Ten insurgents and two Cameroonian soldiers were killed in a rebel attack in the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula, Cameroon's Defense Minister said on state-run TV on Friday. Eight of the assailants were captured in the attack Thursday in the town of Kombo Ajanai, Remy Ze Meka said. He said a military battalion was attacked by an armed group on three power boats. According to AP, the rebels, who call themselves the Niger Delta Defense and Security Council, oppose Cameroon's ownership of the peninsula, which is also claimed by Nigeria. «We want Paul Biya (Cameroon's President) and Nigeria's President (Umaru) Yar'Adua to come together to renegotiate the Bakassi problem,» said Dari. Four rebel attacks in the past nine months have claimed 37 lives.
