Hello My Butter-Ball Lover,
I am soooooo excited. Oh, but first – my computer has been broken for
the last week and I lost all my emails so if you’ve written (I hope, I
hope) please resend them so that I may read your wonderful words.
I’m excited because project XX was just completed yesterday with the
sale of our “black gold” picked up in Nigeria and we made 11,500,000
USD (less 6,425,000 expenses). Not a bad profit uh? So sorry you
weren’t able to participate my love. Tragically, two people were killed
but that story is too long to go into now.
Guess what? Our little adventure even got in the papers. Daffy Duck
just sent me an Associated Press bulletin describing our caper. I’ve
attached it below for you to read. Amazing uh?
I’m so happy and excited that I want to pay for us to take a trip
somewhere…anywhere you would like to go my sugar plum, just say the
word and we’ll go. Oh, and by the way, project “Twinkle Toes” is still
ready to go as soon as we locate a Uzbekistan national, so get moving
and try to find one because there is lots of money to be made with this
cotton deal that I told you about earlier. Making money is soooo much
fun!
Write soon my love. I miss hearing from you and sharing secrets.
God bless you and Max, Martha
P.S. Below is the AP NEWS ITEM.
Warlord targets Nigerian oil
Fighters challenge multinational firms.
Published Tuesday, September 14, 2004
OKOROTA, Nigeria (AP) – Admirers call him Africa’s
Robin Hood of oil. Nigerian authorities call him an
outlaw in the mold of Al Capone.
As journalists watched, the warlord Alhaji Dokubo-
Asari quieted his fighters, barking orders not to
harass the oil crew. Asari had just completed
another daring oil hijacking, this time on the high
seas.
Five nights ago a mysterious tanker anchored two
miles off the coast of Port Harcourt was secretly
loaded with 500,000 barrels of crude oil and steamed
off into the night for parts unknown.
Asari talked to The Associated Press in Okorota, a
fishing village that stood abandoned apart from about
40 fighters, who use such nicknames as “Fire
Burn,” “Blackie” and “Cooking Spoon.” Asari bragged
about selling the oil to “independent business men”
in Hong Kong for five million USD in cash.
Leading gunmen who worship a god of war, Alhaji
Dokubo-Asari is trying to wrest the oil-rich Niger
Delta away from multinational oil giants and the
government – and put it into the hands of “the
people.”
Dokubo-Asari a mere thug who enriches himself through
armed robbery and oil theft, forging self-serving
alliances with other warlords and local politicians.
The practice, known as “bunkering,” results in
countrywide losses as high as 100,000 barrels a day,
or about 5 percent of Nigeria’s production.
The fighters wore the white headbands of tribal
warriors – “symbolizing strength,” their leader
said. “Come back tomorrow,” Dokubo-Asari gruffly
ordered the visitors.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, >rewritten, or
redistributed.
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