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SaharaReporters revealed in an exclusive report yesterday that Boko Haram militants were planning a major attack on the state capital, Maiduguri. Bama is less than 40 kilometers from Maiduguri. REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY

The United States of America warned yesterday that the reputation of Nigeria’s military was at stake while the future of the country and her children was in jeopardy following the capture of some towns in the north eastern part of the country in the last few weeks by Boko Haram terrorists.
This came as Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, revealed that for the country to win the war against terrorism, there was the need for diplomatic lobbying for foreign assistance in areas of equipment.
Also, yesterday, the Federal Government assured that no Nigerian Soldier would die in vain, even as a retired general, now a Senator, Ahmed Saleh said the battle against insurgency was far from being over, saying “what we are seeing is a complete deterioration of the situation.”
US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who expressed deep concerns of her country on the activities of the Islamic sect in the country while participating in the International Conference on Security in Abuja, declared that failure was not an option.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/capture-of-borno-towns-reputation-of-nigerias-military-at-stake-us/#sthash.eHe2R43k.dpuf

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRFORCE NEVER HAD ITS OWN FEET WRONG

@AUGUSTUS NIGERIAN AIRFORCE KILLED ITS OWN TROOPS

We have just exclusively confirmed some distressing details of the recent publicized Nigerian military encounter with Boko Haram terrorists at Damboa this weekend in which 50 terrorists, a Colonel, DPO and 12 other army officers were killed.

According to NewsRescue’s credible sources, Colonel Abubakar Chamba who was killed in that attack was bombed by a Nigerian air force jet and not killed by the Boko Haram terrorists.

In the operation this weekend, the Civilian JTF and military men had surrounded the Boko Haram terrorists. They then called on the air force for aerial support. When the Nigerian jets arrived, rather than bomb the terrorists’ position, they bombed and killed Colonel Abubakar Chamba.

After this incident, Nigerian military men were afraid and fled Damboa, scared of not only Boko Haram, but sabotaged members of the very army they were part of.

According to reliable details we further received, this is a repeat of such internal deadly sabotage in recent months and weeks.



Read more: http://newsrescue.com/revealed-nigerian-military-aircraft-friendly-fire-killed-colonel-at-damboa-not-boko-haram/#ixzz3CSxNNUPK

Rhino Poachers who were not so lucky

The Kingpin of International rhino smuggling network....was brought abroad from Thailand under false pretences by South African Intelligence service and arrested as he landed on the international airport and no assistance from Interpol....and he has been sentenced to 40 years in prison

THESE HIGHWAYS WERE DESIGNED, FINANCE, WORKED UP BY SOUTH AFRICANS NOT THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND 100% TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

@AUGUSTUS ALL WORLD CUP STADIUMS WERE DESIGNED BY SOUTH AFRICANS, BUILT BY SOUTH AFRICANS, FINANCED BY SOUTH AFRICANS AND THE LABOUR PROVIDED BY SOUTH AFRICANS.....CAN U SAY THE SAME WITH NIGERIA

SANDF

@AUGUSTUS ...NIGERIA IS BUYING FROM SOUTH AFRICA

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has donated three patrol boats worth 20 million dollars to the Nigerian Navy (NN) in a bid to boost the force's capability at sea, safeguard the nation's maritime domain and check maritime illegalities.

This is just as three suspected impostors who were posing as naval personnel were arrested, paraded and handed over to the Agboju Police Division, Area E Command by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) WEY.

The boats, a 32-metre OCEA and two 17-metre MANTA class boats, were built in South Africa and handed over to the navy at the Western Naval Command (WNC), headquarters, Apapa in Lagos.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/npa-donates-20m-patrol-boats-to-nigerian-navy/174297/

Intelligence chiefs have red-flagged wildlife poaching as a security risk, saying proceeds from the crime are being used to fund terror groups.

African intelligence chiefs have red-flagged wildlife poaching as a security risk, saying proceeds from the crime are being used to fund terror groups.

Heads of 25 intelligence organisations, which included South Africa, Angola and Nigeria, met in Harare recently to discuss the escalation of poaching and trafficking activities across the continent, and are mulling over joint operations with military and wildlife management authorities.

According to minutes of the meeting in Harare from July 8 to 11, terrorism, which for long has mainly been associated with Middle Eastern countries, was said to be on the rise in Africa, with some of the prominent groups – Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Shabab in Somalia and Kenya and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda – being cited.

The intelligence chiefs, who met under the banner of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (Cissa), said poaching is now worrisome because there is “a great deal of evidence of fledgling linkages between poaching and wildlife trafficking on one hand and transnational organised criminal activities, including terrorism and weapons proliferation, on the other”.

Nigeria – Boko Haram and ivory poaching

The illegal trade, it has also been found, rake an estimated $20 billion a year from sale of ivory, rhino horn and tiger penis, part of which the report said is used to fund Boko Haram and their violent ideology.

Writing under the headline; ‘How wildlife crime links us all to conflicts in Africa’ in its May 15 online version, the scientific journal disclosed that 23,000 African elephants were killed for their tusks last year, adding also that, “like many terrorist organisations in Africa, Boko Haram is funded by sales of illegal ivory.”

It also pointed out that elephant poaching, which is usually considered a conservation issue, is increasingly becoming a national security and humanitarian concern. Citing a recent report from Born Free USA and data analyst C4ADS, as stating that “ivory has become the “bush currency” militants, terrorists and rebels use to buy weapons and fund operations. Government corruption is thought to play its part too.”

Most of the ivory, it wrote, ends up in east Asia, where demand is high and rising, with a single tusk being sold at $15,000.

On the link between the abduction of more than 200 girls by Boko Haram in Borno and the 23,000 African elephants killed for their tusks last year, the journal wrote; “On the surface all these crimes have in common is that they happened on the same continent. But there is an intimate connection: like many terrorist organisations in Africa, Boko Haram is funded by sales of illegal ivory.”

“The fact that ivory is used to bankroll conflicts provides yet more ammunition that conservationists should exploit,” the report added.

“Of course, the ivory trade is only one part of a web of wildlife crime that is itself part of a global criminal network dealing in drugs, weapons and people.

“Cutting demand for ivory won’t on its own defuse Africa’s conflicts. Militants will simply plunder other resources such as hardwood or the mineral coltan, which may end up as furniture in your house or electrical components in your cellphone,” it noted, while highlighting other products that could be illegally traded for terrorism sponsorship.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201405220427.html?aa_source=acrdn-f0

South Africa is currently experiencing a catastrophic rhino poaching crisis, with 668 rhinos lost during 2012. It is now evident that Mozambique has played a key role in this illegal killing.

The vast majority of rhinos killed in South Africa are poached in Kruger Poached rhino Limpopo South Africa (C) Sarah NelsonNational Park, which shares a long, porous border (356km) with Mozambique, where most of the poachers come from. Poachers from Mozambique are easily able to illegally slip across the border into Kruger National Park, and even if South African National Parks rangers are able to detect them, they are unable to carry out the ‘hot pursuit’ once the poachers have crossed the border back in Mozambique. During March 2013 alone, Kruger Park recoded 72 known cross-border armed incursions from Mozambique. Of the 94 rhino related arrests in South Africa this year, 44 of these have been in Kruger (9 May 2013).

In Mozambique, there are no strict penalties for rhino poaching or possession of rhino horn and poaching is simply considered a misdemeanour offence. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, and there are many individuals willing to risk their lives to earn money through poaching. The country suffers from high corruption and even Mozambican field rangers have been arrested for rhino poaching.

Recent reports claim that settlements have sprung up along the Mozambican border, with towns thriving on the money received from the illegal sale of rhino horn to criminal gangs. International criminal syndicates have been quick to recruit willing poachers, where lack of law enforcement means gangs are easily able to export the rhino horn Eastern Asian markets.

There was once a fence separating the Kruger National Park from Mozambique. However in December 2002, the presidents of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe signed an international treaty to establish the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. The treaty resulted several areas of fence being dropped along the South Africa / Mozambique border to increase the habitat for wildlife and encourage animals to roam between the countries’ nature reserves.

South African Sanctuary fenceThere are now fresh calls for the fence to resurrected in a bid to reduce the current poaching onslaught. South Africa, at a ministerial level, is currently involved in ongoing discussions with Mozambique regarding the re-erection of the fence along the border. In the longer term, the huge problems South Africa is experiencing has implications for the wider issue of trans-frontier parks; what happens to wildlife when one country does not enforce security or wildlife crime laws?

In May 2013, there were several news reports that Mozambique had lost all its rhinos from Limpopo National Park. In reality there were few rhino remaining in the country, at the 2011 AfRSG meeting, estimates were that there were 6 white rhinos and 1 black rhino surviving in Mozambique. It is more likely that the rhinos poached were the unfortunate ones who walked across the border from Kruger National Park in South Africa; so the recent reports seem to be referring to South African rhinos that have been poached on Mozambican soil.

Following on from the 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), urgent actions have been directed to Mozambique to tackle its role in the rhino poaching crisis. These include the need to give priority attention to the creation and implementation of effective legislation to effectively deter wildlife crime, prevent the illegal killings of rhinos and possession of rhino horn. Along with Vietnam, Mozambique has been given a deadline of January 31 to implement these actions and submit a report to CITES on its activities conducted.

There are several key aspects that Mozambique urgently needs to address including the need to step up anti-poaching patrols along the Kruger and allow South African rangers to pursue poachers once they have crossed the Mozambique border. Mozambique urgently needs to improve its wildlife legislation and make rhino poaching a punishable crime. It also needs to address the illegal trafficking of rhino horn through its main ports, to prevent the country from being a major hub for the export of wildlife products from Africa to Asia. Direct engagement and co-operation with South Africa is essential for Mozambique to tackle this escalating crisis.

BETTER THAN NIGERIA

A TRUE AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY OUTFIT NOT RUNNING SPRINTERS....WHO BREAK WORLD RECORDS CROSSING BORDERS TO CAMEROON

BETTER THAN THE NIGERIAN MILITARY..... ITS A FACT NOT OPINION

THE TITLE OF THE BEST IS NOT CLAIMED BUT IS ACQUIRED....SANDF

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say.

The military has not yet commented on the latest town to reportedly fall to the insurgents in recent weeks.

Fears have been raised that their main target is Maiduguri, the capital of north-eastern Borno state.

Boko Haram's "lightning territorial gains" could lead to Nigeria breaking up like Iraq, a think-thank has warned

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29048394

Gents how can you transport ammunition in such an open vehicle.....one rocket boooooom......or is the Nigerian military suffering crippling transportation crisis

SANDF

BOKO HARAM WREACKING HAVOC

SOUTH AFRICAN

@AUGUSTUS LYING AGAIN.....BH HAS TAKEN THE TOWN OF BAMA AND THE NEXT IN LINE IS Maiduguri.....LETS WAIT AND SEE WHICH 4TH GENERATION FIGHTER AIRCRAFTS THE NIGERIAN MILITARY WOULD BUY ......ME SMELL COFFEE HERE....ATLEAST THE MILITRAY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NIGERIA NEVER HAD NIGHT FIGHTING CAPABILITIES A FACT THAT WAS POINTED LONG TOME AGO AND @AUGUSTUS WAS DISPUTING...EVEN IF 4TH GENERATION FIGHTERS ARE BROUGHT SOUTH AFRICAN HAD THEM 10 YEARS AGO

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has seized the key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say.

Thousands of civilians have fled the town, along with soldiers, they added. SOLDIERS RUNNING AWAY AGAIN....REAL WHICH WAR IS NIGERIAN MILITARY WINNING AGAINST BH? Just when you imagine that it cannot get worse for the Nigerian military and its pride as a fighting force, it takes a further dive”

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29021037

Soldiers at the war front in Borno state have told newsmen on Tuesday, in Maiduguri, that Boko Haram insurgents have taken over Bama local government area after hours of fierce battle.

According to a soldier, the insurgents were attacking them like flies. “You kill and kill and kill but these people are coming like flies. We have to withdraw and allow the Air force do their job. We do not know what is now on ground in Bama, but we have all withdrawn to Maiduguri.

“My brother, Maiduguri is not safe. Please take your family as fast as you can out of Maiduguri to a safer place for now because if the Air force fails to finish these people in Bama, they will reground and advance to Maiduguri. We are not praying for that, but the truth is that, they are in large numbers. We killed over a thousand, but these boys are on drugs.” He said.


Also on Monday night, another security source who was not authorised to speak to the press told DailyPost reporter that, as at 10:00 pm on Monday, they were told that, the insurgents have taken over Bama.

He said they wanted to come to Maiduguri from Banki but could not do so due to the insurgents’ invasion of Bama.

“We cannot come to Maiduguri because we were communicated that the insurgents have taken over and are inside Bama town now. Because of our weapons, we need to do one or two things to have passage through Cameroon. I did not call because I know that you people would be worried.” He said.

http://dailypost.ng/2014/09/02/boko-haram-takes-bama-military-withdraws-maiduguri/

SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIAL FORCES

SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIAL FORCES

Certain individuals on this forum really lack tactical expression of views and instead engage on non issues and unsubstationated opinions that are not backed by genuine facts.....A lot has been posted backed by credible and factual points but these individuals continues to rubbish everything as long as they dont agree or support their stand points....Such a tact indicates a low level intelligence backed by misplaced patriotism peppered by narrow propaganda that cannot even support own opinions.

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