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An Ijaw militant loyal to Alhaji Dokubo Asari, stands guard with an AK-47 rifle in hand and charms around his neck to protect him at Okorota, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Friday June 25, 2004. Militants say they took up arms to fight for the right of the common people of the oil rich Niger Delta who are often ignored. Nigeria's oil industry- Africa's largest and the fifth-biggest source of U.S. oil imports- is concerned for its future after a yearlong spree of bloodletting that has killed more than 1,000 people in Nigeria's oil delta. (AP Photo/George Osodi)