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Does a Senior Obama Official Have Unseemly Ties to Notorious Human-Rights Abuser Chevron?

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
The story of this slick oil company's romance with the government has recently taken a crude twist.

Shell's Settlement Doesn't Hide Unsettling Realities in Nigeria

Steve Kretzmann, Huffington Post. June 11, 2009.
If Shell's CEO really cared about the Ogoni people, he would end practices that continue to ruin their lives.

The Video Shell Oil Desperately Doesn't Want You to See

Han Shan, Huffington Post. May 26, 2009.
Business as usual: Shell is trying to suppress the truth.

Drilling and Killing: Landmark Trial Against Chevron Begins Over its Role in the Niger Delta

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 29, 2008.
In 1998, Nigerian protesters occupying a Chevron oil platform were jailed and murdered. Now, the case is in a U.S. court.

Africa: The Next Victim in Our Quest for Cheap Oil

Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 14, 2008.
The new book Curse of the Black Gold shows how Nigeria may be the epicenter of the full-blown resource wars to come.

Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater is Still in Charge, Deadly, Above the Law and Out of Control

Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.
Think Blackwater's days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.

"I Was Shot by Soldiers Bought and Paid for by Chevron"

Larry Bowoto, AlterNet. May 29, 2008.
Chevron must admit it has used and paid Nigerian police and military to act as company thugs to harm and scare the local population.

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