Women Activists Control Nigerian Oil Site (In US this is Terrism)

[DUreader]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2964220,00.html



WARRI, Nigeria (AP) - Toting babies and stirring
cooking pots, village women are occupying a Shell
Oil installation in a peaceful demonstration amid
surging ethnic violence in Nigeria's restive oil
delta.

At least 20 people have been killed in the Niger
Delta since mid-July in attacks allegedly linked to
tribal competition for oil revenues.

The 80 local women, aged 25 to 60, have set up
house in Shell's Amukpe pipeline station, after a
peaceful takeover in early July.

They were demanding the company's Nigerian
subsidiary keep its promises of jobs and other
benefits for villages in the swampy, forested Niger
Delta, a region the size of Scotland.

The women captured the station by driving out
workers and changing the locks, protest leaders
said.

[antineocon1]

1. Hot Damn...

You just don't piss off the momma's of the world. Good for them.

[noiretextatique]

2. *sigh* bless these women

and i hope they continue to hold the attention of the press. something tells me the oil company wouldn't be as restrained without it.

[Julien Sorel]

3. A story like this should be on every media outlet in the world.

But not a peep in U.S. media that I've seen.

[veganwitch]

4. i cant wait for the guardian to come to the US

its the only newspaper i trust.

and back to the story....good for these women. it makes me wonder, if they can do it, why cant we do something similar in the US.

[donsu]

5. if anything can save the world it's women

for the men sure won't do it.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

6. Has Shell's mercenary army corporation started shooting them yet?

just like they did in 99?