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2014-05-10 Africa Subsaharan

Amnesty International: Nigeria Had 4-Hour Warning on School Raid.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 ? the smoking gun, FTA: "Among the locals who sounded the alarm, civilian patrols set up by the military in a neighboring village triggered a chain of phone calls the evening of April 14 after they noticed unidentified armed men on motorbikes heading toward Chibok, where the schoolgirls were later abducted, according to sources Amnesty International has interviewed."
Whoever was supposed to answer the 0300 phone call at the higher levels of the Nigerian government, didn't.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-05-10 06:39|| 2014-05-10 06:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan was on his way to a campaign fund raiser.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-10 07:53|| 2014-05-10 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Those Paks were 'palace guards'. That is personnel who were politically rewarded with relatively big time pay on UN duty. Heck, they were there for the sun, fun, and money, not get killed. They had gotten their butts handed to them several weeks before the Americans showed up and were more than gun shy.

The Nigerian military is just another third world corrupt untrained, undisciplined gang who's local leader knows that if he loses troops his means of corruption gets significantly reduced and who's men reluctantly follow unless its easy pickings. Their tactical SOP is to avoid intense situations and possible defeat. The cancer of corruption metastasizes through the community bringing additional burdens and sorrow for everyone.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2014-05-10 08:13|| 2014-05-10 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 P2k - You've just provided a succinct synopsis of nearly 98 percent of all militaries north of the Orange River.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-10 08:20|| 2014-05-10 08:20|| Front Page Top

Yet another inconvenient truth.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-10 09:57|| 2014-05-10 09:57|| Front Page Top

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