SERIES: THE POETRY OF JOHN ODEY ADUMA (THE TREE BY THE RIVER)
As you run amok like a wounded lion
Bombarding Lebanon with your missiles
And US-made cluster bombs,
The world is asking, and posterity too is asking:
Is this disproportionate offensive
To avenge two of your soldiers
Captured by Hezbollah?
Thousands of sailors and Royal Marines stand ready to keep Britain safe this Christmas, from the land of the Rising Sun to the frozen Arctic and grey Atlantic. More than 3,500 Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Marines and Fleet Air Arm personnel are either on duty or at short notice to respond to events at home and abroad over the festive period. Nearly 1,300 men and women across eight ships – frigate HMS Montrose, destroyer HMS Defender, minehunters HMS Ledbury, HMS Blyth, HMS Shoreham and HMS Brocklesby, and RFAs Cardigan Bay and Wave Knight – are keeping shipping safe and ensuring the free flow of trade in the Gulf and Indian Ocean.
The personal information of 15 million Canadians may have been exposed after a company that performs diagnostic, naturopathic, and genetic tests had its computer systems hacked. LifeLabs announced the breach on its website, saying it discovered the hack through proactive surveillance. The company says it paid a ransom in order to secure the data, including test results from 85,000 Ontarians. It says that the majority of affected customers are from B.C. and Ontario, and the breach was discovered at the end of October.
EET Europarts, the specialist technology distributor has announced the appointment of Franceso (Frankie) Bellavia to the role of Sales Director - Surveillance & Security. EET Europarts are one of Europe’s leading distributors across Server, Computer & Printer Parts, Storage & Networking, Surveillance & Security, Point of Sale & Auto ID, Professional AV & Digital Signage and Consumer Electronics.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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