Oil workers killed in Sudan

Brittany Sturdivant
October 30, 2008
11:30pm


Three oil workers that were working for the Yemeni HTC oil company were killed and two others are reported missing. The men were ambushed in Southern Sudan yesterday while they were traveling between the Heglig oil-producing area in South Kordofan. The kidnappers are said to have killed the oil workers because they thought a government plane that was sent to the country was going to attack them. The plane that the kidnappers thought was a danger to them was really a plane that was bringing food and water to the area for the troops that were there. I understand that they were worried that the plane might be a threat to them, but they had no evidence to prove that they were planning on attacking them. Today China sent some workers to help with the search to find these men that have been kidnapped. I think it’s great that China is helping during this difficult time and hopefully they will find these men and the individuals that were involved in this awful crime. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that this is happening to these men. Not even nine months ago some Chinese oil workers were abducted and later some were killed and the others escaped. I think there should be stricter security in place especially since this is becoming an issue that’s occurring in more than one country. I wonder what the underlying issues are behind these workers being killed. I understand that were in a very critical state right now but harming innocent people isn’t the issue to solve any problem.



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