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2009-02-09 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Fred 2009-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Back during the Angolan civil war both sides pretty much left the oil facilities alone - each side wanted to have it intact for their own benefit after they won. Sounds like these Nigerian militants either don't expect to win, or don't care if there's anything left once they do.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-02-09 07:50|| 2009-02-09 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 They want their cut of the swag.

Posted by Fred 2009-02-09 12:04|| 2009-02-09 12:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Glenmore: that's because both sides in Angola thought they might actually win.

The rebels _here_ know they can't win, they'll never get an independent Niger Delta state. The chicken has been killed and it's gotten the monkey's attention. So they try something lower scale. Try to get in the sweet spot where it'll be cheaper to buy them off than to fight them.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-02-09 12:36|| 2009-02-09 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 MEND is a muslim group that both conscripts and forces coversion to the religion of peace. Christians do poorly in north Nigeria. Muslims deserve quid pro quo in the south.

MEND has halted oil industry renovation. They need to die.

Posted by Waldemar Whomolet5053 2009-02-09 16:36|| 2009-02-09 16:36|| Front Page Top

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