Bombing in Nigeria.

In the last hour or so a bomb has today (26/8/11) exploded in the Nigerian capital Abuja close to the United Nations (UN) Compound and the United States (US) Embassy. The fact this is being reported at all in the western media suggests it was a very large bomb. However ambulances are still arriving at the scene and it is still unclear exactly which buildings have been caught in the blast so it is far too early to speculate on who carried out the attack.

However Nigeria is another African nation that has suffered badly at the hands of western oil companies. So while I think we can rule out Libyan government involvement it is possible that a local group has carried out a revenge attack on the UN/US over their involvement in Libya. Alternatively it is also possible that someone has attacked the UN/US to give them the impression that they've been attacked over their involvement in Libya in order to galvanise their support for the rebels and the mission. So rather similar to the Norway attacks then.