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Joel_Goldenberg
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posted 29 September 2006 06:27 AM      Profile for Joel_Goldenberg        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Saudi Arabia is now building its own security fence, to keep out insurgents from Iraq.

(Sorry, having trouble with link, but it's on MSNBC)

From the story:

Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq — another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq’s neighbors into its civil conflict.

The barrier, which hasn’t been started, is part of a $12 billion package of measures including electronic sensors, security bases and physical barriers to protect the oil-rich kingdom from external threats, said Nawaf Obaid, head of the Saudi National Security Assessment Project, an independent research institute that advises the Saudi government.

The ambitious project reflects not only concern over terrorism but also growing alarm over the situation in Iraq, where U.S. forces are struggling to prevent sectarian violence from escalating to full-scale civil war between that nation’s Shiite majority and Sunni minority.

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N.Beltov
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posted 29 September 2006 06:35 AM      Profile for N.Beltov   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Are the Saudis grabbing large swaths of Iraqui territory while they're at it?
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Policywonk
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posted 29 September 2006 08:38 AM      Profile for Policywonk     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
neutral zone

This area was in dispute, and may still be. Apparently there was an agreement which wasn't filed with the UN until after Iraq had repudiated it in 1991.


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