A rebel group battling rival militias and government forces in Nigeria's oil-rich delta has threatened to target oil installations in an escalation of the conflict.
Production in Africa's biggest oil exporter has not been disrupted by the fighting which has turned much of the region into a war zone.
But that may change after one of the most powerful militias, the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, vowed this week to target wells and pipelines unless the government halted its offensive. Such attacks could increase global oil prices, since about half of Nigeria's 2,5-million daily barrels comes from the Port Harcourt area where the militia operates.
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=122820Those guys better watch their steps or else Bush will mail them anthrax as he did our Democratic Senators!
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