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Article: Writethru: Nigeria's militants attack three major pipelines in Niger Delta region
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 8, 2007
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Writethru: Nigeria's militants attack three major pipelines in
Niger Delta region
LAGOS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the
Niger Delta (MEND) said its fighters attacked and destroyed three
major pipelines in Bayelsa state of the Niger Delta region on Tuesday
morning.
According to a statement of the MEND, it started the attack at
1:00 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Tuesday morning and all fighters
participating in the attack have returned to its base without any
injury.
Two of these pipelines were within Akasa and the third in Brass,
it said. The MEND claimed an immediate power outage at the Agip Brass
terminal on the destruction of the pipeline in Brass, but there were
no ...