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Nigeria Militants' Hostage Fears for Life

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:26:50 PM
By DULUE MBACHU

 Militants wearing black masks, military fatigues and carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria in this Feb. 24, 2006 file photo. A man who identified himself an American kidnapped by militants in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta last month said Tuesday, March 14, he feared for his life after he was separated from two other hostages. During a telephone call with The Associated Press, militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta passed the phone to the man, who identified himself as U.S. citizen Cody Oswald. (AP Photo/George Osodi)LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A man who identified himself an American kidnapped by militants in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta last month said Tuesday he had been separated from two other hostages and feared for his life.

During a telephone call with The Associated Press, militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta passed the phone to the man, who identified himself as Cody Oswald.

Militants have been holding Oswald and two others — American Russell Spell and Briton John Hudspith — since a Feb. 18 raid on an oil industry barge. It was unclear why the hostages were split up.


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