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Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN ARMY CONTINUES SWEEP OF RESTIVE NIGER DELTA

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August 26, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Gilbert da Costa

The Nigerian army has launched raids on several suspected criminal hideouts in Port Harcourt and elsewhere in the Niger Delta in a bid to flush out gangs blamed for violence in the main oil city. Security officials say several suspected gangsters are being interrogated. Gilbert da Costa has more in this report from Abuja.

The army spokesman in the region, Major Sagir Musa, confirmed the arrest of suspected gang leaders in Port Harcourt.

"Appreciable progress has been made in the areas of arms recovery and arrest of some leaders of the militants," he said. "As it is now, most of them are being interrogated with the aim of ...

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