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You all need to lecture yourself.


Nigerians Fire on Rebels Who Seized Sierra Leone
By HOWARD W. FRENCHJUNE 3, 1997
In their most perilous position, about 50 Nigerian soldiers were fighting a desperate battle against a vastly larger rebel force to defend one of the city's international hotels, the Mammy Yoko. United States Marines had used the hotel in recent days as a staging ground to evacuate more than 1,000 Americans and other foreigners from the country.

At least six Nigerian soldiers were killed or seriously wounded during fighting at the hotel, which has become a refuge for about 1,000 foreigners who were not able to leave the country, including West Africans, Lebanese and a handful of international journalists. Witnesses said the beachfront hotel had taken mortar fire and was burning.

''There is shooting everywhere,'' said a man who answered the telephone at the hotel. ''The Nigerians are trying their best, but if they don't get reinforcements soon, they will have to give up. If that happens, things will be very bad for us.''
The coup, on May 25, ended 14 months of democratic rule. Johnny Paul Koromah, a 33-year-old major who had been imprisoned for a previous coup attempt, took over as the country's new leader.

President Kabbah fled to Guinea, where he appealed to Nigeria and other regional powers to intervene on his behalf. As condemnations of the coup rose throughout West Africa and beyond, and the prospect of military intervention grew, the coup leaders invited the Revolutionary United Front to join their rebellion. More than 1,000 of the guerrillas, who are noted for atrocities, streamed into Freetown to join the coup.

ActivateKruger:
Did you fight? [s]No, Sierra Leone was cleared up by South African mercenaries. [/s]

Bro. You type rubbish a lot.

Although no public statement was made, diplomatic sources indicated that the Nigerian government had delivered an ultimatum to the coup leaders, who had formed themselves into an Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (afrc) in alliance with the ruf, to leave power and restore the elected president.149 Nigerian government radio stated that the Nigerian troops would adopt a policy of "containment,"150 but on June 2, following a breakdown of negotiations for the peaceful restoration of the Kabbah government led by the Nigerian and British high commissioners, Nigerian naval vessels stationed off Freetown began shelling the capital. Guinean troops already based in Freetown, with the Nigerian ecowas contingent at the airport, supported the initiative; but Ghanaians in the same force pulled back, stating they preferred a negotiated solution. Wire services reported that at least fifty people, mainly civilians, were killed in the bombardment, in addition to several hundred killed in initial fighting. Despite their superior firepower, the Nigerian forces were eventually forced to withdraw. The afrc claimed that 300 Nigerian troops had been taken hostage and later released.151

https://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/nigeria/Nigeria-09.htm

AutoJoshNG:
more pix

Come on man. NAHHHHHHH. Here is the baddest.

jakeporeshenko:
Senegalese AU troops. green helmets

This is funny tho. Africa is funny.

Henry240:
Nigerian army troops patrolling the creeks in search of vandals and oil thieves.

Damn NVG. I need to see these on guys at NE

ssaengine:
That's not smoke. Its a form of condensation. You usually see it on the wingtips where high pressure and low pressure air rapidly mix and form a vortex. Water vapour in the air then condenses, and forms "clouds".

Contrail

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MiddleDimension:
we already have two SU-30s in our arsenal?

and why did those servicemen deactivate their account?

Too much information being released.

chinese8107:
Drak Sword?
https://n.sinaimg.cn/mil/transform/20160902/UQ7Q-fxvqctw2729013.jpg
No reliable information on it.
Some rumour say it could become the first mach 3 supersonic UAV in China .but I hink F-16 may have already had drone version.

A UAV achieving Mach 3? Obviously a rumour.
The X-43 achieved mach 7 tho but I will consider it as a flying weapon.

Seened:
Tdayof?! Come and see this. The Americans and the Chinese are at it again.

Yea it's true. It was used with the F35 few weeks ago. Heard one was shot down by the F35 with the AIM-120.

Zoharariel:
Nigeria will be making the gravest mistake if they ever buy anything military from Amerika. Aside from the fact that they're not reliable, everything about Amerika are grossly overrated & overpriced.

I haven't checked out your “Scorpion Joint strike Fighter” yet, but I can bet it can't compete with Russian Mig-29s, let alone the SU-30s

And tell me, how do you intend to go against Egypt, Algeria & Ethiopia with squadrons of Russian “bad-ass” flying machines? Even the Almighty Amerika cannot go against Russia in the Air, Land & Sea - Pls do not quote with any Amerikan propaganda this morning, I have already had enough on Nairaland.

Dumb post!

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