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Explosion rocks government building in Nigeria PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- An explosion rocked the outside of a government building in Nigeria's southern oil hub Saturday, soon after the military reported an overnight bombing of a water pipeline leading into a refinery. The attacks came at the end of a week of violent strikes against petroleum companies in Africa's largest oil-producing nation. Militant groups say people in the oil region aren't benefiting enough from the wealth. There was no immediate confirmation that the explosion at the government building in Port Harcourt was a bomb. But the incident occurred less than an hour after a militant group said it had put two car bombs in the oil-rich Niger River delta and threatened to detonate them "shortly." Pieces of a car were scattered around the explosion site when an Associated Press reporter arrived shortly after the blast. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Earlier, Brig. Gen. Alfred Ilogho said dynamite had been set off under a water pipe leading to a refinery in the town of Warri, but the blast did not affect production at the government-owned refinery. Residents in the area reported hearing a large explosion around midnight. It was a violent week in the oil region. On Monday, militants blew up two car bombs at oil company compounds in Port Harcourt. Three days later, armed men raided a Total SA pumping station in an attack that killed three police guards, while another group took over an Eni SpA facility. The companies shut down production at both facilities, about 80,000 barrels per day in all. Nigeria has seen its typical daily oil production of 2.5 million barrels drop by a quarter this year because of attacks and hostage-takings by militant groups and criminal gangs -- some seeking ransoms and others demanding more political power and income for the region's people. Royal Dutch Shell PLC began evacuating all dependents of its foreign employees from the delta region this week, citing the worsening security situation after Monday's car bombs -- one of which was set off in a Shell complex. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
