Nigeria Accepts Israel’s Offer to Help Find Kidnapped Girls

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The Nigerian government announced today they will accept Israel’s offer of assistance to find the young girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram cavemen.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted an Israeli offer to assist in the efforts to find hundreds of schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, AFP reported.

The offer was made on Sunday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who spoke with Jonathan by phone. “Israel expresses deep shock at the crime against the girls,” Netanyahu told the Nigerian president, according to the prime minister’s bureau. “We are ready to help in finding the girls and fighting the cruel terrorism inflicted on you.”

A statement from the Nigerian president’s office in Lagos later on Sunday said that Jonathan had “briefed Mr Netanyahu on actions already being taken by Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies to locate and rescue the girls, saying that Nigeria would be pleased to have Israel’s globally acknowledged anti-terrorism expertise deployed to support its ongoing operations.”

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1 Kragar  May 11, 2014 6:11:36pm

Waiting for the Dudebros to condemn this.

2 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:15:07pm

re: #1 Kragar

Waiting for the Dudebros to condemn this.

Don’t much love it—looks like a propaganda gift to the bad guys. Best this is settled as a Nigerian problem, or if they are useless, as an African regional problem.

3 Killgore Trout  May 11, 2014 6:17:19pm

France’s Hollande calls for African summit

French president Francois Hollande is calling for a summit in Paris on security in west Africa focusing on the Islamist sect Boko Haram which has abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria.

‘I suggested, with Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, a meeting of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries,’ he said during a Sunday visit to the Azerbaijan capital Baku.

The meeting will take place [next] Saturday ‘if the countries agree’, he added.

The leaders of at least five African nations - Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin -may take part, a source close to the president said.

4 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:17:38pm

I expected all Western Nations to contribute.

Israel included. No need to differentiate them from Canada.

5 Killgore Trout  May 11, 2014 6:20:14pm

re: #2 Decatur Deb

Don’t much love it—looks like a propaganda gift to the bad guys. Best this is settled as a Nigerian problem, or if they are useless, as an African regional problem.

The Israelis are probably the best in the world with hostage rescue. If this does end up with and actual rescue attempt , and not a ransom payment, I can’t think of anyone more qualified than the Israelis.

6 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:22:36pm

re: #4 Stanley Sea

I expected all Western Nations to contribute.

Israel included. No need to differentiate them from Canada.

The West can send quiet resource and technology help. Anything that hits religious or neo-colonialist tripwires will leave the situation worse.

7 PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2014 6:23:27pm

re: #5 Killgore Trout

You are correct they are the ones with the experience. encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com

8 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:25:40pm

re: #5 Killgore Trout

The Israelis are probably the best in the world with hostage rescue. If this does end up with and actual rescue attempt , and not a ransom payment, I can’t think of anyone more qualified than the Israelis.

That might be best for the families, but a liability in the longer fight. The fact that the two nations are talking about it in public makes it seem like a ploy, not a serious operation.

9 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:28:55pm

Happy Mother’s Day to the grand one of our blog. VB.

10 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 6:30:08pm

re: #8 Decatur Deb

That might be best for the families, but a liability in the longer fight. The fact that the two nations are talking about it in public makes it seem like a ploy, not a serious operation.

I disagree. Best to make a maximum effort, even if for a short while and make it plain to the rank and file of Boko Haram just how bad fighting competent special forces is for the ordinary members of a terrorist organization. The resulting demoralization may go further than the enemy’s propaganda. This goes double if Western forces are able to inflict heavy losses on the terrorists during any rescue operation.

11 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:31:11pm

re: #10 Dark_Falcon

I disagree. Best to make a maximum effort, even if for a short while and make it plain to the rank and file of Boko Haram just how bad fighting competent special forces is for the ordinary members of a terrorist organization. The resulting demoralization may go further than the enemy’s propaganda. This goes double if Western forces are able to inflict heavy losses on the terrorists during any rescue operation.

Can you say that in a Rhodesian accent?

12 Killgore Trout  May 11, 2014 6:33:22pm

re: #8 Decatur Deb

That might be best for the families, but a liability in the longer fight. The fact that the two nations are talking about it in public makes it seem like a ploy, not a serious operation.

Islamists already hate Israel, it’s not really possible for them to hate Israel anymore. Direct military involvement would also be politically much easier for the Israelis than anyone else. They’d be in and out without political grandstanding and bureaucratic delays.

13 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 6:35:06pm

re: #5 Killgore Trout

The Israelis are probably the best in the world with hostage rescue.

Why do you think this?

14 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 6:35:25pm

re: #11 Decatur Deb

Can you say that in a Rhodesian accent?

No but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Source.

15 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 6:36:44pm

re: #8 Decatur Deb

That might be best for the families, but a liability in the longer fight. The fact that the two nations are talking about it in public makes it seem like a ploy, not a serious operation.

It’s an offer that makes Israel look good, but accepting that help would come with immense political penalties and encourage Boko Haram and their allies hugely. Being able to paint themselves as literally fighting Israel would be great for them, being able to paint the Kenyan government as working with Israel would be great for them, too.

16 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:37:18pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

Islamists already hate Israel, it’s not really possible for them to hate Israel anymore. Direct military involvement would also be politically much easier for the Israelis than anyone else. They’d be in and out without political grandstanding and bureaucratic delays.

This discussion means the grandstanding has already started. My fear isn’t that they will hate Israel more, but that they will use it to spread hate of the Nigerian government for selling out both Islam and African independence.

17 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 6:37:31pm

re: #13 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Why do you think this?

Well, this is part of it.

18 Killgore Trout  May 11, 2014 6:37:49pm

Aside from the rescue effort it still looks like the French are going to be the long term presence. I would guess the African summit they’re calling is to get agreements, coordination, possibly permission to use airspace and cross borders. I think the French commitment to the region is sincere.

19 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 6:38:45pm

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

Well, this is part of it.

That’s from 1976.

20 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:39:28pm

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

No but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Source.

That’s why there’s no Zimbabwe.

21 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:41:41pm

You sound like extremists. You guys, making Israel as some sort of savior against an rather small quasi Islamist group. They have done something horrible - but the world is going to help.

You are playing right into the religious trouble.

22 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 6:42:51pm

Seriously, when is the last time the Israelis did a large-scale hostage rescue?

23 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:43:32pm

edited my last comment.

24 Pie-onist Overlord  May 11, 2014 6:43:59pm

re: #19 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

That’s from 1976.

Also too: all the hostages were all together at a place (the airport) where exfilation was fairly straightforward. Even so it cost Yoni Netanyahu his life.

25 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:44:29pm

re: #21 Stanley Sea

You sound like extremists. You guys, making Israel as some sort of savior against an rather small Islams group. They have done something horrible - but the world is going to help.

You are playing right into the religious trouble.

That would be a whole ding except for ‘extremist’. Your argument is on track.

26 Charles Johnson  May 11, 2014 6:45:21pm

I thought this story was interesting and significant because Nigeria is accepting Israel’s help despite all the political reasons not to.

27 Kragar  May 11, 2014 6:45:49pm

re: #22 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Seriously, when is the last time the Israelis did a large-scale hostage rescue?

When is the last time anyone did a large scale hostage rescue successfully?

28 Killgore Trout  May 11, 2014 6:46:46pm

Colombia hostage rescue: the Israeli angle

Israeli rescuer of 15 hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt, calls operation ‘Colombian Entebbe.’

29 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:47:07pm

re: #25 Decatur Deb

That would be a whole ding except for ‘extremist’. Your argument is on track.

Ah, they never change….i.e. extremist.

30 b.d.  May 11, 2014 6:48:27pm

The Israeli’s are fairly certain that Boko Haram’s troops are hiding out at a Iranian nuclear development site.

//

32 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:50:28pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Colombia hostage rescue: the Israeli angle


“Israelis may not have taken part in the rescue, but they advised and guided, sold equipment and intelligence technology. “

They can do all that without press releases.

33 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:51:38pm

re: #30 b.d.

The Israeli’s are fairly certain that Boko Haram’s troops are hiding out at a Iranian nuclear development site.

//

Flew there on a 777.

34 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 6:51:48pm

re: #27 Kragar

When is the last time anyone did a large scale hostage rescue successfully?

Exactly. This kind of stuff is (thank god) rare and stochastic. Calling anyone the ‘best’ at it is fatuous.

The biggest reason I see to give Israel a lot of credit for this move, despite the political problems it obviously causes for Kenya, is if this goes bad, if this fucks up, Israel will take an inordinate amount of the blame, and they know that.

35 Killgore Trout  May 11, 2014 6:53:05pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb


“Israelis may not have taken part in the rescue, but they advised and guided, sold equipment and intelligence technology. “

They can do all that without press releases.

Sure they can. They also helped recently in Kenya, it wasn’t a secret and Jihadis around the globe didn’t flood Kenya to fight the Zionists. It wasn’t even a blip on their radar.

36 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:56:02pm

re: #34 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Exactly. This kind of stuff is (thank god) rare and stochastic. Calling anyone the ‘best’ at it is fatuous.

The biggest reason I see to give Israel a lot of credit for this move, despite the political problems it obviously causes for Kenya, is if this goes bad, if this fucks up, Israel will take an inordinate amount of the blame, and they know that.

Gah.

37 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 6:56:55pm

re: #35 Killgore Trout

Sure they can. They also helped recently in Kenya, it wasn’t a secret and Jihadis around the globe didn’t flood Kenya to fight the Zionists. It wasn’t even a blip on their radar.

It confirms the convinced and nudges the uncommitted. I don’t even like the President advertising our assistance in advance—all that can be saved for the rescue celebration.

38 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 6:58:20pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

It confirms the convinced and nudges the uncommitted. I don’t even like the President advertising our assistance in advance—all that can be saved for the rescue celebration.

Actually, horrible PR.

39 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 7:04:11pm

To be honest, I don’t even like FLOTUS saying “our girls”. I understand what she’s trying to do, to say that all of us have responsibility for these girls, but they aren’t ‘our girls’. They couldn’t just come to the US and live—they could apply for asylum, but that’s it. They’re Nigerian girls. They’re their parents’ girls. Unless we’re really going to commit to them for more than just a military operation, we don’t have the right to call them ‘ours’.

40 goddamnedfrank  May 11, 2014 7:11:35pm

re: #27 Kragar

When is the last time anyone did a large scale hostage rescue successfully?

The Russian Theater incident, and 130 hostages died.

The only reason that number wasn’t higher was because the terrorists didn’t think of hardwiring their suicide vests to personal heart rate monitors.

41 Kragar  May 11, 2014 7:14:08pm

re: #40 goddamnedfrank

The Russian Theater incident, and 130 hostages died.

The only reason that number wasn’t higher was because the terrorists didn’t think of hardwiring their suicide vests to personal heart rate monitors.

I did say “successfully”

42 Belafon  May 11, 2014 7:14:43pm

re: #2 Decatur Deb

This would probably be the Nigerians realizing that Africa may not have the expertise.

43 Belafon  May 11, 2014 7:17:41pm

re: #39 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

That’s what they had on signs all across the country today, even here in Dallas.

44 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 7:19:06pm

re: #39 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

This situation is in Nigeria, Obdi, not Kenya.

45 goddamnedfrank  May 11, 2014 7:19:21pm

re: #41 Kragar

I did say “successfully”

Well, there were 850 hostages, the vast majority did live. It wasn’t a flawless victory, but considering what they were up against most people would call the outcome a qualified success.

46 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 7:19:57pm

re: #42 Belafon

This would probably be the Nigerians realizing that Africa may not have the expertise.

Not something they can usefully say out loud. Suspect it is just a mess of ineffective government, tribalism, religion, and cheap weapons. Anything the West, including Israel, can contribute has to be done without cutting the local forces off at the knees.

47 Pie-onist Overlord  May 11, 2014 7:21:28pm

A gun-fuckers Mother’s Day Card.
What. The. Everloving. Fuck.

48 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 7:22:33pm

Music Break: This song came out this year, and is doing well on the charts, but its got a very 1980’s vibe:

Youtube Video

49 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 7:23:29pm

re: #47 Pie-onist Overlord

A gun-fuckers Mother’s Day Card.
What. The. Everloving. Fuck.

[Embedded content]

Odd. They don’t look like stereotypical Detroiters.

50 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  May 11, 2014 7:24:43pm

re: #44 Dark_Falcon

This situation is in Nigeria, Obdi, not Kenya.

Oh, duh, I was thinking of that ‘76 hostage rescue.

51 b_sharp  May 11, 2014 7:25:16pm

I am so tired of this irrational penchant people have to make one country or other the ultimate evil when there is little evidence.

52 goddamnedfrank  May 11, 2014 7:25:47pm

re: #39 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

To be honest, I don’t even like FLOTUS saying “our girls”. I understand what she’s trying to do, to say that all of us have responsibility for these girls, but they aren’t ‘our girls’. They couldn’t just come to the US and live—they could apply for asylum, but that’s it. They’re Kenyan girls. They’re their parents’ girls. Unless we’re really going to commit to them for more than just a military operation, we don’t have the right to call them ‘ours’.

Hashtag activism is rarely nuanced.

53 Pie-onist Overlord  May 11, 2014 7:25:48pm

re: #49 Decatur Deb

Odd. They don’t look like stereotypical Detroiters.

How does that photo show Mom “defending her family.”

LETTING A TODDLER PLAY WITH GUNS IS NOT “DEFENDING YOUR FAMILY” ASSWIPE.

54 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 7:26:21pm

re: #47 Pie-onist Overlord

A gun-fuckers Mother’s Day Card.
What. The. Everloving. Fuck.

[Embedded content]

The poster’s self description says it all:

Published #2A author. Christian, Patriot. Constitution ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ #NRA #tcot #TGDN #PJNET #CCOT #ProLife #ProIsrael #NoSharia BU acct @atomiktigr2

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ = Paranoid gun nut.

#TGDN = Paranoid liberal-hater.

#NoSharia = Paranoid Muslim-hater.

55 Skandal  May 11, 2014 7:26:30pm

Prior to this current event it’s well known Israel already has defense ties with Nigeria, and has provided it in the past with surveillance drones.

huffingtonpost.com

56 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 11, 2014 7:29:32pm

re: #39 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

To be honest, I don’t even like FLOTUS saying “our girls”. I understand what she’s trying to do, to say that all of us have responsibility for these girls, but they aren’t ‘our girls’. They couldn’t just come to the US and live—they could apply for asylum, but that’s it. They’re Kenyan girls. They’re their parents’ girls. Unless we’re really going to commit to them for more than just a military operation, we don’t have the right to call them ‘ours’.

I don’t have a problem with it. It emphasizes the idea that these kids are not Boko Haram’s, but “belong” to the rest of the world, especially their family and friends. I doubt FLOTUS was suggesting the girls “belong” to the USA, or should somehow be granted asylum here.

It’s also a way to show solidarity with Nigeria and the girls’ loved ones.

57 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 7:31:09pm

re: #47 Pie-onist Overlord

A gun-fuckers Mother’s Day Card.
What. The. Everloving. Fuck.

[Embedded content]

To the last thread debaters as to how you need to spread the gun culture around.

Happy with that? It’s spreading.

58 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 7:33:39pm

re: #57 Stanley Sea

To the last thread debaters as to how you need to spread the gun culture around.

Happy with that? It’s spreading.

That person is one of the nutbars RWC and I were saying needed to be countered.

59 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 7:35:56pm

re: #58 Dark_Falcon

That person is one of the nutbars RWC and I were saying needed to be countered.

Well, GET TO WORK. It’s on you rational gun owners to rein in the freaks who will shoot the person walking from their broken down car.

60 Decatur Deb  May 11, 2014 7:39:25pm

re: #53 Pie-onist Overlord

How does that photo show Mom “defending her family.”

LETTING A TODDLER PLAY WITH GUNS IS NOT “DEFENDING YOUR FAMILY” ASSWIPE.

Don’t know where this lady is, but she is interesting for her Alabama/foodie/Jewish/art stuff:

deepfriedkudzu.com

61 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 11, 2014 7:41:55pm

re: #57 Stanley Sea

To the last thread debaters as to how you need to spread the gun culture around.

Happy with that? It’s spreading.

That debate was going on while I was sleeping, so I couldn’t throw in my two cents then. I’ll do it now.

Suggesting that the love and/or admiration of guns needs to be shared more widely is reminiscent of bringing people to Jesus. It’s got the same kind of “everyone needs to do this” vibe. The adoration some Americans have for their firearms really comes off as a kind of religious faith.

“Though I walk through the valley of darkness, I will fear no evil, for the Gun is with me. It is my rod and my staff. It comforts me.”

62 Rightwingconspirator  May 11, 2014 7:50:02pm

re: #59 Stanley Sea

Well, GET TO WORK. It’s on you rational gun owners to rein in the freaks who will shoot the person walking from their broken down car.

Fair enough, working on it. A hundred times yes. The time has to be split answering to the critics though.

63 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 7:51:55pm

re: #62 Rightwingconspirator

Fair enough, working on it. A hundred times yes. The time has to be split answering to the critics though.

The critics can be ignored. They are not doing anything but criticizing.

64 Rightwingconspirator  May 11, 2014 7:53:07pm

re: #61 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

Really a question of degree then. Advertising and showing off the sport online via links etc would be quite different than those who go over the top and pester folks. Or make bullshit claims about millions of defensive gunfights rather than a more serious accurate number. Believe me when I say I get that.

65 teleskiguy  May 11, 2014 7:55:07pm

A moment of levity.

We know that Nigeria’s president is named Goodluck Jonathan.

I also think it’s rather interesting that their national football team is called The Super Eagles.

Other footballs clubs have names like Plateau United Feeders and Police Machine Football Club. Those two clubs were involved in a pretty hilarious cheating scandal. How does a soccer game end with a score of 79-0? Too funny.

66 Gus  May 11, 2014 7:57:54pm

Transphobia, sexism and misogyny all in one. He’s been posting others. The idiots are responding to this derp. Hence I am in agreement with this:

Anyone that disagrees please turn in your liberal card and go join the Tea Party.

67 TedStriker  May 11, 2014 8:00:24pm

re: #66 Gus

Transphobia, sexism and misogyny all in one. He’s been posting others. The idiots are responding to this derp. Hence I am in agreement with this:

[Embedded content]

Anyone that disagrees please turn in your liberal card and go join the Tea Party.

To that Twitterer:

68 Rightwingconspirator  May 11, 2014 8:02:07pm

re: #63 Stanley Sea

The critics can be ignored. They are not doing anything but criticizing.

Sadly at some points the time must be spent putting some things right, or the permit process for shooting ranges to operate becomes an impossibility. The critics were responsible in no small part for the bans that were struck down. IMHO rightly so. Or the criminalization of harmless bits of gun related items.

How stupid was it to have a law in the way of David Gregory showing off a high capacity magazine to make a point about the problem? Selectively I guess would be the thing.

69 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 8:06:28pm

re: #67 TedStriker

[Embedded image]

bell hooks (the lower case affectation is hers, not mine) called Beyonce a “terrorist” for… some reason. hooks’ explanation was delivered in the kind of dense academic jargon that comics so love to lampoon.

The ‘Miley’ part is about Miley Cyrus saying the following: “You know, everyone’s a little bit gay … It’s the truth.

‘Everyone’s gay, all it takes is one cocktail. And if that doesn’t work, sprinkle something in their drink. That’s what I always do.”

Edit: The link is NSFW.

70 Dark_Falcon  May 11, 2014 8:07:52pm

Going to watch some TV. Maybe back later, maybe not.

71 Rightwingconspirator  May 11, 2014 8:11:44pm

re: #69 Dark_Falcon

bell hooks (the lower case affectation is hers, not mine) called Beyonce a “terrorist” for… some reason. hooks’ explanation was delivered in the kind of dense academic jargon that comics so love to lampoon.

The ‘Miley’ part is about Miley Cyrus saying the following: “You know, everyone’s a little bit gay … It’s the truth.

‘Everyone’s gay, all it takes is one cocktail. And if that doesn’t work, sprinkle something in their drink. That’s what I always do.”

Wow. If silence is zero and Donald Sterling level stupid is a -25, that has got to be a -20. Imagine the (correctly so) overwhelming outrage if that came from a young male star. Sponsors, contracts, gone gone gone. Sprinkle something in their drink?!

72 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 8:11:52pm

re: #68 Rightwingconspirator

Sadly at some points the time must be spent putting some things right, or the permit process for shooting ranges to operate becomes an impossibility. The critics were responsible in no small part for the bans that were struck down. IMHO rightly so. Or the criminalization of harmless bits of gun related items.

How stupid was it to have a law in the way of David Gregory showing off a high capacity magazine to make a point about the problem? Selectively I guess would be the thing.

You inhibit a small part of gun ownership IMO. Gun ranges ability to operate v. Yahoo thinking his gun is his liberty goddammit and shooting/killing person from broken down car. Different.

73 Stanley Sea  May 11, 2014 8:15:05pm

I cannot WAIT to get back to the job tomorrow!!!!!!

Gonna do my Sunday night zen routine. Cheers all.

74 Kragar  May 11, 2014 8:16:22pm
75 jaunte  May 11, 2014 8:21:43pm

Mexico: Zetas founder among 6 dead in shootout

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A security official in Mexico says one of the military deserters who helped found the gang that grew into the brutal Zetas cartel was among six people killed during a gunbattle in a border town Friday.

The official said authorities confirmed that Galindo Mellado Cruz was one of five gunmen who died in a shootout that also killed a Mexican soldier in Reynosa, which is across from McAllen, Texas.

76 Kragar  May 11, 2014 8:25:35pm

GFI’s report, published on Monday, said most of the funds are lost through multinational companies illegal misinvoicing the value of imported or exported goods. It means that importers pretend to pay more for goods than they actually pay and the extra money is slipped into offshore bank accounts. In one notable case an American company invoiced for plastic buckets at $972 each.

“We are talking about a huge drainage out of these countries,” GFI president Raymond Baker said: “People are making millions and millions at the expenses of the world’s poorest people.”

Baker said virtually all household name companies dealing in Africa have used the scheme, which he said is effectively “stealing from African governments”.

77 wheat-doggha -- oo bird outside my window  May 11, 2014 8:35:28pm

re: #76 Kragar

Multinationals are not there to benefit Africa or Africans. They’re there to make as much money as possible, unethically if need be. The free market at work.

78 Kragar  May 11, 2014 8:40:02pm

re: #77 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

Multinationals are not there to benefit Africa or Africans. They’re there to make as much money as possible, unethically if need be. The free market at work.

People would just stop doing business with them if they did that. Its the way the free market works.
////

79 jaunte  May 11, 2014 8:42:54pm

20 unsecured guns found in house where toddler shot

“…Sharina Marion told a detective she wasn’t aware that there were unsecured guns in the home and indicated she believed the gun safe was locked. The family said the pistol in the shooting was usually kept atop a kitchen cupboard, out of reach of the couple’s children, and said it must have fallen.

The Marions told detectives they taught their children, ages 3, 7, 9 and 10, firearms safety, and that they knew the guns were for protection and only to be accessed in an emergency with parental approval. They said all the children had fired guns, including the 3 year old, on a “church shoot” the day before the incident with several members of their church. The toddler pulled the trigger but did not handle the gun alone, according his parents.

One of the couple’s four children told detectives he knew the safe was not locked; another said his father “did not remember the combination to the safe.”

80 Decatur Deb  May 12, 2014 6:01:23am

...

81 _RememberTonyC  May 12, 2014 6:37:21am

It would not surprise me at all if the Israelis have some good intel on Boko haram …. The Israelis have many friends in Africa.


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