Nigerian Rebels Call on (former President Jimmy) Carter to Mediate

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Source: ABC News


MEND Asks Former President For Help


The Nigerian rebel group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) solicited his help in mediating between it and the Nigerian government in a letter addressed to President Bush sent out earlier this week by the group's spokesman, Jomo Gbomo.

"Mr. Carter is not in denial as the rest of you who brand freedom fighters as terrorists, forgetting their integral role in any substantial peace process just as he has demonstrated in his meeting with Hamas," said Gbomo.


MEND, which claims it is fighting for a more just distribution of the country's billions of dollars of oil revenue, has attacked two pipelines in the past week. The group is responsible for kidnapping more than 100 foreign oil workers last year, and has repeatedly attacked oil facilities in the Niger Delta region since late 2005.

Gbomo also claimed responsibility for an attack on a pipeline Monday in the letter. The attack was prompted by "continuous injustice" in the Niger Delta, according to the letter, which said the "root issues" in the Delta have not been addressed by the "illegal and insincere government."


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4719635&page=1

[ToughLuck]

1. I LOVE THIS MAN, GOD BLESS JIMMY CARTER!

They should all his have heart and intelligence and courage to speak out.

[ladjf]

2. He should have been the Presidential candidate along with

Gore as V.P. But, America doesn't have enough sense to put together such a winning combination. They prefer losing everything. But, look on the bright side, we can still mouth around about prayer in the schools, no abortions and no same-sex marriages while no meaningful legislation grantees even those wedge issues. Oh yea, I forgot, we are fighting terrorism in Iraq so that we don't have to do it here.

[mdmc]

3. GOD BLESS JIMMY CARTER

peace!

[ohio2007]

4. Which Nigerians ? These Nigerian rebels ?

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Is that an oil platform in the distance?