[stylesbjj]

"Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has launched five attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta since it resumed a campaign of violence in April, forcing Royal Dutch Shell to shut more than 164,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

"The MEND command is seriously considering a temporary ceasefire appeal by Senator Barack Obama. Obama is someone we respect and hold in high esteem," the militant group said in an e-mailed statement."

Nigeria oil rebels say mulling Obama truce appeal | Markets | Reuters

[Depth]

Did he call in a family favor?

[BP3]

Wow...what a statesman this Obama is.

[Pillbox Joe]

Looks like Obama is in to negotiating with terrorists...

"The militant group also claimed responsibility for an attack on Shell facilities in southern Bayelsa state on Saturday, which caused a spill and prompted the company to shut some production."

"The attack came a day after a federal court ruled that Okah should be tried for treason and gun-running in secret. Angered by the ruling, MEND had threatened prompt reprisals against the oil industry."

[redjako]

Yet...allowing it to go on is better?

[Pillbox Joe]

Originally Posted by redjako

Yet...allowing it to go on is better?

No, but first off, referencing Obama in this way does cast some doubt on wether or not Obama or someone he is close to was involved with prompting this response from the terrorists. Second off, if I were running and a bunch of terrorists were using me as part of their own agenda, I'd send ninjas over to castrate them in the name of liberty and justice.

[Ezra Pound]

Yeah, maybe Pillbox but fuck Shell oil right in the ass.
With a hot poker.

[muerteverde]

What, I get those countries mixed up... is this the country with massive oil deposits, a corrupt government that funnels billions in the pockets of a few wealthy city dwellers and large multi-national corporations while the poor Africans near the coast have their fishing and farm land destroyed, and are held in crushing poverty, unable to find work, clean drinking water, or food while billions of dollars of oil passes right out from under their feet?

Is it that country we are talking about and the poor peasant farmers who have been poisoned, starved, masacred, robbed, and silenced the same ones who have become terrorists to terrorize these enormous multinational corporations that pay hundreds of millions of dollars to fund tgheir own provate armies as well have having coopted the national army?

Just checking, because I can never keep Niger and Nigeria straight. The names are just too similar.

[BP3]

This is some good spin...


seriously considering a temporary ceasefire = brought peace

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[LavrentiBeria]

Will Osama do the same if we elect Obama?