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| Al-Qaeda Forums Back Guerrilla Drive Against Foreign Oil Companies |
| 2006-03-08 |
| Rome, 8 March. (AKI) - Internet forums close to the al-Qaeda network have claimed responsibility for guerilla operations against foreign oil companies in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. In an apparent link between international jihadi groups and the ongoing unrest in the oil-rich African nation, the websites have published photos of nine employees of the US petrol company Willbros, kidnapped on 18 February. Their captors are guerillas fighting to force foreign oil companies to abandon the area and ensure the income from the industry is detinated to the local Ijaw ethnic group. "Photos of the Lions of Nigeria after having taken prisoner some Americans" runs the headline, with the following text: "Allah supports you oh Lions of Nigeria! These are the photos of the mujahadeen in Nigeria after the seizure of nine hostages from the US oil companies who rob the wealth of Muslim Nigeria and of the world. Subsequently six of them were freed and they are Muslims while the American pigs remain in their hands." The message refers to the liberation on 1 March of six of the hostages. The first to be freed was an elderly American, Macon Hawkins, who suffers from diabetes and was freed on his 69th birthday. After that two Egyptians, two Thais and a Philippino worker were also released. Two American citizens and one Briton are still being held. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 It is true that the Niger Delta is a mostly Christian area, but a few months ago I read an article about a Christian convert to Islam, who was leading a Delta rebellion. It is impossible to conceive of Christians rebelling in the totalitarian North. |
| Posted by: Listen To Dogs 2006-03-08 15:48 |
| #3 "The Ijaw are the indigenous ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The group has a distinctive language. Group members are either Christian or animist. While the Ijaw do no face any significant cultural discrimination, they do experience high levels of economic and political exclusion (ECDIS01-03 = 4; POLDIS01-03 = 4). " Theyre not even muslim. This is just muslim internet stupidity, taking credit for what they have nothing to do with. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-03-08 15:15 |
| #2 The Lions of Nigeria are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lions of Islam, I think. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-03-08 10:44 |
| #1 Rather than sit back like a giant audiance and watch this well organized covert attempt to push Nigeria back into the dark ages, just this once, can we overreact and attack and annihilate the Nigerian muzzies ? Just this once, can we reverse the trend toward a decline in muzzies ? Just this once, can we push the muzzie/Christian line ever northward until it is beyond the limits of Nigeria ? There is no other way to reverse this growing trend. We must take action now. Not wait till the muzzie is at the gate. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-08 09:33 |