"Militants threaten to attack oil tankers Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2006
WARRI, Nigeria Militants responsible for attacks and kidnappings that have cut Nigerian oil exports by 20 percent threatened for the first time Sunday to attack international oil tankers entering the West African nation's waters to load crude oil. The military said tankers were safe.
....A self-declared commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said that his group was poised to fire rockets at tankers offshore.
"We'll use our rockets on the ships to stop them from taking our oil," said the man, who gave his name as Efie Alari. ....."
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