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NIGERIA-OIL-UNREST
A fighter of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), holds his heavy machine-gun at the militia's creek camp in the Niger Delta on September 17, 2008. Armed Nigerian militants who have declared an "oil war" on September 14, in response to what it said was an unprovoked attack by the army, claimed to have blown up a major pipeline in their latest attack on oil installations in the region. MEND, the most prominent of the groups operating in the creeks and swamps of the Niger Delta, said it blew up a pipeline it believes is operated by Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Agip. The rebels moved in with speed boats, dynamite and hand grenades in their attack on the Orubiri flow station, the army said. MEND says it is fighting for local people to get a greater share of the huge oil revenues. Since MEND took up arms in early 2006, Nigeria's oil output has been cut by at least one quarter due to kidnappings and sabotage in the Delta. Hurricane Barbarossa is the code name MEND has given to its new offensive against foreign majors. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
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Niger Delta, NIGERIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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PIUS UTOMI EKPEI |
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17 Septembrie 2008 |
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