Nigeria Bound

[jafo20]

I'm gonna be going on a 1 year deployment to Nigeria soon. Anybody, especially those of you who have worked expat jobs, have advice? Thanks in advance.

 

[gutshotdraw]

Run. In the other direction. Quickly.

 

[Twotter76]

Life insurance. Lots of it.

 

[gutshotdraw]

K & R insurance too.

(That's Kidnap and Ransom)

 

[dime line]

lots of sun tan lotion

 

[wolfpackpilot]

• Iodine tablets. (Drop 2 in each 1 gallon of water, then boil the hell out of it.)uke:

• Flack Jacket:uzi:

• Fake EU Passport, develope a phony French accent (watch the Pink Panther movies about 20 times while your drunk... you'll have it down):cartman:

• 365 pair of new underwear.

• Vaccines....... Go to your doctor and tell him you need a few shots. Dont plan on sitting down your a few days.:bawling:

• Lots and lots and lots of Motrin, Tylenol, Pepto.

• 3 gallon jug of Vasoline and a box of tissues.:laugh:

 

[HA25]

dude, it's not that desperate in the airline business yet. Cancel the African job, and send out a few CV's to the regionals..

 

[737 Pylt]

I'm gonna be going on a 1 year deployment to Nigeria soon. Anybody, especially those of you who have worked expat jobs, have advice? Thanks in advance.

U.S.: Wave of attacks planned in Nigeria

By DULUE MBACHU, Associated Press Writer



LAGOS, Nigeria - Militants in Nigeria are planning a major wave of attacks and kidnappings in the next few days that could include up to 20 simultaneous bombings across the petroleum-rich south, U.S. diplomats warned Friday.

The warning came in an e-mailed statement sent to American citizens from the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, and a U.S. diplomat confirmed plans for new attacks were believed to be under way.

"The U.S. government has learned that as of late October 2006, a militant Niger Delta group may have finalized its plans for a unified attack against oil facilities in the Niger Delta region," the statement said.

"The attacks allegedly will be carried out sometime during the first week of November and will include 10 to 20 simultaneous bombings of land-based targets and a series of separate attacks on oil installations in which expatriate workers will be taken hostage," the statement said without elaborating.

A diplomat at the U.S. Consulate in Lagos, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press about the issue, confirmed the threat was being taken seriously but had no other details.

The news helped push oil prices higher.

Light sweet crude for December delivery rose 47 cents to $58.35 a barrel in electronic trading Friday morning on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Since the beginning of this year, various militant groups in Nigeria have attacked oil pipelines and taken expatriate oil workers hostage in violence that has cut about 25 percent of the country's usual crude output of about 2.5 million barrels daily.

The militants say they are fighting on behalf of an impoverished population for a greater share of wealth from oil companies and the federal government, which apportions the revenues among Nigeria's 36 states.

Nigeria, Africa's oil giant, is the world's eighth-biggest oil exporter and fifth-biggest source of U.S. oil imports.

The latest kidnapping crisis occurred Thursday, when unidentified gunmen in speedboats seized a Briton and an American from an offshore oil-prospecting vessel belonging to Petroleum Geo-Services, an oil field services company based in Oslo, Norway, that was engaged by oil giant Chevron Corp. to survey the seabed for oil deposits.

Government emissaries made contact with the kidnappers Friday and said both hostages were in good health, said Joshua Benamesia, a security aide to Bayelsa State Gov. Goodluck Jonathan.

"We've made contact, and I can confirm the hostages are well," Benamesia said.

Benamesia said the gunmen claim to have acted on behalf of the Ezetu community living near Chevron's Funiwa platform to back demands for jobs and the building of a local hospital. He gave no further details.

The U.S. Consulate said the latest attack "indicates a continuation of the violence seen since earlier this year in the Niger Delta region."

It also advised U.S. citizens "to exercise caution in their daily activities, and to avoid travel to the Niger Delta region. Americans in the area should limit their travel, particularly at night, and should avoid public venues whenever possible."

 

[wolfpackpilot]

4 dead in Nigeria hostage rescue attempt

By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press Writer


LAGOS, Nigeria - One of seven foreign oil workers taken hostage Wednesday was killed and another was wounded during a rescue attempt that also left two kidnappers and a soldier dead, according to Nigerian and private security officials.

Gunmen had seized the seven hostages from an Italian oil supply vessel off the coast of southern Nigeria in the latest attack by militants on oil facilities in the energy-rich region. Government and private security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media said the four were killed during the rescue attempt.


In all, 25 foreign workers and nearly 60 Nigerian employees had been aboard the vessel belonging to a subsidiary of Italian oil giant Eni SpA that was attacked overnight, Eni said in a statement. The company said 10 armed men attacked the ship and took seven people away on a speedboat, grabbing two Finnish citizens along with an Italian, a Filipino, a Briton, a Pole and a Romanian.




But hey, your a pilot.... they'll never bother you!

Dude.... Find another gig

 

[gutshotdraw]

What he said....