http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=9273 <http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=9273§ionid=3510205> §ionid=3510205 US oil workers abducted in Nigeria Wed, 09 May 2007 17:29:21
Four oil workers have been kidnapped in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta only hours after 11 Korean and Filipino workers were freed. The four men were on a vessel off the oil-rich southern coast which was attacked late Tuesday by almost 40 gunmen on six small boats, an industry source said. Nigerian military personnel fought the attackers but could not stop the abductions. The attack came shortly after three oil pipelines were blown up in Niger Delta, home to Nigeria's multi-billion-dollars oil and gas industry. Sources described the attack as fairly well organized. No one has claimed responsibility so far. A US diplomat said that three Americans were definitely among those seized and the nationality of the fourth was being checked with a possibility that he may be Canadian. The state government is "trying to make contacts with the boys holding these men through community and opinion leaders in the area", a senior government official in the state capital Asaba told reporters. "We appeal for calm and the understanding of our foreign partners. This is not a pleasant situation but everything will be done to reach a truce in the best interest of the captives," he added. More than 150 foreign workers have been kidnapped in the Niger Delta since the start of last year, most of them connected to the oil industry. There was a lull in kidnappings during the Nigerian elections in April but the armed groups have made up for lost time since. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- 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/
