Sen. Barack Obama Is a Player In Potential Nigeria Truce Deal
Can't believe I missed this:
When you put this up against Clinton's Bosnia debacle and the fact that McCain doesn't know a Shia from a Sunni, you have to say that (despite what some would call traditional foreign policy experience) Obama seems to be able to communicate with groups that could be potential enemies of America and her allies. In other words: he may not have clocked in the same amount of hours, but he's clearly not as divisive.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has launched five attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta since it resumed a campaign of violence in April, forcing Royal Dutch Shell to shut more than 164,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd).
"The MEND command is seriously considering a temporary ceasefire appeal by Senator Barack Obama. Obama is someone we respect and hold in high esteem," the militant group said in an e-mailed statement.
MEND did not say when or where Obama, the leading candidate for the Democratic ticket for November's U.S. presidential election, made the appeal. It said it hoped the government would use any ceasefire to improve conditions for its detained leader, Henry Okah.
When you put this up against Clinton's Bosnia debacle and the fact that McCain doesn't know a Shia from a Sunni, you have to say that (despite what some would call traditional foreign policy experience) Obama seems to be able to communicate with groups that could be potential enemies of America and her allies. In other words: he may not have clocked in the same amount of hours, but he's clearly not as divisive.
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