West African Oil Gives U.S. New Security Challenge
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NIAMEY, Niger  - Sent from China to hunt for oil  under the Sahara desert, Wenhui Tan looked distinctly uneasy as  the conversation turned to security fears ranging from the  spread of Islamic radicalism to cold-blooded banditry.
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Western experts worried about the   security of oil supplies from Africa's Gulf of Guinea have   considered several doomsday scenarios, including suicide   attacks by determined Islamist militants on offshore oil   platforms.
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The death of a British hostage in Nigeria's oil-producing south in a shootout between kidnappers and troops raises the stakes for oil workers but is unlikely to change much for the industry, security experts said on Thursday.
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President George W. Bush has approved a Pentagon plan to create a new military command for operations in Africa to coordinate action and counter potential threats from the continent, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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The US navy will hold a joint training with the Nigerian army in the African giant&#39;s oil producing Niger Delta region next week, Nigerian defense ministry said Thursday.
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Stung by setbacks to its latest strategy in Somalia, the United States for the first time reached out to hardline Islamists, its erstwhile enemies, to help catch &amp;quot;terrorists&amp;quot; allegedly hiding in the shattered African nation.
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An attack on foreign oil workers in one of Algeria's most protected places is a reminder that rebels struggling to reverse a long decline retain the ability to menace Western interests.
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U.S. marines will train Mauritania's military in counter-insurgency tactics this month as the Islamic state straddling the Sahara confronts what diplomats see as an increased threat from al Qaeda.
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Troop reinforcements and gunboats are sent to a Nigerian oil platform occupied by militants since Sunday.
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There is mounting evidence that   the African continent will become the next Al Qaeda hotbed as   the militant group seeks to expand its global operations, a   senior expert on terrorism said.
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The U.S. military is quietly expanding its network of small outposts worldwide to help fight terrorism in Middle Eastern and African hotspots, even as it prepares to send home tens of thousands of troops from ...
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria&#39;s main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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U.S. oil prices reached a record $50 a  barrel on Monday as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for  worries about supply in an already tight worldwide energy  market.
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impoverished inhabitants of the Niger delta, which pumps all the nation&#39;s oil. The government says he. is just a bandit fighting for control of smuggling routes used by oil thieves.
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Militants from Nigeria's oil-producing delta are planning to expand their attacks on foreign nationals beyond the Niger Delta region, the U.S. consulate said in a warning on Friday.
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Oil prices raced to new highs above $50  on Tuesday as rebel threats against Nigerian oil facilities  threatened to inflict further strain on global supplies.