2 Americans among those kidnapped in raid on Nigerian oil rig

Two Amricans, two Frenchmen, and one Canadian were kidnapped monday by an armed group that raided an oil rig off the Nigerian coast. They were held at the rig in Okoro fields off the coast of Nigeria. The rig was run by Transocean and owned by London-baced Afren PLC. That detailed the hostages' nationalities and said that five were have to been kidnapped. State Department spoksman P.J. Crowly put the number of the hostages at seven and confermed that two were US citizens.


Wow I wonder wat they wanted but im sure they trying there best to get them back and arest the kidnapers. I hope they catch the kidnapers and if they had killed any of the hostages they get a death penalty.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/08/nigeria.oil.rig.kidnappings/index.html