USA/UK take on the Ijaw tribe. Why don't we pick on someone like, oh, say China or Russia?

* The Next Gulf: London, Washington & the Oil Conflict in Nigeria *

In recent months, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta *
MEND * has intensified its conflict with the Nigerian government and its
largest commercial partner, the oil giant Shell. Government forces have
bombarded villages and oil rigs in its attacks on MENDıs ethnic Ijaw rebels.
We speak with James Marriot, author of ³The Next Gulf.²

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https://www.democracynow.org/article.../03/10/1451241