₦airaland Forum

rhymaster:
What economy are you concerned about? Stop lying Ipobist. SS and SE (since you ibos always lump you together with SS) will lose the most. The FG doesn't even need to put boots in the creeks, they should just Odilize you on a mega scale, bomb everything and imagine how a small spark will light huge fires in an already petroleum soaked environment. All your pipelines and food sources will be destroyed and hunger will kill you faster like the biafrans in 1967. Every progress in the SS and SE will be reset to the Stone Age, let's see who will cry the most. How will 30 M (SS and SE take on 150 M+) other parts of Nigeria? No more food for you and no pipelines either, when your lands are burned to the ground.

Take am easy Bro, we wont allow Refugees in our backyard o..........

..... especially Refugees that caused their own displacement and destruction.



Lastpage!

Anyone who drives a car with his mouth will never have accident or even meet gallup. Shey na him be oga? make him go lead in the battle nah, instead of being in his office under AC and running his mouth.

Na today e start . Is either u make peace or face the chantin of war song

INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT



BRITAIN
The British planned to maintain and expand their supply of cheap high-quality oil from Nigeria. Therefore they placed a high priority on maintenance of oil extraction and refining operations. They backed the Federal Government, but when the war broke out cautioned them not to damage British oil installations in the East. These oilworks, under the control of Shell-BP Petroleum Development Company (jointly owned by Shell and British Petroleum), controlled 84% of Nigeria's 580,000 barrels per day. Two-thirds of this oil came from the Eastern region, and another third from the newly created Mid-West region. Two-fifths of all Nigerian oil ended up in Britain.[57]

Shell-BP therefore considered carefully a request by the Federal Government that it not pay the royalties demanded by Biafra. Its lawyers advised that payment to Biafra would be appropriate if this government did in fact maintain law and order in the region in question. The British government advised that paying Biafra could undermine the goodwill of the Federal Government. However, the payment was made, resulting in a blockade on oil.[57] Forced to choose a side, Shell-BP and the British government threw in their lot with the Federal Government in Lagos, apparently calculating that this side would be more likely to win the war.[[/b]66] As the British High Commissioner in Lagos wrote to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs on 27 July 1967:


During the war, [b]Britain covertly supplied Nigeria with weapons and military intelligence and may have also helped it to hire mercenaries.[[/b]68] After the decision was made to back Nigeria, the BBC oriented its reporting to favor this side.[69] Supplies provided to the Federal Military Government included two vessels and 60 vehicles.[70]

In Britain, the humanitarian campaign around Biafra began on 12 June 1968, with media coverage on ITV and in The Sun. The charities Oxfam and Save the Children Fund were soon deployed, with large sums of money at their disposal.[71]

[b]FRANCE
France provided weapons, mercenary fighters, and other assistance to Biafra and promoted its cause internationally, describing the situation as a genocide. Charles de Gaulle referred to "Biafra's just and noble cause".[72] However, France did not recognise Biafra diplomatically.[73] Through Pierre Laureys, France had apparently provided two B-26s, Alouette helicopters, and pilots.[74] France supplied Biafra with captured German and Italian weapons from World War II, sans serial numbers, delivered as part of regular shipments to Côte d'Ivoire.[75] France also sold Panhard armored vehicles to the Nigerian federal government.[76]

French involvement in the war can be viewed in the context of its geopolitical strategy (Françafrique) and competition with the English in West Africa. Nigeria represented a base of British influence in the predominantly French-aligned area. France and Portugal used nearby countries in their sphere of influence, especially Côte d'Ivoire under President Félix Houphouët-Boigny, as waystations for shipments to Biafra.[72][77] To some extent, also, France repeated its earlier policy from the Congo Crisis, when it supported the secession of the southern mining province Katanga.[78]..........


France led the way, internationally, for political support of Biafra.[80] Portugal also sent weapons. These transactions were arranged through the "Biafran Historical Research Centre" in Paris.[83] French-aligned Gabon and Côte d'Ivoire recognised Biafra in May 1968.[84] On 8 May 1968, De Gaulle personally contributed 30,000 francs to medicine purchases for the French Red Cross mission. Fairly widespread student-worker unrest diverted the government's attention only temporarily.
[b]The government declared an arms embargo but maintained arms shipments to Biafra unde[/b]r cover of humanitarian aid.[85] In
France declared "Biafra Week" on 11–17 March 1969,

United States of America Edit
The United States officially declared neutrality, with US Secretary of State Dean Rusk stating that "America is not in a position to take action as Nigeria is an area under British influence",[60] but nevertheless provided military assistance to the Nigeria government.[60] Formally, the United States was neutral in the civil war. Strategically, its interests aligned with the Federal Military Government. [/b]The US also saw value in its alliance with Lagos, and sought to protect $800 million (in the assessment of the State Department) worth of private investment.[89]


[b]SOVIET UNION[/b]Edit
The Soviet Union strongly backed the Nigerian government, emphasising the similarity with the Congo situation. [b]It consistently supplied Nigeria with weapons, with the diplomatic disclaimer that these were "strictly for cash on a commercial basis". I[/b]n

[b]ISRAEL
From early on, Israel perceived that Nigeria would be an important player in West African politics, and saw good relations with Lagos as an important foreign policy objective. Nigeria and Israel established a linkage in 1957. In 1960 Britain allowed the creation of an Israeli diplomatic mission in Lagos, and Israel made a $10 million loan to the Nigerian government. Israel also developed a cultural relation with the Igbos based on possible shared traditions. These moves represented a significant diplomatic success given the Muslim orientation of the northern-dominated government. Some northern leaders disapproved of contact with Israel and banned Israelis from Maiduguri and Sokoto.[92]

Israel did not begin arms sales to Nigeria until after Aguyi-Ironsi came to power in January 1966. This was considered an opportune time to develop this relationship with the federal government, because Aguyi-Ironsi was Igbo. Ram Nirgad became Israeli ambassador to Nigeria in January. Thirty tons of mortar rounds were delivered in April.[93]

The Eastern Region began seeking assistance from Israel in September 1966. Israel apparently turned down their requests repeatedly, although they may have put the Biafran representatives in contact with another arms dealer.[94] In 1968, Israel began supplying the Federal Military Government with arms—about $500,000 worth, according to the US State Department.[95] Meanwhile, as elsewhere, the situation in Biafra became publicised as a genocide. The Knesset publicly debated this issue on 17 and 22 July 1968, winning applause from the press for its sensitivity. Right-wing and left-wing political groups, and student activists, spoke for Biafra.[96] In August 1968, the Israeli air force overtly sent twelve tons of food aid to a nearby site outside of Nigerian (Biafran) air space. Covertly, Mossad provided Biafra with $100,000 (through Zurich) and attempted an arms shipment. Soon after, Israel arranged to make clandestine weapons shipments to Biafra using Côte d'Ivoire transport planes.[97]

Other countries Edit
Biafra appealed unsuccessfully for support from the Organisation of African Unity, whose member states generally did not want to support internal secessionist movements.[98] Although they received the support of African countries such as Tanzania, Zambia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, and Côte d’Ivoire.

Nigeria received support from Egypt, which provided pilots to fly the aircraft procured by the Soviet Union.[99]

Biafra surrounded


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

kettykin:
I'm not a very good student of history but I don't think I remember the Nigerian military subduing any opposition without foreign support .

So dismal was their performance that even with the support of the Soviet Union military, British military, United States, Egyptian pilots, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Chadian rebels, cameroon ,O.A.U they couldn't route an ill prepared, ill equipped and small in number biafran army in the process loosing a whole division in Abagana another division in onitsha and what amounts to third of the entire army population in operation OAU.

I now realize why Britain had to warn them of disaster if they use the military option against the Niger delta militants.

Later your brothers will come n say NA killed ur family...

kettykin:
I'm not a very good student of history but I don't think I remember the Nigerian military subduing any opposition without foreign support .

So dismal was their performance that even with the support of the Soviet Union military, British military, United States, Egyptian pilots, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Chadian rebels, cameroon ,O.A.U they couldn't route an ill prepared, ill equipped and small in number biafran army in the process loosing a whole division in Abagana another division in onitsha and what amounts to third of the entire army population in operation OAU.

I now realize why Britain had to warn them of disaster if they use the military option against the Niger delta militants.

Is that the best utterance a patriotic Nigerian can make?

cktheluckyman:
Look at this fool who calls himself a General!! You expect the poor villagers to do your work for you? That is what you get when you make illiterated Generals

An Adult should know the right choice of words.Why call anybody a fool?

Themonster:
crush the Libyans that invaded your country under your watch killed 50 innocent people recently first.

coward useless scallywag bastard snake charming bastard demon buruntashi.

Thunder scatter buruntashi Insha'Allah amin
Thunder scatter Buhari Insha'Allah amin
Buhari is a terrorist

Are you up to 18 at all?

another udi in the making innocent soles will waist again kai kai ..........NDA...........

maxzzo1:
Daz why we are not one nation we keep deceiving ursef coz of oil .....let d Ibos and ND go if dey want to why is it difficult Is it by force If not laziness , injustice, oil free moni... [sub][/sub]

I'm from delta state. We and igbos are not same. Ok.

Igbos are supporting NDA blowing up pipelines, WHY IGBOS NOT BLOWING UP PIPELINES IN THEIR TERRITORY?

Do you think there is no pipelines in anambra and imo state?
Igbos too should practice what avengers are doing to balance the equation.

cktheluckyman:
Look at this fool who calls himself a General!! You expect the poor villagers to do your work for you? That is what you get when you make illiterated Generals

This is d point whr i see you as d gt8test fool..don't u even use ur brain and know what intelligence sharing is or has d economic situation of the country turned ur head upside down?

The Military, the world over,are known to be fair and discerning in the discharge of their operations. They are not Politicians, but take instructions from a democratic Commander in Chief and must use their wise discretion to implement all instructions in a Democracy.. So help Buratai God..I can see Baifran signature in the activities of this new nda, so check them out first.

ba7man:
The Niger Delta is slowly turning to Nigeria's new theatre of conflict and some people rejoice.

Thank God I'll be watching it from the comfort of my home.

lol if the war start today it means no power or fuel to power your generator so I wonder where are you going to watch it

kodded:
lol if the war start today it means no power or fuel to power your generator so I wonder where are you going to watch it

We now import fuel so anyone can buy and sell.

So other countries that don't have any oil don't have power and fuel?

Clowns, ....... we'll manage the one we have in the southwest and achieve far better results than you guys can ever dream up with your militancy, bunkering and piracy.

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Esperooke:
In all, my fear is for the peace-loving Niger Deltans who don't subscribe to what these criminals are doing, cos when the military starts their party, there will always be collateral
As for the IPOBs, Its obviously their traditional stock in trade, chest-beating!
When every avenue to peacefully resolve fails, and confrontation sets in, it is sure the collateral damage will be colossal. Though the whole country will loose in terms of reduced revenue from oil. But the country will go on.

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Yoruba man leave us alone

cktheluckyman:
Look at this fool who calls himself a General!! You expect the poor villagers to do your work for you? That is what you get when you make illiterated Generals

Go school, you no agree..... Asking for their support doesn't make them less in anyway.
It is for the villagers good to provide information to the military to prevent innocent lives being lost on arousal of suspicion or being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
If the soldiers become ruthless, you will blame the govt... jaw-jaw before war-war at all times

eziokwubundunuwa:
Anybody saying Chibok abduction is false will meet the wrath of God. You disgust me.

Hey go fly a kite in traffic!! Like I care how you feel about me. It's my opinion, if you don't like it..kiss a python!!
One more thing...drop that fake moniker. Igbo wannabe

eziokwubundunuwa:
The communities should emulate North and form a civilian JTF tackling the militants like the Borno boys did with Boko Haram.

Dream on...

Why is he lying. The NDA I think are not interested in killing any soldier at all

Hehehe

Cowards in military camouflage and guns claiming to be soldiers. NDA of Niger Delta is the real NDA. All That Nigerian government and its military know how to do is molesting innocent unarmed civilians.

The case of this NDA will be 100 times worse than that of boko haram if not wisely responded to.

Soldiers my foot!

Burutai my Man, mkre grease to your elbow!
God bless Nigerian Army

kettykin:
I'm not a very good student of history but I don't think I remember the Nigerian military subduing any opposition without foreign support .

So dismal was their performance that even with the support of the Soviet Union military, British military, United States, Egyptian pilots, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Chadian rebels, cameroon ,O.A.U they couldn't route an ill prepared, ill equipped and small in number biafran army in the process loosing a whole division in Abagana another division in onitsha and what amounts to third of the entire army population in operation OAU.

I now realize why Britain had to warn them of disaster if they use the military option against the Niger delta militants.

. Abeg tell them.one African leader once said if u want rank in the military go to Nigeria.....general with no brain

NDA they will be sleeping abi,

989900B:
The NA is setting the stage already, by claiming the victim role.

It is a shame you chest beaters don't get it.

The NA can even do a "false flag OP".

"They are killing our soldiers", is the platform to unleash hell.

hmmmm ,bro.