By Karl Maier
June 2 (Bloomberg) — Nigeria’s main militant group freed six Chevron Corp. workers held hostage since May 1, a spokesman for the group said.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, handed the four Italians, one American and one Croatian over to the governor of Bayelsa state at 11:30 a.m. local time, a spokesman for the group, Jomo Gbomo, said today in an e-mailed statement. Italy’s foreign ministry confirmed the release, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.
“This release in no way signifies our intention to halt abductions, but a preparedness to dialogue with a willing government,” Gbomo said. “We will suspend attacks on oil installations for one month.”
Gbomo called on President Umaru Yar’Adua’s government, which took office May 29, to take measures to bring about peace in the Niger River delta.
MEND has attacked oil installations in the Niger Delta for the past year in a campaign to cripple Africa’s biggest oil industry. Its raids have forced Royal Dutch Shell Plc and other oil companies to halt output totaling more than 600,000 barrels a day, more than a quarter of the country’s production.
To contact the reporter on this story: Karl Maier in Khartoum at [email protected]
Last Updated: June 2, 2007 08:15 EDT
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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