THREE HISTORICALY DEADLY BOARDER INCIDENTS

 we are well too aware that the sovereignty of a nation is one not to be joked with, no matter how small or big a nation is; it is like playing with a wild fire.

Man has always sought it right to maintain, defend and protect his space

, it becomes even more serious when people of like minds, beliefs and social cultural identity unify to maintain what is perceived to be there boarder line, this practice is as old as mans existence, starting from when man improved his understanding of his immediate  environment transforming from the phase of hunting and gathering to the phase of plant cultivation, animal keeping and metal workings, this social cultural transformation informed his decision to own and expand his land in order to build a modern, urban industrial and economically capable environments. Here we explore five international boarder incidents, of historical importance and which have been deadly over the years leading to large scale military action and losses on both sides.

Eritrean–Ethiopian War

 

The Eritrean–Ethiopian War took place from May 1998 to June 2000 between Ethiopia and Eritrea, forming one of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa. While Eritrea and Ethiopia—two of the world's poorest countries—spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the war and suffered tens of thousands of casualties as a direct consequence of the conflict, only minor border changes resulted. According to a ruling by an international commission in The Hague, Eritrea broke international law and triggered the war by invading Ethiopia.  At the end of the war, Ethiopia held all of the disputed territory and had advanced into Eritrea. The UN, established that Badme, the disputed territory at the heart of the conflict, belongs to Eritrea. As of 2015, Ethiopia still occupies the territory.

 

Korean Demilitarized Zone

 

 

The 38^th parallel north, which divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half—was the original boundary between the United States and Soviet Union's brief administration areas of Korea at the end of world war II. Upon the creation of the democratic republic of Korea (DPRK, informally North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (ROK, informally South Korea) in 1948, it became a de facto international border and one of the most tense fronts in the cold war. Both the North and the South remained dependent on their sponsor states from 1948 to the outbreak of the Korean war. That conflict, which claimed over three million lives and divided the Korean Peninsula along ideological lines, commenced on June 25, 1950.

 

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

 

 

we know this one too well, the old long Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is sometimes also used in reference to the earlier sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine, between the Jewish yishuv and the Arab population under British rule. The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has formed the core part of the wider Arab–Israeli conflict. It has been referred to as the world's "most intractable conflict". Despite a long-term peace process and the general reconciliation of Israel with Egypt and Jordan, Israelis and Palestinians have failed to reach a final peace agreement.