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BiafraNigeriaWorld News  March 23, 2003
IRAQIS MOUNT STIFF RESISTANCE: COLATION FORCES SUFFER SETBACKS Advancing American forces in Iraq have suffered dozens of casualties...Iraqi TV has broadcast pictures of at least four dead American soldiers and several prisoners...The film is said to have been shot in Nasiriya - where the Americans say they are meeting tougher than expected resistance, and have reported four dead and 50 wounded. (BBC) EYEWITNESS: FIREFIGHT AT UMM QASR US marines in Umm Qasr in southern Iraq have overwhelmed what is thought to be 120 Iraqi Republican Guards. (BBC)		OIL GIANTS IN BIAFRANGERIA RETREAT French oil company Elf has scaled back operations in BiafraNigeria's oil-rich western Niger Delta, amid increasing tribal violence in the area. Some production facilities were shut down and employees evacuated after at least four people were reported killed in an attack on a company facility. The US oil company Chevron Texaco has suspended operations in the delta. Anglo-Dutch company Shell said it had deferred production of 175,000 barrels per day - out of a capacity of more than 1m barrels - and had warned customers of delays in deliveries of crude. Villagers fleeing the violence say dozens of people have been killed in clashes between soldiers and rival gangs..... (BBC)

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