Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta have announced an escallation in hostilities. They say, "Following a previous warning that any attack on our positions will be tantamount to a declaration of an oil war, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has declared an oil war in response to the unprovoked aerial and marine attacks on a MEND position in Rivers State of Nigeria on September 13, 2008 by the armed forces of Nigeria."

Just how an oil war is going to be any different from the criminal attacks that have been a regular feature of this group remains to be seen.