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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Nigerian oil delta rebels threaten "war" |
| 2004-09-28 |
| Nigerian rebels fighting for sovereignty of the oil-producing Niger delta have told oil companies in the world's seventh largest exporter to shut production before they begin an "all-out war" on October 1. The Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, in a communique issued late on Monday after a meeting of its central command, also advised all foreigners to leave the delta, according to the group's leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. The delta pumps all of Nigeria's 2.3 million barrels per day output. The communique accused Royal Dutch Shell Group, Nigeria's largest oil producer, and Italy's Agip, a unit of ENI, of "collaboration with the Nigerian state in acts of genocide against our people". Asari told Reuters after the meeting his group would not attack oil pipelines because it did not want to pollute the delta environment, but foreign oil workers would be targeted from October 1. The violence has so far had a minimal effect on oil supply, but companies fear a repeat of last year's Ijaw rebellion which forced them briefly to shut 40 percent of production. Shell has already evacuated more than 200 staff from the fighting. In New York, crude oil futures jumped 36 cents in electronic trading to the $50 (28 pounds) a barrel level, the highest in the 21 years oil futures have traded on the exchange. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #14 I Know! It's the Joooz!!! |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-28 10:16:13 PM |
| #13 lex & Frank You are killing me, man. Alright, I won't sound like Kerry next time. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-09-28 10:00:51 PM |
| #12 Let's give Nigeria a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-09-28 9:55:30 PM |
| #11 Nigerian civil war Mullahs with nukes AMZ-Iraq China Taiwan Afghanistan Chavez Putin's Russia collapsing Mt St Helens Jeanne Ivan Calquakes aaaaaaaaaa I need a drink. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-28 8:11:57 PM |
| #10 Just stick with the large puppets. Everybody likes them better. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-28 8:05:23 PM |
| #9 riiiggghht |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-28 8:01:03 PM |
| #8 It was a swipe at the wind-power-loving liberals and the Christian killing African rebels, at the same time. Maybe I should keep it simple next time. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-09-28 7:47:43 PM |
| #7 WTF? Ya lost me |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-28 6:15:29 PM |
| #6 Maybe the liberals can use windmill power (being environmently friendly and all) to blow away the rebels trying to hurt our economy. Mumbutu: Look, Look, on the horizon. Is that global warming coming toward us? Lipdisk: Quick! retract interview with CNN. Mumbutu: Mr.CNN we really didn't mean "ALL" out war. Lipdisk: Quick, Look, Look, it is big birds from U.S. bringing 2000 pound gifts. Mumbutu:Lipdisk: OH Crap! |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-09-28 6:11:35 PM |
| #5 All the foriegners should shut down the pumping equipment and leave - letting the terrorists discover that no pumping = no revenue. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-28 5:55:30 PM |
| #4 I'm fairly sure this is Not Good news. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-28 5:06:23 PM |
| #3 Nigerian oil delta rebels threaten "war" Let's run down the list: Automatic weapons being handed out like party favors ... CHECK! Huge explosions due to pipeline thefts ... CHECK! People being murdered in the streets daily ... CHECK! Regular disruptions of oil deliveries and infrastructure ... CHECK! Oil tankers being commandeered from dockside ... CHECK! How is this any different from the "all-out war" that is supposed to begin on the first? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-28 2:05:30 PM |
| #2 get medieval on em - nobody threatens OUR oil, dammit! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-28 1:40:59 PM |
| #1 AI gives some numbers, but no moral opinion? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-09-28 1:35:26 PM |