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Nigeria's Remote-controlled Bomb(er)s And The Media by abdnMe: 12:05pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
I happened to read someone's (from what I gather the person's not even Nigerian/African) article on bombings in Nigeria and the person raised an interesting question -why are the media (foreign especially) so keen to advertise boko haram and "suicide bombers" in Nigeria? Indeed, recent eyewitness accounts point towards bombs strapped to people being remotely detonated by someone else close by in the area having just the right imported technology and technical know-how.
True enough a lot of the media report these incidents as involving young "suicide bombers" i.e. people willingly killing themselves. A Google search reveals for instance, the BBC's original report on the recent Potiskum bombings:
I watched BBC on TV earlier this week and they reported exactly the same thing that "female suicide bombers blew themselves up". After complaints started spreading around the Internet, the BBC apparently updated its report. Now what they say is:
Other media outlets have also been now cautiously reporting:
It can be difficult to get a clear picture of what is going on in areas of conflict in Nigeria, but I believe it would be better to take foreign news with a pinch of salt because they just want to cater mainly to audiences in their home countries so they know they are better than everyone else around the world. If these bombs are actually set off remotely by someone else wielding the controls then a good start to combating these hired bh hitmen is to find ways of detecting and even neutralizing such controls - given our defense budget the necessary technology shouldn't be hard to obtain. |
Re: Nigeria's Remote-controlled Bomb(er)s And The Media by abdnMe: 10:54pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
With elections around the corner, some countries are now interested in offering Nigeria security deals. |
Re: Nigeria's Remote-controlled Bomb(er)s And The Media by sankky: 1:21am On Jan 17, 2015 |
The technology to fry the cells of the remote control button is easily available. I also believe it can be used to triangulate and trace the source of the remote signal. some types are even used by some VIP convoys in Nigeria. but i guess for them, its too good to be used in protecting ordinary "worthless" Nigerians. That's why we must vote wisely
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Re: Nigeria's Remote-controlled Bomb(er)s And The Media by abdnMe: 9:41am On Jan 18, 2015 |
The technology to fry the cells of the remote control button is easily available. I also believe it can be used to triangulate and trace the source of the remote signal. some types are even used by some VIP convoys in Nigeria. but i guess for them, its too good to be used in protecting ordinary "worthless" Nigerians. Even simple use of security cameras will prevent a lot of these attacks on innocent people. |
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