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MEND THREATENS BOMBING

The U.S Consulate General received the following threat information:

On 25 April 2006, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) threatened to conduct a remote controlled car bombing in the Niger Delta in late April. The group also threatened to resume conventional attacks by the end of April or beginning of May 2006. These conventional attacks will be punctuated at regular intervals by car bombings that are directed at specific individuals that are betraying the cause of the Niger Delta or oil industry targets.

The embassy also received information indicating MEND intends to attack a liquid natural gas facility on Bonny Island in the Rivers State as a “last resort” if their demands are not met It is not clear what it will take to reach a last resort scenario, but smaller attacks preceding this event should be expected.