PERSECUTION.ORG - NIGERIA
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February 17, 2006
http://www.persecution.org/newsite/newsdetail.php?newscode=2251&PHPSESSID=1b056403874ef9361fdffd44a7f5b46a
PERSECUTION.org (COMPASS): Abuja, Nigeria - "STATE IN NIGERIA ACCUSED OF SEEKING TO TRAIN JIHADISTS Government accuses Kano of trying to turn vigilantes into parallel police force" by Obed Minchakpu (February 17, 2006)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581335/posts
Nine abducted in Niger delta ( 3 Americans, 1 British )
CNN ^
Posted on 02/18/2006 3:12:03 PM PST by hipaatwo
A Nigerian group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of nine foreign workers during its attack on an oil facility Saturday.
Along with three Americans and a Briton, the group says it kidnapped two Thais, two Egyptians and a Filipino.
The U.S. Embassy in the capital Abuja and the British Foreign Office has confirmed the abductions of their citizens.
In an e-mail, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta called the kidnappings "impromptu and directly related to attacks on Ijaw communities in Delta state by the Nigerian military."
"This is not the promised strike," the group warned. "That will take place on a grander scale."
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