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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Abuja
16 February 2008
Nigeria's oil industry is bracing1 for renewed raids following the extradition2 to Nigeria of a man believed to be the leader of the country's key militant3 group. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that peace talks to end the crisis could now be in serious doubt.
The Movement for the Emancipation4 of the Niger Delta5 (MEND), Nigeria's foremost militant group, says its leader Henry Okah had been illegally extradited from Angola, where he was arrested on gun-running charges last September.
Nigeria has no extradition treaty with Angola.
In an email message sent to journalists late Friday, MEND said it was monitoring the situation closely and did not rule out stepping up attacks on the oil industry to pressure the Nigerian government to release Okah.
Attacks by militants6 in the restive7 Delta region have crippled the oil industry since the beginning of 2006, reducing output by 25 percent in Nigeria. Nigeria is Africa's largest exporter of crude oil and the eighth largest supplier of oil in the world.
MEND had claimed responsibility for several raids on industry facilities and personnel in the region over the past few weeks, including an explosion on an oil tanker8 and the killing9 of a police bodyguard10 escorting a port manager.
Analysts say the group is capable of causing further disruptions in oil production, raising concerns about the possibility of widespread violence in the volatile11 oil-producing region.
The Nigerian authorities are expected to charge the militant with treason and terrorism-related offenses12. This could undermine any chance of peace talks in the near future as MEND has made Okah's release a precondition for talks.
Lagos-based lawyer Festus Keyamo, who acted as defense13 attorney for militants charged in the past, says prosecuting14 those behind the Delta agitation15 is wrong.
"The posture16 of the federal government, to try and suppress the genuine agitations17 of the people of the Niger Delta region, either by trial for treasonable felony, either by way of armed combat, either by way of imprisonment18, incarceration19 or detention20, will not ultimately solve the problem of the region," he said. "So, I do not subscribe21 to that kind of modus operandi by the federal government, even though they have the might and the power to do so."
The Nigerian government has not offered any comment on Okah's extradition. Angolan officials claim he was arrested and deported22 at the request of Nigeria.
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n.引渡(逃犯) | |
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adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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n.(从束缚、支配下)解放 | |
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n.(流的)角洲 | |
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激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.不安宁的,不安静的 | |
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检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 ); 对某人提起公诉; 继续从事(某事物); 担任控方律师 | |
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(液体等的)摇动( agitation的名词复数 ); 鼓动; 激烈争论; (情绪等的)纷乱 | |
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v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 );举止 | |
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