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NIGERIA: Islamic Terrorists Arrive

Nigeria is an African Iraq suffering the dire consequences of foreign influence and an imposed constitution.

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Nigeria is yet another example of the multinationals taking too large a percentage of oil wealth from countries. This was attempted and stopped in Russia and Venezuela, apparently recently ended in Bolivia, being fought in Nigeria and Iraq and so on.

-Am

NIGERIA: Islamic Terrorists Arrive



June 18, 2005: The international oil market fears that the Nigerian government is losing control of its oil producing region. Criminal gangs and tribal militias continue to battle police and troops in the area. The locals are demanding a larger share of the oil wealth, and increasingly are using force to get it.

June 17, 2005: The United States and Britain closed their embassies and consulates to the public in response to intelligence information about Islamic terrorists operating in the area. Al Qaeda supports Islamic militants in northern Nigeria, who are trying to establish Islamic rule for the region.

June 15, 2005: In the Delta oil region, two German and four Nigerian oil workers were kidnapped by a local gang. The four hostages were taken from a boat, transporting them to an oil facility.

June 14, 2005: Off the coast of the Delta oil region, fifty local tribesmen, armed with clubs, knives and guns, seized control of an oil platform, and the 40 men working on it.

The government has ordered the destruction of several illegal oil refineries in the Delta region. The previous government has prohibited the construction of legal refineries, so that government officials could profit by skimming money spent on gasoline imports. The country is still spending over two billion dollars a year on gasoline imports, and the illegal refineries are turning stolen oil into gasoline for sale on the black market.

June 11, 2005: In the Delta oil region, a conflict between two former generals over which of them would become the new head of the Okpe tribe, led to the death of two policemen, who were trying to restore order.

June 8, 2005: In the Delta oil region, battles between rival oil stealing gangs and the police have left several gangsters, a policeman and a soldier dead.

June 4, 2005: The oil companies in the Delta region are building new off shore facilities, that will increase production from 2.5 million barrels a day, to 4.1 million. The offshore gas and oil wells will be less subject to thieves tapping into pipelines and stealing. The offshore facilities will also be less
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