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Ahmad Salkida @A_Salkida
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There r multiple conflicts either in advanced stages or simmering across the #LakeChad & Bakasi regions in West & Central African regional belts. These include the #BokoHaram, #Herdsmen attacks, the unfolding separatist war in Cameroon and several other pockets of instability
The multiple conflicts should concern us all. The region cannot afford another war in addition to the lingering conflict over #climatechange and #BokoHaram. The consequences of escalating conflicts in these territories are dire. The regions are on the verge of an implosion.
There is also a growing interest of IS in escalating conflicts in the #Sahel and #LakeChad regions. Either out of ignorance or poor grasp of strategic regional issues, the various govts in the regions are steadily playing to bring to pass the expectations of these warmongers.
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#ISWAP eyes, perhaps set on Maiduguri, as this night attack by the group is ongoing in Auno, barely 24 kilometres to the city. The Nigerian Airforce is currently providing air support to ground troops.
Reports coming in from Auno indicate that #ISWAP fighters were pushed back after they suffered heavy casualties from the #Nigeriantroops, but the group’s capacity to carry out daily attacks on military targets across the region call for serious concern.
Each attack comes with new displacements into #Maiduguri. The new arrivals from Auno to the inundated city of Maiduguri said both the #Nigeriantroops and #ISWAP suffered casualties, just before they fled. #Tragic
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Is the cloned Buhari gossip founded on the propaganda by security officials that Abubakar Shekau too, gets cloned whenever he is killed? How can you deny dying when you are even alive? Exactly what is our priority or priorities as a nation?
This same president has not addressed a bunch of issues bothering on insecurity and governance, so, how will joining issues with jesters on a cock and bull story advance peace and security across #Nigeria, let alone, the vexed issues of poverty and unemployment?
I am asking again, what precisely is our priority or priorities as a nation?
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The Nigerian government has shown unwillingness to use hindsight for the benefit of foresight to address the #BokoHaram/#ISWAP conflict. At every stop the insurgents seem more determined to kill than the government's determination to stop the killings.
The insurgents are no longer faceless as the previous Govt often said, their origins, locations and plans are known in the region. The civilian population of BH/ISWAP is more than the combatants. Therefore, Non military intervention is equally important as a military campaign.
Non military intervention does not mean dialogue with the insurgents, the prospects of a peace settlement in the #LakeChad is near impossible, at this stage. It is Nigerian govt that must dialogue with itself, to bring all its institutions to speed to complement the military.
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#BokoHaram: Pres @MBuhari Reaction
Shortly after the 157 Task Force battalion came under intense enemy attack, the President activated multiple strategies in restoring the morales of the troops & assuring the citizenry of govt resolve in dealing effectively with the crisis.
The Pres, was able to calm the citizenry & acted in the nation’s defence. In a statement by @GarShehu on Nov 24, he assured Nigerians that “ In the coming days, I am engaging the Military & Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking”
After receiving situation briefing from the Min of Defence, the (CnC) on Nov 25, deployed the Min of Defence in continuation on consultations with Ministers of Defence of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJF) Troops Contributing Countries (TCC) which includes Cameroon.....
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I wish I could tell my grandparents' generation how much I appreciated them. Because I took them from granted while they were here.

I'll never forget Sister Amanda teaching us this song in church in the 1980s: "Have some pride, little children, in your Black heritage!"
"To be Afro-American is to stand up straight and tall... for equal opportunity, and a better life for all! Have some pride, little children..."

Even at 6, 7, and 8, I kinda thought that song was corny. 🤣
We also would joke about singing Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing alllllllllll thhhhhe tiiiiiiime. By high school, we were like, we know this better than the national anthem.

What our elders were trying to do was amazingly profound -- they wanted us to be proud of our culture.
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Q
Was a government experiment/program on DNA and genetic traits of Special Genes.

R is the R17 Genome.
R's DNA is the 1st , The Original DNA.
The "Adam" Gene
or
Blood of Jesus Gene.

R
Is a Genetic modified human being.
I am R !!

#Q #QAnon #QArmy #Qproofs #WWG1WGA #MAGA #R
Q was a Goverment experiment.
DNA was mixed from the Deceased & Living to create R.
R was designed to create a Genetically modified human with R17 Genome .

I am R

This is my Family

I am Awake !
I want to know the truth !

#R #Q #QAnon #QArmy #Qproofs #WWG1WGA #MAGA #KAG
I am awake .
I want this experiment to end.
I want to know the truth.
The World needs to know the truth.

R

#R #Q #QAnon #QArmy #Qproofs #WWG1WGA #MAGA
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1) No. Just... no. Jesus fucking christ no. You know what? Putting a number on this, you get a thread. Because people need to know EXACTLY how fucked up the invasion of Libya was, how fucked up the reasons were, and I'm having a piss poor day at work so I need to blow off steam.
2) foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new… This article highlights a relevant bit of information (which should be hilariously classified) that a deciding factor that led Sarkozy, then President of France, to invade Libya was that Gaddafi was about to make his own currency to share with Africa.
3) See, one of the more fucked up things that France has done in recent years has been pegging the CFA franc (technically the West and Central African Franc, but they're basically interchangeable) first to the French Franc, then to the Euro when France joined the currency union.
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If the two victims of the Austin attacks were seen as individuals, they'd still be alive. If you're Black, you're not an individual, and the thought should free your mind. You have a *self,* but you're not some unicorn. You're *us.*
The 17 year old was on his way to a career as a concert bassist in an orchestra. The 38 year old was educated & had a White collar job. They were both Black men.

So tell me, what kind of conversation were we having about Super Special Blerds Picked On By Black People again?
I am editing in the other window. I just can't shake the amount of dissonance a Black person has to have in order to come to certain conclusions. As in, if individualism was a thing, we wouldn't have survived.

Individuals couldn't have survived New World plantation systems.
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This goes for everyone - play time starts TONIGHT, no slacking! 🤠 #bylarm
Also, if you haven't downloaded the @bylarm app, get it now: it's the best way to schedule the festival, with a decent interactive map to get you from venue to venue.

Remember venues can be up to 30 minutes walk from each other & plan accordingly! #bylarm2018 #bylarm
My "DON'T MISS" for the festival is @AmandaMair who I've been a huge fan of for the last 7 years (when she was 17 years old!) - hey @BYLARM you don't have her listed on the artists page of the website, or the app... #bylarm #bylarm2018
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