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ubah84:which station ? Linus ubah |
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BlackMariner:So does Hitler |
one. chance change |
Please my Igbo brothers we are all the same these people only know us by our name and their aim is to divide and destroy us. |
Rose2014:Pathetic even my agbo brothers see themselves as Igbo 2 |
I was nearly insulted by my boss wife for saying she's not an Igbo lady after saying she's from igbuzor. that was the day I stopped calling any south southerner with Igbo name non Igbo truth is once your name is Igbo u are Igbo irrespective of where you are |
Story highlights Nigeria's president vowed that Boko Haram would be beaten by the end of 2015 But terror group has continued to mount attacks, despite efforts of Nigerian military Critics say corruption, lack of coordination among factors which have helped Boko Haram flourish Editor's Note: Ryan Cummings is the chief security analyst for sub-Saharan Africa at red24 , a crisis management consultancy, and also a founding member of the Nigeria Security Network , a non- profit think tank. Follow him on Twitter @Pol_Sec_Analyst . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN)— "And I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year." This was the pledge made by Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari to his Beninese counterpart, Boni Yayi, during a gala dinner commemorating Benin's independence during the summer of 2015. It was a promise that the Nigerian head of state would also reiterate to fellow Nigerians, who eagerly waited for him to make good on his promise and act with the decisiveness that Buhari had accused his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, of lacking. Yet as 2015 drew to a close, the specter of Boko Haram loomed as large as ever over Africa's most populous state. Indeed, less than 48 hours after the Buhari regime announced that it had fulfilled its vow of defeating the group, at least 50 people were killed in a wave of violence in Nigeria's insurgent-embattled Borno and Adamawa states. Those skeptical of Boko Haram's defeat were vindicated, those residing within the terrorists' deadly reach continue to live in fear. Nigeria's information minister, however, downplayed the December 27 attacks and further reaffirmed that Boko Haram was on the precipice of being "wiped out." Lai Mohammed claimed to local media that all insurgent-held territory had been reclaimed and that Boko Haram no longer possessed the operational capabilities to achieve its raison d'etre, the creation of a "dawlah" -- or Islamic-state -- in north-eastern Nigeria. The problem with Mohammed's "impending demise" narrative is that it equated loss of territory with defeat. Prior to Boko Haram's capture in July 2014 of Damboa, the first Nigerian town to fall to the extremist sect, its near decade-long insurgency had been characterized by traditional guerilla warfare. The group's favoured modus operandi had been suicide bombings and hit-and- run raids, not the capture and control of territory. edition.cnn.com/2016/01/01/opinions/nigeria-boko-haram-fight/index.html?sr=fbCNN0101161/opinions/nigeria-boko-haram-fight/index.html0532PMVODtopLink&linkId=20029526 |
One terror group killed nearly 11,000 people in 2015
— and it wasn't ISIS.
While the Sunni militants in Syria and Iraq
dominated the headlines in 2015, Boko Haram was
killing more people than ever — potentially eclipsing
the tally of its partner in terror.
Nigeria's new government pledged to oust Boko
Haram and has boasted of successfully retaking
territory from the extremists, but experts warn this
might merely have forced the group to change
tactics and possibly prompted a higher civilian
casualty toll.
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How bad is it?
ISIS has continued its campaign of terror and was
linked to attacks in Paris, Yemen, Saudia Arabia,
Kuwait, Libya and elsewhere.
The bloodshed has dominated international attention
— from headlines to halls of power — all while
thousands have silently been slaughtered at the
hands of Boko Haram. Nigeria's militant group — which has pledged allegiance to ISIS — has been tied to nearly 11,000 killings in 2015 as of mid-December, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. More than half of the deaths — around 6,500 — have been the direct result of Boko Haram's suicide bombings and armed raids. The rest died as a result of fighting between the militants and Nigerian troops, according to CFR's data. With details and information from Boko Haram's heartland in northeast Nigeria hard to come by, most experts believe the true tally of the violence has been even higher and could still climb before the year's end. "Sadly they have a history of attacks around Christmas and New Year," said Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Washington- based Atlantic Council . That could put Boko Haram on track to surpass last year's brutal toll and claim the mantle of deadliest terror group for a second year running. Recent findings from the Institute for Economics and Peace , a Sydney-based think tank, showed that Boko Haram was the deadliest terror group in the world last year. ISIS came in second. Between them, Boko Haram and ISIS accounted for more than half of the world's terrorism-related deaths in 2014, according to the Institute's Global Terrorism Index published in November. How did we get here? Boko Haram started off the year with a bang. After slipping from the headlines as attention faded on the mass kidnapping which sparked the #BrinBackOurGirls campaign, Boko Haram mounted a massive attack in January on the fishing village of Baga. FROM APRIL 14: Nigeria's Kidnapped Schoolgirls Still Missing, One Year Later 1:49 advertisement Satellite images and eyewitness accounts told of a merciless assault in which Boko Haram fighters gunned down children and pregnant women who were not able to escape fast enough into the bush. Estimates of the death toll there ranged from over 100 to 2,000 killed. That attack — and the prospect of an impending presidential election — sparked renewed government efforts to take on the militants and drive them from their strongholds. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIS on March 7 — three weeks before the election — and once Muhammadu Buhari won the presidency, he pledged to defeat the militants by the end of the year. What has the new Nigerian government done? This "very ambitious target" showed a "sense of renewed effort … energy and focus" by the Nigerian state, according to Elizabeth Donnelly, assistant head and research fellow of the Africa program at the London-based Chatham House think tank. Nigerian troops — aided by its neighbors Chad, Niger and Cameroon — picked up where the previous administration left off in an attempt to rout the militants from their areas of control. Troops are continuing their advancement towards the main camp of the BH sect in Sambisa Forest. @RabeAbubakarDDI pic.twitter.com/yKLROi9w6d — DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) December 4, 2015 However, the attacks on Nigeria and its neighbors kept coming. Some experts say that's because the crackdown forced Boko Haram to adapt rather than crumble. "Certainly the threat has not gone away," said Donnelly. "It does seem that there has been a ratcheting up of attacks against civilians … This might be because of the pressure coming from the Nigerian armed forces." Boko Haram appears to have reverted to the hit- and-run-style warfare it employed before focusing on territorial gains and the building of its caliphate last year. FROM JUNE 1: Thousands Flee Boko Haram in Nigeria to Island in Lake Chad 2:38 The Atlantic Council's Pham said any territorial gains made by the military might be illusory and that Boko Haram's military tactics also appear to have grown more sophisticated. For example, he said, it appears Boko Haram has learned to leave open an escape route when besieging a town and set booby traps for the fleeing government troops. With no sign of Boko Haram slowing down, newly- elected President Buhari appears to have softened his pledge. Earlier this month he said that initial deadline — cripple the militants by years end — was only meant to "serve as a guide." |
Comedy Republic of Nigeria The us is now an exporter of oil guys they don't need our oil anymore . it is over guys. |
The same way there is no developed black nation or city in the world. truth is an average black man is lazy dumb and filled with greed. we are our own problem. look at Chicago a city in the united state with the most black population . it is the headquarters of Gun violence in the whole of the world. we need to wakeup and stop the blame . |
stupid change agents . |
sinkhole:I agree. anytime a black man wants to blame someone for his failure he should look @ the mirror b4 him. we are our own problem . |
TonyeBarcanista:this is why I dislike the black race can't we fix our own problem. look at how Mugabe's stupidity has foolishly sold him to the Chinese what is wrong with us? |
she has seen that this govt will fail. she's afraid of all the bashing that will be unleashed next year. |
The United Kingdom declared the Muslim
Brotherhood a terrorist group after an 18-month
study ordered by British Prime Minister David
Cameron — and the Obama administration slammed
the document as flying in the face of the
Brotherhood's history as a "nonviolent Islamist
group."
The report, which Cameron presented to the House
of Commons on Thursday, described the Muslim
Brotherhood as anti-democratic, openly supportive
of terrorism, dedicated to establishing an Islamist
government — and opposed to the rule of law,
individual liberty, and equality.
"Aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology and
activities … run counter to British values of
democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty,
equality and the mutual respect and tolerance of
different faiths and beliefs," Cameron said in a
statement with the report's release. "The Muslim
Brotherhood is not the only movement that
promotes values which appear intolerant of equality
and freedom of faith and belief."
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"Nor is it the only movement or group dedicated in
theory to revolutionizing societies and changing
existing ways of life," he continued. "But I have
made clear this government's determination to
reject intolerance, and to counter not just violent
Islamist extremism, but also to tackle those who
create the conditions for it to flourish."
"The main findings of the review support the
conclusion that membership of, association with, or
influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be
considered as a possible indicator of extremism,"
Cameron said.
As a result, the prime minister said that the U.K.
government would continue to refuse visas to
Muslim Brotherhood members and associates and
take other steps that included increasing
surveillance on the group's activities and whether
these actions could be prosecuted.
Britain also will continue to uphold the European
Community's freeze on the assets of Hamas,
another terrorist group with ties to the Brotherhood,
Cameron said.
The Obama administration quickly condemned the
report in a statement to the Investigative Project on
Terrorism, saying that the Muslim Brotherhood had
a history of nonviolence and that opposing the group
could lead some members to become radicalized.
The "political repression of nonviolent Islamist
groups has historically contributed to the
radicalization of the minority of their members who
would consider violence," the administration said.
"The de-legitimization of non-violent political
groups does not promote stability, and instead
advances the very outcomes that such measures
are intended to prevent."
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President Barack Obama has long embraced the
Muslim Brotherhood and has defended and
promoted Islam in an effort to fight Islamophobia.
In January, the State Department hosted a
delegation of leaders aligned with the organization.
In 2011, Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper told Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood
has "pursued social ends, a betterment of the
political order in Egypt."
"In other countries, there are also chapters or
franchises of the Muslim Brotherhood, but there is
no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of
violence, at least internationally."
And in a 2009 interview with Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-
based television network, Obama said: "My job is to
communicate to the American people that the
Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who
simply want to live their lives and see their children
live better lives."
"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that
the Americans are not your enemy."
Here are some key statements from Cameron's
report:
"The founder and first Supreme Guide (spiritual
leader), Hassan al Banna, called for the religious
reformation of individual Muslims, the
progressive moral purification of Muslim
societies and their eventual political unification
in a caliphate under sharia law."
"There is little evidence that the experience of
power in Egypt … has caused a rethinking in the
Muslim Brotherhood of its ideology or conduct.
U.K. official engagement with the Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood produced no discernible
change in their thinking. Indeed even by
mid-2014, statements from Egyptian Muslim
Brotherhood-linked media platforms seem to
have deliberately incited violence."
"Literature in the Muslim Brotherhood movement
in this country continues to reflect some of the
concerns of the foundational Muslim
Brotherhood ideology, notably that Western
society is inherently hostile to Muslim faith and
interests and that Muslims must respond by
maintaining their distance and autonomy."
"Material still being promoted by UKIM [U.K.
Islamic Mission] as of July 2014 continued to
explicitly claim that it is not possible for an
observant Muslim to live under a non-Islamic
system of government." www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/706848 |
wishful thinking Nigerians have to be vigilant now because BH may strike just to prove him wrong. |
scam change |
religion of piss |
lol scam change |
with the lies of lie Mohammed who wouldn't think the devil. is black |
Djicemob:lol yet all the protesters in asaba aren't Deltans when the time comes for them to decide u will see |
why are u trying so hard? are u afraid? mods I thought you guys said all topics about Biafra will be brought down ? why are u trying to silence us at d same time allow people talk trash about us. well no amount of propaganda can stop us |
Ok all these muslim jihadist please i want to ask a simple question wat is d difference between the life of mohammed and that of shekau, bin ladden, etc and why do you call mohammed the holy prophet after all his attrocities why do you claim that majority of muslims are peaceful but a simple cartooon of your holy prophet will lead to wide spread deadly attacks on innocent christians why do you want to force sharia law on everyone in your land why cant i open a church in saudi arabia but there is a mosque in the holy city in italy |
Islam. is a religion. of peace but the founder Mohammed was a jihadist and rapist. how silly do u think we are? |
If u condemn this and refuse to condemn akiolus comment on igbos then you are a bigger racist |
propaganda the same way Obama is playing down isis |
what manner of change |
bring it on boys scouts |
mumu op |
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