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The Ongoing Mystery of the Iranian Arms Shipment in Nigeria

Nov 22, 2010 | 20:42 GMT

The Apapa port in Lagos, Nigeria, where containers loaded with arms were found and impounded in October

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Summary

It has been several weeks since the first Nigerian media report about the seizure of a large Iranian arms shipment in Lagos was published. In this analysis, STRATFOR examines a timeline of events surrounding the weapons seizure and answers several lingering questions about the incident.

STRATFOR answers several lingering question about the seizure of an Iranian arms shipment at a port in Nigeria....

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