The Associated Press
Published: October 22, 2007
ABUJA, Nigeria: Seven oil workers who were kidnapped from an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta were released Monday after two days in captivity, police said.
The workers — three foreigners and four Nigerians — were seized Saturday night after gunmen in more than 30 speedboats attacked EA field, operated by Royal Dutch Shell. It was the first major attack since the president began a peace process in the region five months ago.
“Yes, they have been released,” Bayelsa state police spokesman Inyebom Inidong told The Associated Press. He had no further details.
The foreign hostages are British, Croatian and South African. Shell originally reported that the South African was Russian.
The Niger Delta has been the scene of frequent disputes between oil companies and communities who have for years demanded a greater share of the wealth of Africa’s largest crude producer. The region remains desperately poor despite its great natural bounty.
Around 100 foreign workers have been kidnapped since the beginning of the year.
The government of President Umaru Yar’Adua has stepped up efforts to calm the oil-producing region, and violence has waned since he took power May 29. But the latest attacks could set back plans for Yar’Adua to hold formal talks with the main armed groups.
A main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in an e-mail message to The Associated Press that the raid “was indeed carried out by its gallant fighters.”
The group, which threatened last month to resume attacks after one of its leaders was arrested in Angola, also vowed to continue the violence.
“The attacks will continue so that the government will realize that for real peace to prevail, justice must be addressed,” the message said.
The EA field has been closed since February 2006 because of an earlier militant attack, but it had been due to resume operations by the middle of next year.
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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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