asymmetric wars because the insurgents can easily blend into the civilian population (they don't even wear uniforms), they can easily adapt and it is very difficult to catch them, even though you are stronger than them.
That's why what happened in Sri Lanka surprised me.
There was an insurgency in Sri Lanka that I had been following for decades. It started in 1983 and like all insurgencies, I thought it would never end.
The Government of Sri Lanka was fighting against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The Tigers had engaged in bombing campaigns and other terrorist acts, they held territory, etc and it was difficult to defeat them.
Then, in 2009, the Sri Lankan Government launched an offensive and defeated the Tigers. I couldn't believe it! For the next 3 years I kept expecting to hear that the Tigers launched an attack, but nothing of the sort happened. That was my surprisation.
You can't be living. Hypocritical life and be bold and arrogant about it.
DeeFlask: People have died due to insecurity in Nigeria this comment is disgusting
obi4eze: I am sorry but whoever you are, you are purely hypocritical. Is it easier to invade another country or fight the terrorists in Nigeria?
tollyboy5: It's simpler to enter another country's airspace, than solving insecurity issues within your own airspace. Is that not wonderful?
What is hypocritical is calling an insurgency in which brave and gallant troops have lost their lives "simple" and making fun of their efforts. Do you belong to that crew?
If it is simple, then go and do it and save lives!
kingbee90: You and your types are part of Nigeria's problems.
Common Disembark from my mentions !!
You can't answer my simple question Mr Mouth General, why have you not solved the problem, since it is so simple? All you know how to do is make noise online.
Colonel Lawan Gwadabe did not like General Abacha. He was an IBB boy. However, Gwadabe was from a well connected family and so Abacha was trying to bring him closer, so that he could use his connections. Gwadabe was unhappy about this.
There was a coup in the Gambia and Sir Dauda Jawara was overthrown. Gwadabe thought that this was a great opportunity to get closer to the Americans. His contacts in the US Government had asked him for a Nigerian intervention. He had presented the idea to General Abacha and Abacha had agreed.
Sir Dauda Jawara was on a ship in the Atlantic and the idea was that Nigerian troops would invade the Gambja, remove Jammeh and re-instal Sir Dauda Jawara as democratically elected president. Gwadabe even arranged for Abacha and Clinton to speak on the phone.
However, Abacha did not go through with the deal. This greatly embarrassed Gwadabe. He didn't know how to explain it to his contacts in the US Government. It's one of the reasons why he decided not to have anything to do with Abacha. Abacha was trying to bring Gwadabe closer to him, but the Abacha boys were trying to remove Gwadabe, so Gwadabe helped the Abacha boys to achieve their aim and he was posted out of the country.
kingbee90: Meanwhile Nigeria can not solve a simple terrorism issue that has been disturbing this nation and has taken somany lives of civilians and our gallant military officers.
That's hypocrisy.
If it is simple, then why don't you go and solve it, since it is so simple?
On December 7th, 2025 several soldiers of the Benin Armed Forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri announced the overthrow of Beninese president Patrice Talon on national television, following an attack on Talon's residence in Cotonou and the residences of other top-ranking military officials.
The Beninoise Foreign Ministry sent a note verbal to the Nigerian Foreign Ministry, requesting for air support and then President Talon sent a direct request to President Tinubu for ground troops.
The Beninoise Republican Guards had already repelled the coupists, but the government felt that innocent civilians would have been negatively affected if Beninoise forces had fought directly with the coupists, so they activated Ecowas agreements and requested for air support from Nigeria and Cote D'Ivoire.
The coupists had retreated to a military base that had armoured vehicles, so Nigerian and Ivorian fighter jets attacked the armoured vehicles. Ivorian special forces also entered Benin to assist in dealing with the coupists.
naptu2: Sir Dauda Jawara was prime minister of Gambia from 1962 (before independence in 1965) till 1970 (Queen Elizabeth II was head of state). He became president of Gambia in 1970.
Sir Dauda Jawara was overthrown in a coup in 1994 and Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh (as he then was) became head of state.
Jammeh transitioned from being a military head of state to a civilian elected president in 1996. He kept changing the constitution to extend his tenure.
Jammeh lost the 2016 presidential election to Adama Barrow, but refused to leave office. Instead he sacked the electoral commission.
ECOWAS told Jammeh to leave office, but he refused.
President Buhari ordered Nigerian Navy warship, NNS Centenary, to Gambia and Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jets flew over Banjul. Senegalese soldiers also massed on the border, ready to invade Gambia and remove Jammeh.
Jammeh got the message and went into exile.
Gambians took to social media to mourn and thank President Buhari when they heard of his (Buhari's) death.
Politics › Re: 5 Times Nigeria Intervened Against Coups In Other Countries by naptu2(op): 11:05am On Dec 10, 2025
