Rastaramsey:


You mean a whole country should surrender
That's bullshit....

Russia has taken over some parts of Ukraine even before the war....
Putin wanted to Elect his own president in another man's country....

Lol. There will eventually be a peace talk and Ukraine will have to make certain compromises. It has little options.

Rastaramsey:


Na morons full this nairaland....

Instead of engaging in the war, he should have surrendered ABI....

Make Putin turn am to prisoner

Una no even dey think sef...

This war could have been avoided. You cannot fight a war with someone stronger than you. Mexico tried it with the US, they lost California, Arizona. Texas, New Mexico, etc to the US. They won’t try it again.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global condemnation and tough sanctions aimed at denting Moscow’s war chest. Yet Russia’s revenues from fossil fuels, by far its biggest export, soared to records in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, driven by a windfall from oil sales amid surging prices, a new analysis shows.

Russia earned what is very likely a record 93 billion euros in revenue from exports of oil, gas and coal in the first 100 days of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to data analyzed by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, a research organization based in Helsinki, Finland. About two-thirds of those earnings, the equivalent of about $97 billion, came from oil, and most of the remainder from natural gas.

“The current rate of revenue is unprecedented, because prices are unprecedented, and export volumes are close to their highest levels on record,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, an analyst who led the center’s research.

Fossil fuel exports have been a key enabler of Russia’s military buildup. In 2021, revenue from oil and gas alone made up 45 percent of Russia’s federal budget, according to the International Energy Agency. The revenue from Russia’s fossil fuel exports exceeds what the country is spending on its war in Ukraine, the research center estimated, a sobering finding as momentum shifts in Russia’s favor as its forces focus on important regional targets amid a weapons shortage among Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukrainian officials again called on countries and firms to halt their trade with Russia completely. “We’re asking the world to do everything possible in order to cut off Putin and his war machine from all possible financing, but it’s taking much too long,” Oleg Ustenko, an economic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, said in an interview from Kyiv.

Ukraine has also been tracking Russia’s exports, and Mr. Ustenko described the research center’s numbers as seeming on the conservative side. Still, the underlying finding was the same, he said: Fossil fuels continue to fund Russia’s war. “You can stop importing Russian caviar and Russian vodka, and that’s good, but definitely not enough. You need to stop importing Russian oil,” he said.

Though Russia’s fossil fuel exports have started to fall somewhat by volume, as more countries and companies shun trading with Moscow, surging prices have more than canceled out the effects of that decline. The research found Russia’s export prices for fossil fuels have been on average around 60 percent higher than last year, even accounting for the fact that Russian oil is fetching about 30 percent below international market prices.

Europe, particularly, has struggled to wean itself from Russian energy, even as many countries send military aid to Ukraine. The European Union made most progress on reducing its imports of natural gas from Russia, buying 23 percent less in the first 100 days of the invasion than the same period the previous year. Still, income at Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant, remained about twice as high as the year before, thanks to higher gas prices, the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air found.

The European Union also reduced its imports of Russian crude oil, which declined 18 percent in May. But that dip was made up by India and the United Arab Emirates, leading to no net change in Russia’s oil export volumes, the research showed. India has become a significant importer of Russian crude oil, buying 18 percent of the country’s exports over the 100-day period.

The United States has made a dent in Russia’s earnings, banning all Russian fossil fuel imports. Still, the United States is importing refined oil products from countries like the Netherlands and India that most likely contain Russian crude, a loophole for oil from Russia to make its way to America.

Overall, China was the largest importer of Russian fossil fuels over the 100-day period, edging out Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. China imported the most oil; Japan was the top purchaser of Russian coal.

Stricter bans are coming. Late last month, the E.U. agreed to an embargo that will cover roughly three-quarters of Russian oil shipped to the region, though that won’t be enforced for six months. Britain has said it will also phase out imports of Russian oil by year’s end. But Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which receive Russian oil via pipelines, remain exempt. European and United States-owned ships also continue to transport Russian oil.

Europe is also speeding up its transition away from fossil fuels altogether. A new E.U. target aims to increase the region’s share of electricity from renewable forms of energy to 63 percent by 2030, up from a previous expected target of 55 percent.

Janet Yellen, the United States Treasury secretary, said last week that Washington was in talks with its European allies about forming a cartel that would set a cap on the price of Russian oil roughly equal to the price of production. That would trim Russia’s fossil fuel revenues while also keeping Russian oil flowing to global markets, stabilizing prices and fending off a global recession, she told the Senate Finance Committee.

Mr. Ustenko, the Ukrainian economic aide, said he would welcome such a move as a temporary measure until full embargoes can be imposed. He also suggested that countries should take the difference between global prices and the capped price on Russian oil and pay it into a fund to aid Ukrainian reconstruction.

“Then we’ll be able to cut off Russians from much of their financing, and almost immediately,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/climate/russia-oil-gas-record-revenue.html

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Nearly 600 graves stretch to the edges of the military cemetery outside the city of Dnipro, marked by ranks of yellow and blue Ukrainian flags snapping in the wind.

The graves represent just a small percentage of the thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who have died in eight years of war since Russia first began to annex parts of their country in 2014, but the rapid expansion of this graveyard in eastern Ukraine is telling.

Almost half the graves are fresh. Draped in wreaths of artificial flowers or marked with a wooden cross stuck in the bare mud, they belong to soldiers killed in the last three months, since Russia began its large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

“There would not be anything here at all, if they had not come,” Viktoria Martynova said of the Russians. “We did not attack anyone. We were living in our own country, in our homes, on our own land.”

Her husband, Oleksiy Martynov, an electrician, lay in one of the new graves. He enlisted on the first day of the war and was killed in a mine explosion near the Russian border in April, barely six weeks later.

The number of Ukrainian casualties remains a closely guarded secret. The media-conscious government of President Volodymyr Zelensky has carefully controlled the flow of information in an apparent attempt to keep public morale high. Hospitals and military officials are forbidden from disclosing casualty numbers. Reporters are generally not permitted to visit the front line in Ukraine and photographs and videos showing wounded and dead soldiers are rare.

Yet with Russian artillery pounding its forces in the east, Ukraine is seeing casualties mount at such a rate that last week Mr. Zelensky said the army was losing 60 to 100 soldiers a day, and for the first time visited troops on the front lines.

For the men at the front, the strain is visible: in the dead-tired eyes of a police chief after another day leading his men in a bombarded city; in the blank stare of a commander who had just lost one of his best soldiers; and in the tense look of a group of soldiers heading for the first time to ground zero, as they call the frontline trenches.

Those soldiers are facing perhaps the most grueling weeks and months of the war as they try to stem, and survive, the Russian onslaught.

The nature of the fight has changed for the Ukrainians from up-close urban fighting and hit-and-run attacks on Russian armored columns around Kyiv, at which they excelled, to long-distance artillery battles and airstrikes on the eastern front, where Russia’s superior firepower gives it the upper hand.

Soldiers who served in the trenches last week near the village of Dovhenke near the contested region of Donetsk described hiking to positions and digging in as tank shells, mortars and cluster bombs landed around them.

“We were digging in on our knees and in the mud because it was raining,” said Samara, 48, the deputy leader of a unit who has completed five rotations on the front line. Like most soldiers he asked to be identified by his code name for security reasons.

“The last 48 hours we did not have moment of silence,” he said.

A tank blasted at their positions for five hours, then Russian infantry began an assault on foot, he said. Ukrainian snipers stalled the infantry advance and soldiers managed to lay a mine in the tank’s path, but the men in the trenches could do little but wait it out, he said.

“When a tank is firing you have to hide,” he said. “It’s a difficult situation.” His tin cup was punctured with several shrapnel holes. “I left it outside the trench,” he said, laughing. “I did not lift my head to see how it happened.”

No one sleeps during the 72-hour stint at “zero,” he said. The army had tried different lengths of rotations and determined that three days was the limit men should do before swapping out, he said.

Several soldiers said one of the hardest parts was digging in.

“We only had one spade and it was not very good,” said a 19-year-old soldier who uses the code name Air. At first things were quiet, so the men sat around joking and smoking as if on a camping excursion, he said.

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They had dug a shallow trench, enough to lie in, but when the shelling started it proved barely enough. “The only thing you think about is why we dug so little,” he said. “We did not panic but my heart was beating so fast.”

Mortars and cluster bombs landed as close as 10 or 15 meters away, he said. “When you lift your head, you understand you are in a fog and you smell the gunpowder.”

One soldier, Vadym Melnyk, 40, who holds a doctorate in economics and teaches at Kyiv University, said he was disappointed not to see any evidence of Western-supplied weapons during his first rotation at the front last week.

“Unfortunately I didn’t see any,” he said after his return. “And that place now is one of the most difficult on the front.”

Tasked with holding positions against a Russian attack, the unit was armed only with Soviet-made assault rifles and anti-tank weapons, he said. They did not even have American-made Javelin missiles, which have been sent in large numbers to Ukraine, he said.

The Russians, he said, had much greater firepower, including multiple rocket launcher systems, tanks and big caliber guns. “They used everything they had,” he said. “They were firing at us without any problems.”

He said he was troubled that for two days their unit was under fire from the same Russian mortar position but Ukrainian artillery forces did not seem to do anything to knock it out.

Planes dropped cluster bombs overhead but luckily for the unit the canister opened at some distance away and the bomblets did not reach their positions, Mr. Melnyk said. He also said he saw white phosphorus dropped in the woods near their positions. It looked like a firework salute, he said, adding that a soldier in a friend’s unit had lost his sight from horrific burns.

The fighting at Dovhenke, which lies south of the town of Izium, has been particularly intense in recent weeks as Russian forces punched their way south in a move to seize the last part of the Luhansk region. Russian forces captured the village at the end of May and have continued pushing toward the town of Sloviansk.

Airstrikes remain persistently devastating, and Ukraine seems to have little defense against them, commanders and soldiers said. One soldier said his regiment lost 28 men in one night of bombardment by Russian jets last week.

Yet those who survive a close call said it inspired a greater determination. No one was ready to quit in his unit, Mr. Melnyk said.

“Everyone stayed until the end of the rotation,” he said. The group included 19- and 20-year-olds, and men in their 50s, including a former convict and men with doctorates. “It’s such a crazy mix but everyone feels the same — we must be there, we must fight and we must win.”

He was aware of the mounting casualties, he said, but the Russians lost men, too.

“If you want to win you should fight,” he said. “We don’t have another way.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/world/europe/ukraine-war-front-line-trenches.html

RichProminent:
I think the U.S must do something to curb china's move.

What is China’s move? The US is just scared of the rapidly growing China’s economic and influential power. I don’t think anyone can stop them. They have the will, the technology and the resource to do that.

VictorUSA1:
And some people are comparing the outdated Russian-made weapons with the US-made advanced weapons? smh! The US should make delivery asap so we can keep pounding and decimating Russian boys scout in khaki.

Do you AK-47 is a Russian-made weapon? One of the most reliable assault rifles in history. Even the US makes them.

ROME — Pope Francis said that NATO “barking” at Russia’s door may have led to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — and said he has offered to meet the Russian president in Moscow.

In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Francis reflected on Russia’s lethal aggression toward its neighbor and said while he might not go as far as saying NATO’s presence in nearby countries “provoked” Moscow, it “perhaps facilitated” the invasion.

Francis also condemned the “brutality” of the war and compared it to Rwanda’s civil war in the 1990s, which resulted in a genocide of the Tutsi minority.

The Holy See has been asking since mid-March for a meeting between Francis and Putin in Moscow, the pope said. “Of course we needed the leader of the Kremlin to allocate a window of time. We haven’t yet had any response, and we are still trying, even if I fear that Putin can’t and doesn’t want to have this meeting at this time.”

In the interview, Francis ruled out going to Kyiv for now: “First I have to go to Moscow, first I have to meet Putin.”

Francis said he had canceled a meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and a key backer of Putin who has justified the war, as they both thought it would look “ambiguous” — but in a phone call said he warned Kirill not to “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy.”

Since the invasion of Ukraine, Francis has repeatedly criticized the invasion, while avoiding naming Putin explicitly, in line with the Vatican’s foreign policy of keeping the door open for possible dialogue.

The Russian embassy to the Holy See did not immediately respond to phone calls or an emailed request for comment. A spokesman for the Vatican did not respond to request for comment.

https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-nato-cause-ukraine-invasion-russia/

preciousmetals:
I don't have problem with World Bank loan, my only problem have to do with Chinese loan

Why? You guys listen to too much propaganda

sweetjohn:
Oga you are educated from what I can see. How do you with all your education be comparing Cuba sanctions to Russia sanctions? Russia sanctions is directly and deliberately against their economy and other sectors of their life. It's a total war on Russia.

Secondly, there is nothing like Western media oga educationist. Russia is being hit hard and they are suffering gradually. By few month time they will be dying of hunger. This is simple arirhmatic for any educated person that want to use his senses. When you have been excluded from the earth how do you survive. No country In this world produces or has everything. Don't mention support from China o. Cos they are also hiding their own head from consequences because China economy is hugely depended on the west. Even if China is to support Russia, Oga, for how many years do you think they can support Russia with their 160+ million people? That will definitely surpressed their economy. Don't even mention islamic terrorists countries. Those ones can barely feed themselves, so it's a no go area. Even if they will try, For how many years can they cope with that?

LOL! You need to read and learn more.

Cuba's sanctions are also directly and deliberately against their economy—there are financial and banking restrictions imposed on the country. No US company or it's affiliate can trade with Cuba. At some point, Obama allowed Cuban pharmaceutical companies to do business in the U.S., and allowed Americans to legally bring Cuban cigars and rum to the U.S but trump administration reimposed them back in 2019.

I'm not disputing the fact that the Russian economy will be affected and I even believe that their GDP will shrink by a few percent. However, they won't die of hunger. So you know Russia is pretty much self-sufficient in food. (See image below). Even Nigerians aren't dying of hunger
and the best Nigeria is still worse than Russia under sanction. Nigeria is even worse than many countries in wartime. If you are really interested in how the sanctions have affected the Russian people, this is a good source: https://www.youtube.com/c/NikiProshin. He uploads new content on life in Russia almost every week.

Also, only about 30 countries have imposed sanctions on Russia—even some of those countries still trade with them (e.g in Gas, Oil, precious metals and platinum). See link: https://graphics.reuters.com/UKRAINE-CRISIS/SANCTIONS/byvrjenzmve/ The rest of the world still trades with Russia.

The world is globalized. China depends on the West as the West depends on China. It is only the media that makes it looks like it is one way.
For Example:
—General Motors in 2021 (American biggest automotive company) sold more cars in China than in the US and Europe combined, you see that's a very big market.
—Volkswagen in 2020 (The biggest car auto in Europe, if not in the world) sold almost twice the number of cars in China than those sold in the US and Europe combined.
My point here is that everyone needs each other. If any of these companies stop selling to China today, half of their market is gone and there are a lot of companies like that. And as China's middle class increases so will the market.

On the media issue, there are Western media. There are some books and journal articles about them and their roles in foreign affairs. If you have time, here is a book and a few articles that you can read to learn more;

Article: Hallin and Mancini Revisited: Four Empirical Types of Western Media Systems by Michael Brüggemann.

Article: Interpreting and Translation for Western Media in Iraq by Jerry Palmer.

Book: Western Media Systems by Jonathan Hardy.

And there is what is called Western Propaganda. If you are not part of the "Western democracy" or allied of it, there is a way you will be portrayed in the Western media. This has nothing to do with war, they have a way they want their people to perceive you and they reinforce it in every way. It's been like that before colonization and it will continue to be like that. If you have been to the US, you will know how that the average American is very ignorant about Africa or Indian, and they ask a lot of ignorant questions. Many don't know we have roads or cars. Asking stupid questions like, how did you get here? I have come to understand that it isn't their fault, it is just what they see and know about Africa. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a brilliant Ted Talk on "The Danger of a Single Story"—it's a good watch

In wartime, these media outlets publish lots of propaganda. For example in Iraq, you can read about "The Nayirah testimony". John R. MacArthur did a good job of providing a gist of what happened in this article; "How False Testimony and a Massive U.S. Propaganda Machine Bolstered George H.W. Bush’s War on Iraq"

I do not condone Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, you have to be objective and rational— not just with your emotions and on what you want to happen based on an overload of propaganda.

TobiArchy:
Whatever reasons economic blockade was placed for it's achieving... It's major reason was to reduce the threat posed by the island nation's "alignment with the communist powers." Cuba's current inflation rate is at 70% ...and food importation is excluded.
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Sanctions will affect Russians and their quality of lives with decrease significantly but not on the scale you mentioned. You listen to too much propaganda from western media. If you really want to know how Russians live currently, you can watch Russian Youtubers (e.g Nikki from Russia)—many of the youtubers are against the war.

Do you know Cuba has been under US sanction for over 60 years? People still live there. They even give medical scholarships to more 100 countries, including Nigeria.

For a country under 60 years sanction, their inflation has remained pretty low for many years. Yes, inflation is at 70% currently. Inflation is increasing across many countries, for examples in Turkey it is currently 61%—no sanction.

Has the sanctions changed the mind of Cubans over the last 60 years — No!

muhammaduyusufu:

Cuba is a shit hole. and Cubans are always desperate to flee the country just like Nigerians are always ready to flee Nigeria.

Yes, I know.

Cuba GDP per capita is US$9,478
Nigeria GDP per capita is US$2,097.09

Cuba under sanction for 60 years still has 4 times Nigeria GDP per capital. My point is that people still live there

Source: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Basic

sweetjohn:
By July this year Russians will be falling on the road dying of severe hunger and kwashiorkor. And some fools says Russia can survive this. How? pls come and explain to us how they will survive this

Sanctions will affect Russians and their quality of lives will decrease significantly but not on the scale you mentioned. You listen to too much propaganda from western media. If you really want to know how Russians live currently, you can watch Russian Youtubers (e.g Nikki from Russia)—many of the youtubers are against the war.

Do you know Cuba has been under US sanction for over 60 years? People still live there. They even give medical scholarships to more 100 countries, including Nigeria.

obedience4:


Stupid comment ever..
Please Ukrainians with over 20 percent Jews a country whose president is Jewish..
A country were there are a lot of Jewish monuments to comenurate the Jewish genocide.
You are here saying such country should be nazified..
Russia invaded a sovereign nation and has killed women and children, wasn't not the same why Nazi Germany started by invading Poland then France..
Sometimes you people post in niraland rubbish.
I know these is an open forum but stop spilling rubbish..

These are western newspapers before the war.

Buliwyf:
It's funny some people are shouting about 5 to 8 percent inflation in the EU. But conveniently forgetting that Russia is feeling worse. Even Putin is not as stupid as most of the Russian supporters here.
The food prices hike is mostly as a result of invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the Ukraine produces a lot of essential commodities the EU consume. So by declaring war on Ukraine, Russia broke supply lines and need to be punished and are being punished right now.

What people don't understand is that Russia is at war with the EU and US already. It's economic war. Not primitive moronic warfare Putin asslickers were expecting. Their military might is being undermined in Ukraine. And their economic power is being diminished.

Of course the US and EU will feel a little bit of it too. That is the price of war. But gradually they will recover once other nations rise to fill the demand. And they have good economic system in place. Unlike Russia whose economy is tied to fossil fuel.

Think about this you Russian bots before yapping in ignorance.

This is an European war. I don't think African should bother. There is a lot of trouble here already.

Current inflation among G20

Igbofam:


I edited my post.

Nope Nuclear energy is not the only type of energy capable of doing this.

Science is amazing isn't it?

Something else was capable of this but was missing something to make it work on that scale.

That missing link has been found

I can bet you know nothing about science. This type of discussion should be reserved for your peers where you drink beer or at that newspaper junction.

jaxxy:


When they were passing there decades ago with same China fully aware it wasn't trouble? China know wants to bully it's neighbours so it's now trouble to navigate same waters It's navigated for decades??

China is being dramatic.

They are not just passing. See the US military bases around China. Just imagine what will happen if China creates similar bases around the US.

China is not dramatic. Only one country has not stopped fighting wars since WW2—the US. Only one country has used its nuclear weapons to kill hundreds of thousands of civilians far away from its country— the US

We know the US is shit scared of China's rapid growth and the fact they don't subscribe to Democracy, scares them even more. Every country can create their own path. Live and let's live.

CoronaVirusPro:


Which country are you?

Tell me!

Two Union pay cards? Are you kidding me? That country must be one shiithole

All Chinese citizens travelling abroad for schooling and tourism to the US, Australia, Europe and Canada, what type of cards do you think they use?

Oscillator:
southern Cameroon was part of Nigeria until 1963.

Pakistan and India and Indonesia were one country until it was split.

China and Taiwan split after a civil war and the later has been self-governed since the 1940's.

So how does Taiwan belong to China if Pakistan won't belong to India.

Again, Taiwan and China are not split; that’s why Taiwan is not an independent country. Both the government in Taiwan and in Mainland China are claiming to be the legitimate one. So unlike the other countries you mentioned above, you can’t recognise both government at the same time— it’s either you recognise the one in Taiwan or the one in Mainland China.

A better example will be if Bokoharam in Sambisa and FG in Abuja both claiming to be the legitimate ruling government of Nigeria.

Oscillator:
just as southern Cameroon is Nigeria and Indonesia and Pakistan is India.

Stupid!

How are these your examples similar to Taiwan?

sotall:
By the time the West finish dealing with Russia, even China will not recognize them.

What these will create is two or more parallel international payment systems. China has started it, and these sanctions will quicken the process. The US dollar has been the international Fait currency since the 70s (accounting for close to 80% of all international transactions), I will be surprised if this is not diminished in the next decade. People that are not aligned with the West are taking notes.

Dybala11:

What do you think will happen when nukes become accessible to all countries in the world??
Imagine the likes of Boko Haram ceasing nuclear weapons from the Nigeria Army. Your comment no bam at all.

So everyone should destroy their nuclear weapons.

From history, only one country has used nukes to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians living thousands of miles away from their country—The US

peppermint7:

You must be a fool and a trash for quoting me
Dirty asslickers

No Country is a Saint. They are just trying to flex their muscles. This is a list of countries the US has invaded or bombed in the last 100 years. They did many of these because they can.

List;

PHILIPPINES 1948-54 Command operation CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.

PUERTO RICO 1950 Command operation Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce.

KOREA 1951-53 (-?) Troops, naval, bombing , nuclear threats U.S./So. Korea fights China/No. Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, and against China in 1953. Still have bases.

IRAN 1953 Command Operation CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.

VIETNAM 1954 Nuclear threat French offered bombs to use against seige.

GUATEMALA 1954 Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat CIA directs exile invasion after new gov’t nationalized U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.

EGYPT 1956 Nuclear threat, troops Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; Marines evacuate foreigners.

LEBANON l958 Troops, naval Army & Marine occupation against rebels.

IRAQ 1958 Nuclear threat Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.

CHINA l958 Nuclear threat China told not to move on Taiwan isles.

PANAMA 1958 Troops Flag protests erupt into confrontation.

VIETNAM l960-75 Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.

CUBA l961 Command operation CIA-directed exile invasion fails.

GERMANY l961 Nuclear threat Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.

LAOS 1962 Command operation Military buildup during guerrilla war.

CUBA l962 Nuclear threat, naval Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union.

IRAQ 1963 Command operation CIA organizes coup that killed president, brings Ba’ath Party to power, and Saddam Hussein back from exile to be head of the secret service.

PANAMA l964 Troops Panamanians shot for urging canal’s return.

INDONESIA l965 Command operation Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1965-66 Troops, bombing Army & Marines land during election campaign.

GUATEMALA l966-67 Command operation Green Berets intervene against rebels.

DETROIT l967 Troops Army battles African Americans, 43 killed.

UNITED STATES l968 Troops After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.

CAMBODIA l969-75 Bombing, troops, naval Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.

OMAN l970 Command operation U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.

LAOS l971-73 Command operation, bombing U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; “carpet-bombs” countryside.

SOUTH DAKOTA l973 Command operation Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.

MIDEAST 1973 Nuclear threat World-wide alert during Mideast War.

CHILE 1973 Command operation CIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president.

CAMBODIA l975 Troops, bombing Gassing of captured ship Mayagüez, 28 troops die when copter shot down.

ANGOLA l976-92 Command operation CIA assists South African-backed rebels.

IRAN l980 Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.

LIBYA l981 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.

EL SALVADOR l981-92 Command operation, troops Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.

NICARAGUA l981-90 Command operation, naval CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.

LEBANON l982-84 Naval, bombing, troops Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim positions. 241 Marines killed when Shi’a rebel bombs barracks.

GRENADA l983-84 Troops, bombing Invasion four years after revolution.

HONDURAS l983-89 Troops Maneuvers help build bases near borders.

IRAN l984 Jets Two Iranian jets shot down over Persian Gulf.

LIBYA l986 Bombing, naval Air strikes to topple Qaddafi gov’t.

BOLIVIA 1986 Troops Army assists raids on cocaine region.

IRAN l987-88 Naval, bombing US intervenes on side of Iraq in war, defending reflagged tankers and shooting down civilian jet.

LIBYA 1989 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down.

VIRGIN ISLANDS 1989 Troops St. Croix Black unrest after storm.

PHILIPPINES 1989 Jets Air cover provided for government against coup.

PANAMA 1989 (-?) Troops, bombing Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.

LIBERIA 1990 Troops Foreigners evacuated during civil war.

SAUDI ARABIA 1990-91 Troops, jets Iraq countered after invading Kuwait. 540,000 troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel.

IRAQ 1990-91 Bombing, troops, naval Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; large-scale destruction of Iraqi military.

KUWAIT 1991 Naval, bombing, troops Kuwait royal family returned to throne.

IRAQ 1991-2003 Bombing, naval No-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south; constant air strikes and naval-enforced economic sanctions

LOS ANGELES 1992 Troops Army, Marines deployed against anti-police uprising.

SOMALIA 1992-94 Troops, naval, bombing U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil war; raids against one Mogadishu faction.

YUGOSLAVIA 1992-94 Naval NATO blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.

BOSNIA 1993-? Jets, bombing No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets, bombed Serbs.

HAITI 1994 Troops, naval Blockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup.

ZAIRE (CONGO) 1996-97 Troops Troops at Rwandan Hutu refugee camps, in area where Congo revolution begins.

LIBERIA 1997 Troops Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

ALBANIA 1997 Troops Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

SUDAN 1998 Missiles Attack on pharmaceutical plant alleged to be “terrorist” nerve gas plant.

AFGHANISTAN 1998 Missiles Attack on former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups alleged to have attacked embassies.

IRAQ 1998 Bombing, Missiles Four days of intensive air strikes after weapons inspectors allege Iraqi obstructions.

YUGOSLAVIA 1999 Bombing, Missiles Heavy NATO air strikes after Serbia declines to withdraw from Kosovo. NATO occupation of Kosovo.

YEMEN 2000 Naval USS Cole, docked in Aden, bombed.

MACEDONIA 2001 Troops NATO forces deployed to move and disarm Albanian rebels.

UNITED STATES 2001 Jets, naval Reaction to hijacker attacks on New York, DC

AFGHANISTAN 2001-? Troops, bombing, missiles Massive U.S. mobilization to overthrow Taliban, hunt Al Qaeda fighters, install Karzai regime, and battle Taliban insurgency. More than 30,000 U.S. troops and numerous private security contractors carry our occupation.

YEMEN 2002 Missiles Predator drone missile attack on Al Qaeda, including a US citizen.

PHILIPPINES 2002-? Troops, naval Training mission for Philippine military fighting Abu Sayyaf rebels evolves into combat missions in Sulu Archipelago, west of Mindanao.

COLOMBIA 2003-? Troops US special forces sent to rebel zone to back up Colombian military protecting oil pipeline.

IRAQ 2003-11 Troops, naval, bombing, missiles Saddam regime toppled in Baghdad. More than 250,000 U.S. personnel participate in invasion. US and UK forces occupy country and battle Sunni and Shi’ite insurgencies. More than 160,000 troops and numerous private contractors carry out occupation and build large permanent bases.

LIBERIA 2003 Troops Brief involvement in peacekeeping force as rebels drove out leader.

HAITI 2004-05 Troops, naval Marines & Army land after right-wing rebels oust elected President Aristide, who was advised to leave by Washington.

PAKISTAN 2005-? Missiles, bombing, covert operation CIA missile and air strikes and Special Forces raids on alleged Al Qaeda and Taliban refuge villages kill multiple civilians. Drone attacks also on Pakistani Mehsud network.

SOMALIA 2006-? Missiles, naval, troops, command operation Special Forces advise Ethiopian invasion that topples Islamist government; AC-130 strikes, Cruise missile attacks and helicopter raids against Islamist rebels; naval blockade against “pirates” and insurgents.

SYRIA 2008 Troops Special Forces in helicopter raid 5 miles from Iraq kill 8 Syrian civilians

YEMEN 2009-? Missiles, command operation Cruise missile attack on Al Qaeda kills 49 civilians; Backing Saudi-Yemeni military assaults on rebels

LIBYA 2011-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation NATO coordinates air strikes and missile attacks against Qaddafi government during uprising by rebel army. Periodic Special Forces raids against Islamist insurgents.

IRAQ 2014-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation

Air strikes and Special Forces intervene against Islamic State insurgents; training Iraqi and Kurdish troops. Attacks on pro-Iran militias & Iranian general, 2019-20.

SYRIA 2014-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation

Air strikes and Special Forces intervene against Islamic State insurgents; training other Syrian insurgents; bombing alleged Syrian government chemical arms sites.

Source: Quora

CoronaVirusPro:


Are you sure you quoting the right person?

Where did Nigeria come-in?

Read what you typed below, this time slowly;

So you know how Russia was doing prior to this sanction?
Hello! Russia is a poverty enclave! And average Nigerian is richer than a Russian as sanctions has crippled country[color=#990000][/color]. More sanction will only bring devastating hardship!


Germany Europe presently has Canadian gas pipeline on the table! That will be the end. But since it’s a country of oligarchs, only the masses will suffer.

CoronaVirusPro:


So you know how Russia was doing prior to this sanction?
Hello! Russia is a poverty enclave! And average Nigerian is richer than a Russian as sanctions has crippled country. More sanction will only bring devastating hardship!


Germany Europe presently has Canadian gas pipeline on the table! That will be the end. But since it’s a country of oligarchs, only the masses will suffer.

Hmm! Stop lying.

Nigeria's population is ~200 Million—GDP; is ~$500 billion and GDP < $2, 500 per capita
Russia's population is ~170 Million—GDP; ~$1.500 Trillion and GDP >10,000 per capita


Nigeria's Foreign reserve: ~$ 42 billion
Russia's Foreign reserve: >$ 600 billion (more than the GDP of Nigeria)

Russia's debt to GDP—~18% of GDP
Ngeria's debt to GDP—~36% GDP


We know that these Sanctions will impact the Russian people, but stop lying on a public forum. You can make your point without lying.

German Engineering. Thank them!

It's obvious that he was speeding.

NATUREOFPOETRY:
The Holy Spirit hasn't stopped inspiring people just like he did with the men of old that wrote the Bible.
Let's come together and share the inspiration of the Holy Spirit on the word of God, hence, growing together.

Drop your number and name and let me add us to a just created whatsapp group for Biblical study.

I don’t think the Holy Spirit inspired anybody. Those people just wrote down stories they thought were true and some intended propaganda

Inspiration007:


They are not for profit i swear.

The owner of PSG is the ruler of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani .. Money nor be problem

There is FFP. You can’t just bring any money from anywhere.

KaideeGee:
For goodness sake, please humans, open your eyes, science as we know it is nothing but a system of belief. Just like Hinduism, confucianism, and any other thing on that list.
It's better you take science with a pinch of salt.

What a moronic statement!
God! Statements like this is the reason why Africa is so backward.

lekanamisu:
Sun will dim. Moon no more. Other planetary same also. Every thing now is working for us including Mars and others.

Each planet gains from one another. Can’t prove this but saw a vision when I was young saw many planets pouring their stuffs into earth. Even waters from another added to us fishes and others.

Trillion of stars and possibly planets to support a few billion people on earth? Don't you think that is wasteful, considering it coming from a supposedly intelligent being?

jaxxy:


My people perish for lack of knowledge. -God

The bible, not God. How do you know what God says?