It was little more than a razor wire and mesh compound of cages, protected from the elements by a metal roof.

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Security measures at the compound included more than 12-foot-high barbed-wire fences and access restricted by two security gates.

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With more than a hundred accredited diplomats, Iran's embassy in Managua - a massive compound surrounded by four-meter-high concrete walls lined with razor wire - is one of the largest diplomatic compounds in the world.

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The location is remote - deliberately so - a compound ringed by hills, and shielded by high walls, topped with razor wire.

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He sped away to his large compound on the outskirts of Islamabad that is protected by high walls, razor wire and guard towers.

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Then another barbed wire fence had to be put around the first barbed wire fence, and then a third barbed wire fence had to be put around the second till the whole compound covered a half acre.

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Just a few miles away stand the new floodlights, barbed-wire fences and gleaming smokestacks of Pump Station No. 2, a fortified multimillion-dollar compound that straddles the pipeline.

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