Fighters with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) prepare for an operation against the Nigerian army in Niger Delta, 2008. Nigeria's military vowed to press on with its offensive against Niger Delta rebels who last week renewed their violent attacks on the country's multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry. (AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)From Reuters:
PORT HARCOURT, May 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerian soldiers searched the creeks of the Niger Delta on Tuesday to flush out militants who fled helicopter and gunboat raids on their camps, the country's largest military offensive for years.
Three battalions of ground troops searched riverine communities around Chanomi Creek in the western delta thought to harbour rebels after two of their camps were destroyed at the weekend, military spokesman Colonel Rabe Abubakar said.
Some foreign oil firms have evacuated non-essential personnel from the western delta around the town of Warri for fear that militant fighters will launch retaliatory attacks on Africa's biggest oil and gas industry, security sources say.
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More News On The Conflict In Nigeria's Delta Region
Nigeria vow further offensive against rebels -- Yahoo News/AFP
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The military action in Nigeria Delta -- The Punch
Nigerian troops take another "militants camp" in Delta State -- China View
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