Saudis build 550-mile fence to shut out Iraq

Dub13

The Telegraph, 1 October 2006

Security in Iraq has collapsed so dramatically that Saudi Arabia has ordered the construction of a 550-mile high-tech fence to seal off its troubled northern neighbour.

The huge project to build the barrier, which will be equipped with ultraviolet night-vision cameras, buried sensor cables and thousands of miles of barbed wire, will snake across the vast and remote desert frontier between the countries.

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Mick86

Dub13 wrote:

The Telegraph, 1 October 2006

Security in Iraq has collapsed so dramatically that Saudi Arabia has ordered the construction of a 550-mile high-tech fence to seal off its troubled northern neighbour...

Caoimhe Butterly is on the case I believe. No more fences in the Middle East is her motto.

Dave!

"its troubled northern neighbour"

That made me giggle

Victor

Reminds me of

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060930/mexican_borderfence_060930/20060930?hub=World
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/15654641.htm
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4227732.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-17-senate-immigration_x.htm

I understand Kuwait is also annoyed at Iraq and there are problems along hte borders with Turkey and Iran.
http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/10095
http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/10112
http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/10095

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html

United States
Land boundaries:
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km
note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 29 km

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sa.html

Saudi Arabia
Land boundaries:
total: 4,431 km
border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km