"The Movement for the Emancipation
of the Niger Delta (Mend), the umbrella body of armed groups in Nigeria's
oil-rich Niger Delta, said it would launch a new terror campaign "in defence of
Christianity". "The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large
congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics that propagate
doctrines of hate will form the core mission of this crusade," the Mend
spokesman Jomo Gbomo said in an emailed statement."