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2005-09-22 Africa: Subsaharan

Nigerian Militants Seize Chevron Oil Facility

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-22 14:31|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Dozens of armed separatists sped in boats toward Niger Delta oil installations owned by U.S.-based oil firm Chevron. Fighters said they had taken over the Idama flow station and forced it to shut down. One commander said they would take over other installations and threatened to set them on fire or blow them up

I can't think of a better way to get the entire world on your ass.
These idiots have a death wish.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-22 15:01|| 2005-09-22 15:01|| Front Page Top

#2 But someone's going to have to put boots on the ground to help them fulfill said death wish and I, for one, have absolutely no idea who might be in a position to do that right now.

Posted by AzCat 2005-09-22 15:19|| 2005-09-22 15:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Are these the same tribe- the Ibo- who got whipped in the Nigerian civil war, back in the sixties? Same place. A nasty little war.
But if the boss is called Mujahid, there is a new element here. No prize for guessing.

Posted by Grunter 2005-09-22 15:36|| 2005-09-22 15:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Grunter: Are these the same tribe- the Ibo- who got whipped in the Nigerian civil war, back in the sixties?

Ibos are Christians. Many moons ago, Frederick Forsyth wrote a book about the Biafran War that criticized British intervention in behalf of the corrupt and brutal Nigerian Federal Government - in the form of financial assistance and military aid. Now that they've had the benefit of 30 years of disastrous Federal rule, it's clear that the Ibos probably couldn't have done much worse with an independent country of their own.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-22 16:00|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-22 16:00|| Front Page Top

#5 ZF IIUC the french supported the Ibo.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-09-22 16:05|| 2005-09-22 16:05|| Front Page Top

#6 But if the boss is called Mujahid, there is a new element here. No prize for guessing.

Gimme a mulligan, please - lotsa AK-47's from Peshawar?

Posted by Raj 2005-09-22 16:19|| 2005-09-22 16:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Great. Just what the world needed. A gazillion bad things happen at home, making gas worse--and NOW THIS CRAP!?!
I hate militias.

Posted by OnlySaneManLeft 2005-09-22 21:43|| 2005-09-22 21:43|| Front Page Top

#8 The Nigerian Civil War followed the conversion of over 300,000 central Nigerian tribesmen to Islam. Christian Southerners reacted by assassinating the "Saudana," a prominent Muslim leader. Perceiving a central government that did not represent their interests, the Ibos began an independent revolt. So why have Ibos now rallied around a Muslim terrorist? Why not? Current Western reaction to Muslim aggression has ranged from passive to regressive (GBW's subsidized Iranization of Iraq, in the name of Sharia constitutionalized nation building and Islamofascistic one-time democraticization). Beleagured South-South Nigerians have absolutely no allies to look for among the outside world. Muslim Aggressors are winning on every front.

Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-09-22 21:56|| 2005-09-22 21:56|| Front Page Top

#9 don't these guys have email scams to run? Jeebus

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-22 22:07|| 2005-09-22 22:07|| Front Page Top

#10 You'd think the federalis had enough sense to keep the golden goose healthy and safe from the locals getting their seething rage on ... but no. Very un-Nigerian of them to let their collective and quite greedy eye stray from the ball but then again ineptitude and incompetence in civil administration are time honored traditions also.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-09-22 23:19|| 2005-09-22 23:19|| Front Page Top

#11 viv le mort...viv le guerre...viv le sacre mercenaire

Some mercenaries could clean this up toot sweet. Just a suggestion.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-09-22 23:31|| 2005-09-22 23:31|| Front Page Top

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