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2010-10-30 Africa Subsaharan

Nigeria: Shipper confirms weapons came from Iran

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Posted by Frank G 2010-10-30 08:34|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Israeli pilots destroyed another Iranian arms convoy headed through the African desert not so long ago, as I recall...

In Sudan.

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-30 19:34|| 2010-10-30 19:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Yawn...Iran shipping arms, missiles, fighters to the Hez. That's about as unusual as a Hollywood celebrity supporting a donk.

Posted by anymouse 2010-10-30 19:39|| 2010-10-30 19:39|| Front Page Top

#3 If it's going to Hesb'allah in Gaza, then Hamas better start being concerned.

Very concerned.

Not that that's totally a bad thing. It would pretty much bring into the open what the Iranians have been doing for over a decade.

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-30 20:58|| 2010-10-30 20:58|| Front Page Top

#4 It might also have been meant for some other groups than Hamas or Hezbollah; for instance, some group in the Niger Delta region. Although they're nominally Christian in affiliation, I could imagine some non-Christian groups with an interest in higher oil prices funneling arms there in order to make trouble for Nigerian oil production and therefore raising the price of oil.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-30 21:47|| 2010-10-30 21:47|| Front Page Top

#5 But that's just a wild-ass guess; I suspect at least some of the groups there would have problems accepting arms from that source, for other reasons and for fear that it would be some sort of setup.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-30 21:48|| 2010-10-30 21:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Which it also may have actually been.

It's a long long haul from Nigeria to Egypt, and it passes through all sorts of disputed territories along the way, with all sorts of interesting people.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-30 21:50|| 2010-10-30 21:50|| Front Page Top

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