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Israeli troops' face threat from the ground beneath their feet

Courtesy CNN
 Israel is confronting a problem beyond the Hamas rockets screeching overhead -- a threat underfoot.

The Israeli military says it is trying to demolish a sophisticated network of tunnels that run through parts of northeast Gaza, under the border and into southern Israel.

Hamas has already used the tunnels several times in the past few days to attempt assaults on Israeli soil.

The first attack, on July 17, was foiled but prompted Israel to announce a ground incursion into Gaza with the stated aim of taking out the tunnels.

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Another assault through tunnels s few days later resulted in clashes that killed more than 10 Hamas fighters and four Israeli soldiers.

The assault near the town of Sderot appeared to target two communal areas "where farmers are trying to conduct their daily lives," said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev. The Hamas fighters were disguised as Israeli soldiers, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The clashes forced area roads to close, residents to shelter in their homes and tied up security forces for hours.

The method of attack, in which militants spring out unexpectedly from underground, has struck fear into Israelis living near Gaza.

"Your enemy is about to blast his way into your dining room from below the floor while you are feeding your family. Sounds like a B-rated horror movie, right? This scenario is one real example of a Hamas tunnel discovered just in time by the IDF leading into a kibbutz communal dining hall," Benay Browne Katz, a volunteer medic and grandmother who lives in Jaffa, told CNN.

'Lower Gaza'

The tunnel network has also been used during combat inside Gaza, the Israeli military says, allowing Hamas fighters to pop up and fire on soldiers or toss grenades before dropping back out of sight.

Israeli military officials refer to the underground works as "Lower Gaza" and suggest at least some of the war is being waged underground.

The tunnels aren't a new phenomenon. Hamas used one in 2006 to capture the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and take him back into Gaza. He was held captive for five years until a deal was struck for his release in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Memories of his capture were revived by a foiled attack over the weekend, in which one Hamas fighter who entered Israel through a tunnel was found to be carrying tranquilizers and handcuffs, according to the Israeli military.

'A whole industry'

Israel received a warning of the growing scale and sophistication of the underground threat last year with the discovery of a tunnel that ran from the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza and emerged near the Israeli kibbutz of Ein Hashlosha.

Uncovered in October, the tunnel was wired for electricity and communications. It was also high enough for a man to stand, walk or run through.

It was long, about 1.7 kilometers (roughly one mile), and deep, at least 18 meters (59 feet). Its interior was fully lined with an estimated 500 tons of concrete.

"We're talking about a whole industry, and not a small group that's organizing it," Maj. Gen Shlomo Turgeman, commander of the IDF Southern Command, said at the time.

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Israel responded by halting supplies of concrete and construction materials into Gaza, tightening an already restrictive blockade.

Large network

But the current conflict suggests that tunnel building has continued at a steady clip. The Israeli military says that during its incursion into Gaza, it has so far found scores of different access shafts leading to about 30 tunnels.

Some of the entry points were underneath people's houses, officials said, and Israeli military uniforms were stashed inside some of the tunnels.

The IDF said it has destroyed about half the known tunnels so far with controlled explosions or heavy earth-moving equipment. The substantial construction of the tunnels, some of which stretch for kilometers, has made them difficult to demolish, Israeli military officials said.

"We're taking action right now to neutralize those tunnels and we'll continue the action as long as necessary," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week.

The Israeli military says it believes there are "tens" of tunnels still to be found -- and some of the fiercest fighting it has encountered has been around the tunnel entrances, suggesting a strong desire by Hamas to hold onto them and protect them.

Smuggling tunnels

Hamas started off using tunnels to burrow under different Gaza border -- the one with Egypt. The aim of those tunnels wasn't to mount attacks, but to ferry goods. The underground routes into Egypt were a way to circumvent the Israeli blockade on Gaza.

The Gaza-Egypt tunnels "are used to bring in food, to bring in gas, livestock, anything else that the Gazans need. And also, according to Israel, are used to resupply Hamas. That is how they get their weapons into Gaza within this blockade," said CNN's Paula Hancocks, who visited some of the tunnels in 2009.

Despite efforts by both Israel and Egypt to crack down on the smuggling tunnels, they've proved hard to stamp out.

"They've been bombing these tunnels between Gaza and Egypt for years and still they keep popping up," Hancocks said. "They're very, very basic, very dirty, but they are very quick to create."

Israel's current effort to destroy the tunnels into its own territory is taking a heavy toll -- on Gazan civilians and Israeli soldiers.

The question is whether the incursion will remove the threat for good.

FG to deploy 600 commandos in Damboa

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah

The leadership of the Nigerian military has concluded arrangement to deploy 600 specially trained commandos in the troubled area of Damboa, Borno State.

A security source said on Tuesday that the military personnel were specially trained within the country for the purpose of strengthening the security presence in Damboa, which is considered as one of the most volatile areas in the North-East.

It was gathered that the military and the soldiers deployed in that part of Borno State had become very skeptical about the sincerity of the people following the ambushing and killing of an army officer, who was commanding the troop.

It was said that the leadership of the military was shocked that the lieutenant-colonel, a Muslim, who was on mission to convince the people to prevail on the insurgents to embrace peace could be killed in an ambush by the same people he was protecting.

The source said that the military leadership had to take the step to send the specially trained forces to the area to replace some of the soldiers with affected morale in the area.

The source said, “The Army is sceptical about the sincerity of the Damboa people. The situation is such that it has become difficult to separate the people of the area from Boko Haram elements in the area. The place is completely infested.

“And that was responsible for the ambushing and killing of the officer, who was in charge of the troops in the area.

“The morale of the troops is seriously affected, with the killing of their commander and there is the need to prevent them from acting irrationally, to boost their morale.

“The officer, who was killed went there to protect the integrity of the nation. Being a Muslim, he had to tell them they were damaging the image of the North.

“He led that soft approach, to plead with the leaders to talk to them about the importance of peace, and to warn anybody who refused would be dealt with.

“A specialised team has been trained to take over from some of the guys on the ground. Six hundred of them are ready for deployment now. It is a strong force that would boost the morale of those in the area.”

Investigations revealed that the Federal Government had embarked on massive procurement of military hardware from the United States and Russia to address the incessant Boko Haram attacks in the North-East.

It was learnt that the government had imported 40 helicopter gunships from the US and Russia. They are expected to arrive the country first week of August.

The government was also said to have imported mine-resistant tanks required for some planned operations in areas taken over by the insurgents.

The source added that the military had also embarked on massive recruitment of troops in the bid to strengthen the nation’s security forces against the threat of terrorism.

“The Federal Government has purchased some fighter helicopters for this operation; about 40 helicopter gunships have been imported out of which over 30 are from the US while the rest are from Russia.

“They are scheduled to arrive the country in August; the government is embarking on a massive purchase of equipment and recruitment of troops in preparation for the threat. They are doing a lot of recruitment this year,” the source added.

Its shameful we are still importing cement despite large deposits of limestone in Nigeria

An operator in the cement industry has said that Nigeria does not need to import the product because the plants in the country have enough capacity to satisfy its needs.

The Technical Services Engineer, United Nigeria Cement Company Limited, producers of the UNICEM brand of cement, Mr. Bukola Adebisi, said this on Tuesday at a trade forum for cement users in Anambra and Delta states.

“We have enough capacity to produce what Nigeria needs. And the cement companies are adding capacity every day,” Adebisi said.

He said UNICEM, which produces at Mfamosing in Cross River State, as the third largest producer of cement in the country, was presently making 2.5 million metric tonnes of the product or equivalent of 50 million bags every year.

Adebisi added that UNICEM would soon add another 2.5 million metric tonnes to its production capacity, adding that the inauguration of that line was coming up soon.

On the controversy surrounding the quality of cement produced in the country, Adebisi said the 32.5R and 42.5N quality, which UNICEMM was producing, were of standard quality and were designed to serve a diverse range of customers from block moulders to construction companies.

The UNICEM official said contrary to the impression in certain quarters, it was not cement and blocks that caused building collapse.

But he said a good number of materials used for building construction could not stand pressure for long.

While assuring that cement made in Nigeria is of high quality, he said care should be taken to ensure that other materials were properly mixed with cement to achieve the desired result.

Giving an insight into the strength of building blocks, Adebisi said the nature of sand used in moulding blocks differed from place to place, and that it would be unwise to use the same kind of measurement mix to mould blocks everywhere.

“Sand differs from place to place and can affect the quality of bocks when mixed with cement. The brittle stone found in the Onitsha area is not strong and should not be used in concrete, especially reinforced concrete,” he said.

Adebis also called attention to the amount and quality of water used in moulding blocks and forming concretes, saying, “Use the water that you drink to make blocks. Salt water is not good for concrete; it will make the iron rods to rust.

“Keep block wet for as long as possible. The water in the block reacts to the cement over time. It takes 28 days for cement to get its final strength.”

I will sell Mikel, Torres or Cech – Mourinho

Mikel Obi

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has declared that Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, could be on his way out of the club.

Mikel has been consistently linked with a move away from Chelsea but it seems the arrival of Ivorian marksman, Didier Drogba, has finally sounded the death knell on the time of the Nigerian at the club.

The return of Drogba means Chelsea’s anticipated first-team squad has one too many foreign players under Premier League and Champions League rules relating to the home-grown quota.

Clubs can only name 17 foreign players over the age of 21 in their official 25-man squads and Chelsea have 18 overseas stars who are realistically vying for those places.

British newspaper, Telegraph, reports that Mourinho has decided that one of Fernando Torres, Peter Cech or Mikel will be asked to leave the club this summer.

“From the group you are expecting us to have as a squad, I have to send one away because we have one extra foreign player.

“So from all these players, if you think all of them have to stay, you are wrong. One of them has to go,” Mourinho said.

Mikel has made over 200 league appearances since joining Chelsea in 2006.

We won’t allow B’Haram infiltrate Abia —Muslim cleric

The Chief Imam of Abia State, Sheikh Ali Ukiwo, has assured the state residents that Muslims in the state will not allow members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to infiltrate the state.
The Muslim cleric, who gave the assurance in Umuahia on Monday when he led a delegation of Muslims in the state to Governor Theodore Orji for a Sallah homage, explained that Boko Haram was un-Islamic.
He noted that the assurance had become necessary following anxiety and unfounded speculations in parts of the state that members of the terror group had infiltrated Abia and some other south-eastern states.
Renouncing the barbaric activities of the sect, the Sheikh said, “Boko Haram is a satanic group. We don’t know where they are coming from.”
He, therefore, appealed to members of the public to stop associating Boko Haram members with Muslims.
Ukiwo said, “They are enemies of Nigeria, which we must all unite to resist. Else, they will cause division among us and impose their evil agenda on the country. Ninety per cent of their victims are Muslims; 90 per cent of those in the refugee camps are Muslims. Then if they are Muslims, why are they killing their brothers?”
The cleric submitted that instead of trading blames, Nigerians, irrespective of their religious divides, should rather unite in the fight against terror; otherwise, the terrorists and their sponsors would achieve their evil agenda, which he noted, was to disintegrate the country.
Applauding Orji for the Sallah items he donated to the Muslim community as well as the state government’s Youth Empowerment Scheme, which he said, had helped in reducing crime through positive engagement of youths, the Sheik, however, appealed to the governor to also extend the empowerment gesture to Muslims.
Responding, Orji, represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Cosmos Ndukwe, advised Muslims in the state to continue to live in peace with their host communities, assuring that the state government would not discriminate against them.
He called for peaceful co- existence of Nigerians despite their divergent religious views, while condemning the atrocities of Boko Haram.

Bloody sallah as robbers invade Bariga, Lagos

While the Eid-el-Fitri celebration was still thick in the air on Monday night, armed robbers struck on Popoola and Oreofero streets, Bariga, Lagos, and unleashed terror on some residents.

Reporters learnt that the robbers stormed the streets at about 2am, and left after about three hours of robbery and battering.

Despite the light rain in the area that time, residents said the robbers went up and down the street, smashing glasses of vehicles, and other property.

Our correspondent gathered that at least three residents were stabbed by the armed robbers, who were said to be large in number.

When our correspondent visited the area on Tuesday morning, a resident, who was also a victim, said his 25-year-old neighbor was stabbed in the head and back, but had been rushed to a private hospital in the area for treatment.

He said, “It was very serious. The robbers seemed to think that because of the Ramadan celebrations, security would be relaxed. They got to our house around 4am. Four of them entered the building, but we could hear the voices of several others outside. They threatened to kill whoever did not ‘cooperate’ with them. They stole money, phones, laptops and other valuables.

“They inflicted matchet cuts on residents. My neighbour, a 25-year-old man was injured on the head, and on the back. He was bleeding profusely when they left. We had to rush him to a private hospital to save his life.”

Another resident, who identified himself simply as Sulaiman, said the robbers also entered several shops, and burgled them, adding that they caught people unawares because of the Ramadan celebration.

He said, “I run a barbing salon and also deal in sound systems. I left my shop around 10pm, and went home. All through the night, we could not sleep as the robbers went from house to house. They did not touch some houses where they knew security was tight. They came to my house, but they did not get to my apartment.

“I thought I had escaped. But when I got to the salon in the morning, my two laptops, my phones and money were all gone. They forced their way in, and carted everything away.”

One of the residents claimed that the Pedro Police Division was informed while the robbery went on, but the police did not show up early to save the situation.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said some hoodlums had come to the area to steal a commercial bus, but they were eventually arrested by the police.

She said, “There was no robbery for hours in the area. What happened was that the Pedro Police Division received a distress call that some hoodlums in the area wanted to steal a commercial bus. The Anti-Robbery Squad of the division responded to the situation and arrested the hoodlums. They are presently in police custody.”