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BiafraNigeriaWorld News  March 19, 2003
I WAS BORN IN IRAQ, I'LL DIE IN IRAQ - SADDAM HUSSEIN The Iraqi leadership has rejected a US ultima-tum that President Saddam Hussein should go into exile, warning that the country will repel any invaders, just as it vowed that Iraqis would rather die confronting the US-led aggressors. Iraqi television yesterday showed President Saddam.... (Daily Trust)		OBASANJO'S TROOPS PREPARE TO COMMIT GENOCIDE IN BIAFRANIGERIAN OIL TOWN BiafraNigerian troops have been sent to the troubled oil town of Warri following the death of 10 people in clashes between youths and the security forces. Oil giant Shell has temporarily shut more production facilities in the volatile Niger Delta region following the insecurity. Shell has now closed three more oil flow stations in the region - bringing the total to five...The village is close to the oil port of Warri, where Shell and other multinational oil firms are based. (BBC)

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