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| Excerpts from State Department travel warning on Nigeria |
| 2005-12-03 |
| The lack of law and order in Nigeria poses considerable risks to travelers. Violent crime committed by ordinary criminals, as well as by persons in police and military uniforms, can occur throughout the country. In recent months, Lagos has witnessed a spike in crime. Some expatriates have been robbed in the outlying Lagos suburb of Lekki. In a working class section of mainland Lagos, an October 2005 clash between police and residents left several dead. Even Victoria and Ikoyi Islands, which are generally safer than other parts of Lagos, have experienced attempted bank robberies, and have seen an increase in smash-and-grab car robberies, including some involving expatriates. Kidnapping for ransom of persons associated with the petroleum sector, including U.S. citizens, remains common in the Niger Delta area. The Delta region remains calm but tense following the arrest in London of a prominent governor on charges of money laundering, as well as the arrest of a local militant leader for treason. Religious tension between some Muslim and Christian communities results in occasional acts of isolated communal violence that could erupt quickly and without warning. The states of Kano and Kaduna are particularly volatile. Rival ethnic groups have clashed violently in the Niger Delta region around Warri city and in Southeast Plateau State. Senior al-Qaida leadership has expressed interest publicly in overthrowing the government of Nigeria. Links also were uncovered connecting Nigerians to al-Qaida in 2004. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 anywhere oil is discovered or is being pumped, islamonazis rise up and start their terrorist activities to either disrupt production and development Venezuela, Russia, Mexico, Louisiana? Or Norway,Canada or Alaska? Bad things happen in underdeveloped oil producing locales, but it's not because of Islamonazis, Islamonaxis simply take advanatage of what will happen anyway. Teh big problem is that Islamonazis already lived in so many places where oil was discovered. |
| Posted by: Hupeanter Shise1513 2005-12-03 19:06 |
| #2 hmmmm - threatens Saudis oil control of the market as well...any tie? I'm still waiting for the wetwork to take the WOT back to their princeling masters. Start with Naif - lying POS |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-03 18:52 |
| #1 Yep, the same old pattern repeats itself once more, this time in Nigeria - anywhere oil is discovered or is being pumped, islamonazis rise up and start their terrorist activities to either disrupt production and development, or to destabilize the government. The terrorists know our major weakness is the thirst for oil. They want to do whatever they can to criple our abilities, and lack of adequate oil supplies could be a major crippling factor - for our economy, for our military, and with trade to other nations. That's why I consider the people in the United States that fight so hard to keep us from developing domestic resources to be treasonous scumbags thinking only of their pet "causes". We need to shoot a few of them - today. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-12-03 18:39 |