7 Replies to “Armed pro-Russian ‘protestors’ storm government buildings and raise Russian flag”
Video: Russian flag raised on top of parliament building in Crimea, Ukraine
Unidentified armed group takes control of government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea region
Video: Mystery military vehicles spotted in Crimea, Ukraine puzzle locals
Ukraine: Russian flag replaces Ukraine’s in Simferopol centre
The armed students are probably students at the nearest Russian military base.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram blamed for Adamawa killings (BBC, Feb 27, 2014) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26368183
“Suspected militant Islamists have killed at least 37 people during an assault on a town and nearby villages in north-eastern Nigeria’s Adamawa state, witnesses said. Banks, shops and houses were also looted and burnt during the six-hour raid by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, they added. Six of the militants were killed in a counter-offensive, the army said. The Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in Nigeria. Thousands have been killed since the conflict started in 2009….”
Most of “this” of course happens under the black banner…
“There have been almost 10,000 violent attacks on places of education in recent years, according to the biggest ever international study of how schools and universities are targeted by acts of aggression.
These included the murder of staff and students and the destruction of buildings in bomb and arson attacks, in countries including Pakistan, Colombia, Somalia and Syria.
This stark account of violence against education between 2009 and 2013 has been published by a coalition of human rights groups, aid organisations and United Nations agencies.
The Education Under Attack report, published in New York on Thursday, reveals the extent to which education has been subjected to deliberate acts of violence.
These are not cases of schools and their staff “just caught in the crossfire”, says Diya Nijhowne, director of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack.
“They are bombed, burned, shot, threatened, and abducted precisely because of their connection to education.”….”
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Video: Russian flag raised on top of parliament building in Crimea, Ukraine
Unidentified armed group takes control of government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea region
Video: Mystery military vehicles spotted in Crimea, Ukraine puzzle locals
Ukraine: Russian flag replaces Ukraine’s in Simferopol centre
The armed students are probably students at the nearest Russian military base.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram blamed for Adamawa killings (BBC, Feb 27, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26368183
“Suspected militant Islamists have killed at least 37 people during an assault on a town and nearby villages in north-eastern Nigeria’s Adamawa state, witnesses said. Banks, shops and houses were also looted and burnt during the six-hour raid by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, they added. Six of the militants were killed in a counter-offensive, the army said. The Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in Nigeria. Thousands have been killed since the conflict started in 2009….”
Most of “this” of course happens under the black banner…
Education subjected to 10,000 violent attacks (BBC, Feb 27, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26323295
“There have been almost 10,000 violent attacks on places of education in recent years, according to the biggest ever international study of how schools and universities are targeted by acts of aggression.
These included the murder of staff and students and the destruction of buildings in bomb and arson attacks, in countries including Pakistan, Colombia, Somalia and Syria.
This stark account of violence against education between 2009 and 2013 has been published by a coalition of human rights groups, aid organisations and United Nations agencies.
The Education Under Attack report, published in New York on Thursday, reveals the extent to which education has been subjected to deliberate acts of violence.
These are not cases of schools and their staff “just caught in the crossfire”, says Diya Nijhowne, director of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack.
“They are bombed, burned, shot, threatened, and abducted precisely because of their connection to education.”….”