weapons

Nigerian Government Preparing for Imminent Military Offensive in the Delta

Daniel — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:47:31 +0000

Author:

Daniel Volman

There is mounting evidence that the government of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’adua is set to launch a full-scale offensive in the Niger Delta when a ceasefire declared by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ends on 15 Sep 2009.

And this time, Nigerian military forces will be using special warships, helicopter gunships and troop transports, and unmanned drone intelligence planes and ships sold to Nigeria by Israeli, Malaysian, Singaporean, Dutch, and Russian companies.

Source:

Niger Delta Rising

Publication Date:

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Bayelsa Disarmament Charade

McDelta — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:51:01 +0000

"There are still too many! Bring them down to the spring, and I will sort out who
will go with you and who will not"
- God to Gideon (Judges 7:5)

The ongoing amnesty program by the government of Nigeria seems to have achieved
separating those who still have the zeal to fight for our freedom from those who
were in it for the money.

Today, Saturday, August 22, 2009 that sorting process was again re-enacted in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa state where weapons mostly bought by the government were
displayed and the boys separated from the men in the circus.

Publication Date:

Saturday, August 22, 2009

MEND patrols the Creeks of the Niger Delta

Brian — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:42:06 +0000

Militants with MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) brandish their weapons in the creeks of the Niger Delta. Photo by Ed Kashi (6/3/2006).