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Nigerian rebels say 17 troops killed in oil delta
Militants said they killed 17 soldiers in two separate gun battles in Nigeria's oil heartland on Wednesday and threatened imminent attacks on strategic oil facilities.The killings extend to four days a surge in violence between troops and rebels in the world's eighth largest oil exporter and follow the kidnapping of seven foreign workers from a U.S. company compound on Tuesday
Posted by: lotp 2006-10-05 |
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