Nigerian rebels threaten to end cease-fire - CNN.com

CNN | Jul. 15, 2009 (News Report)

Nigerian militants threatened to end their cease-fire not long after it began Wednesday because they claimed the government was threatening one of their camps.

The militant group MEND said seven military joint task force gun boats with heavily armed troops were headed toward a camp near the border of the coastal states of Delta and Ondo. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul 15, 2009 - 12:25 PM PDT
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 15, 2009

Understates the factor of Oil in this war, and the Oils effect on the worlds need.

It is the use of oil profits that started this war and more coverage of this specific (oil) subject needs coverage on the big picture

“If this information from a very reliable source within the JTF happens to be true, the cease-fire will be called off with immediate ... More »

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