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[007]

Saudi Arabia says it will begin construction next year of a hi-tech security fence to seal off its border with Iraq against extremists.
The cost of the project is some $12 billion and that the security efforts will include the latest technology.
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.

"Despite the details emerging about the fence, Saudi Arabia's military is keeping some aspects under wraps. According to one source, the project is being kept so secret that military officials from Centcom, America's central command responsible for Iraq, have been told they cannot inspect the site on "national security" grounds.

Even spy satellites will not be able to unravel the fence's secrets. The source speculated that the reason for the secrecy might be automated weapons systems attached to the fence that could fire on suspected smugglers or intruders."

For Saudi Arabia, terrorists and refugees from the conflict are not the only unwelcome intruders."We suffer badly from illegal immigration, as well as the smuggling of drugs, weapons and even prostitutes," said Mr Obaid. "It is becoming a major issue."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/01/wirq01.xml

[dmb]

Is this being built to stop EFL teachers doing a runner from KSA?

[veiledsentiments]

My first thought was to wonder if it was to keep the Saudi in or other out.

VS

[007]

I think, one of the main purpose of the fence is to stop the Saudis to go to Iraq to fight againts the Americans and the British, and in the same time, to stop the Saudis to come back after the war in Iraq is finished!!! May be I am wrong, you never know!

[Queen of Sheba]

Good observations 007, given the internal crisis Saudi is facing with extremists going overboard with things, it seems they would rather let them go to war, then lock the gates so they cant come back. Afghanistan, Chechnya and Iraq are examples of KSA opening those doors so the jihadis can take off, and I don't think they want them all to come back. The muttawa - liberal ratio needs to be maintained. Let's think of it mathematically;

1. Muttawa + Muttawa = plotting
2. Muttawa + Liberal = balance
3. Liberal + Liberal = star academy

[007]

[MAstudent]

Qos: Sorry to nit pick but what do you mean by:

1. Muttawa + Muttawa = plotting

�Plotting�? What are they plotting? Does that go for all the Muttawas? Big generalization isn�t it!

007:

�4. Amirs + Muttawas = Political Power�
I do like this equation; it�s probably the golden one which keeps the government intact. However things seem to be changing and its being re-examined to see if it's still mathematical!

[007]

[Queen of Sheba]