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Gunmen kidnap 9 foreigners at oil base in Nigeria
Reuters(via AlertNet) ^ | 01/10/07

Posted on 01/09/2007 11:15:58 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Gunmen kidnap 9 foreigners at oil base in Nigeria

10 Jan 2007 06:57:54 GMT

Source: Reuters

More ABUJA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Militants invaded a Daewoo oil services base in Bayelsa state in Nigeria's southern oil-producing Niger Delta overnight and kidnapped nine foreign workers, the Bayelsa state police commissioner said.

Hafiz Ringim said he did not yet have details of the nationalities of the nine.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kidnapping; korea; militant; nigeria; oilfield
According to S. Korean media, 10 people, 1 local and 9 S. Koreans, were kidnapped at gas-pipeline construction site of Daewoo Construction Co., located in Ogu(?) District of Bayelsa state.
1 posted on 01/09/2007 11:16:02 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: Cindy

WOT, ping!


2 posted on 01/09/2007 11:16:55 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, kae jong-il, chia head, pogri, midget sh*tbag)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

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3 posted on 01/10/2007 12:56:04 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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