"The great questions of the time will be decided, not by speeches and resolutions,
but by iron and blood"
Otto von Bismarck

Nigerian military Joint Task Force began a punitive expedition on the Niger Delta
oil bearing community of Agbeti in Delta state at about 2100Hrs, Thursday, June 25,
2009 some few hours after their commander-in-chief, President Umaru Yar'Adua made an
amnesty proclamation.

Their mission was to seek the homes of perceived militants and raze them to the
ground ahead of any amnesty.