Hurricane Barbarossa
Appearance
Hurricane Barbarossa | |||||||
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Part of Conflict in the Niger Delta | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
| Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | Henry Okah | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
Operation Hurricane Barbarossa was a string of militant attacks in Nigeria aimed at bringing down the oil industry in Rivers State.[1] It was launched on September 14, 2008, by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) but a week later the group declared a ceasefire, after sustaining heavy losses at the hands of the Nigerian armed forces.