Nigerian troops move to end fighting in oil region

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 20, 2003 | Copyright information

Nigerian troops move to end fighting in oil region

From Journal Sentinel wire reports

Thursday, March 20, 2003

Warri, Nigeria -- Boatloads of Nigerian troops headed into the oil- rich Niger Delta on Wednesday to put down days of ethnic violence that has left 15 people dead and disrupted multinational oil operations.

Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers packed onto government boats leaving the oil port of Warri for villages along swamps and rivers to th...

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