"At the present time, the company cannot confirm how the appliances were transferred from the point of shipment or from Iraq to Syria, " Blue Coat's Mr. Daheb said.

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Neither one of these things were an option for our first shipment, so it's kind of a moot point.

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Partly because Kassala is a trans-shipment point between those two countries and Sudan, the state has one of the biggest HIV problems in the country.

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Brussels airport, the main shipment point for diamonds entering and leaving Antwerp, has since tightened its security for shipments of valuables.

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