Nigeria rebels declare war

[CHIMO]

Advising all oil companies to shut production by 1 October, the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force also advised foreigners to leave the delta in a communique issued after a meeting of its central command on Monday.

The rebel group's leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, accused Royal Dutch Shell, Nigeria's largest oil producer, and Italy's Agip, a unit of ENI, of "collaboration with the Nigerian state in acts of genocide against our people".

Asari said his group would not attack oil installations because it did not want to pollute the delta environment, but foreign oil workers would be targeted.

Nigeria currently produces 2.3 million barrels per day. The warning had an immediate effect on oil prices.


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/37E038D8-C700-4267-8FC9-F18E34609A24.htm

[bluestateguy]

1. Add another country to Bush's list

Nigeria has the oil, though I think Iran's turn comes next.

Hey, at least all the new conscripts will have a whole bunch of countries to choose from when they are deployed. ;)

[catbert836]

2. It goes like this:

Iran, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, (maybe) Nigeria.

[James T. Kirk]

3. Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force = xenophobic bastards

Sadly, another case of "auslander raus".

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x868893