Published: March. 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 22 (UPI) — Nigerian rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta took responsibility for an explosion at a pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the south of the country.
The Joint Revolutionary Council said its militants in Buguma in the south of Nigeria “attacked and exploded” the Shell pipeline, CNN International reported.
Shell said it couldn’t confirm the explosion but it had been informed of the JRC claims.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the main militant group in the region, announced a formal end to an October cease-fire in February, saying oil companies should prepare for “an all-out onslaught.”
Niger Delta militants complain they are cut out of oil revenue generated in the poverty-stricken area.
Nigeria is a major supplier of oil to the United States, though it holds only 3 percent of the world’s oil reserves.
Violence and political instability are costing the oil-rich country dearly in terms of production. Production levels dropped nearly 30 percent in recent years, costing the government billions of dollars in lost oil revenue.
The latest attacks occurred Friday.
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
