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Saudis build 550-mile fence to shut out Iraq
The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| 10/01/06
| Harry de Quetteville
Posted on 09/30/2006 6:17:40 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
...ultraviolet night-vision cameras...I'm not an expert with the sensing equipment used in this sort of fencing, but "ultraviolet night-vision cameras" sound screwy.
There are a couple types of night vision systems I'm familiar with, but none that could be correctly described as "ultraviolet night-vision cameras".
I wish I'd had a chance to put in a bid on this. Perhaps I could have convinced them that they needed neutron imaging camera systems.
Lemme see 20 cameras to a mile for 700 miles... that's 14,000 cameras... with a markup of 20%... that about $250 million in pure profit...
Yep, I could retire.
To: Pokey78
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:49:51 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)
To: trek
The Iraqis and the Americans have been demanding for a couple of years now that the Saudis control the flow of insurgents into Iraq from the Kingdom.Is that right? I would have thought most of the troublemakers were coming from Iran and Syria.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:51:19 PM PDT
by
John123
(Boy ... am I gonna miss the cutest little jihaddist in Washington!)
To: John123
How many of the 9-11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia?
To: Pokey78
This is from the Onion....right?
To: John123
Is that right? I would have thought most of the troublemakers were coming from Iran and Syria.Same here. Middle East chaos is not in the interest of the Saudi Royal Family.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:54:32 PM PDT
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: the anti-liberal
Yes, just step right up and place your order.
I think your order is just after mine so I will have them hurry up.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:58:17 PM PDT
by
SoCalPol
(We Need A Border Fence Now)
To: delacoert
Good catch - whoever wrote this probably meant 'infrared', but somehow came up with 'ultraviolet' instead.
Perhaps they just watched the movie by the same title and it stuck in his head. :'p
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:58:39 PM PDT
by
the anti-liberal
(OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
To: trek; John123
The dimbulb writing this article has it completely backwards. No, he has it precisely as his editors want it.
But you are completely correct. This fence is not keep troublemaking Iraqis out of Saudi Arabia. Instead, it is to keep Saudi Wahhabists out of Iraq.
Syria and Saudi have been about equal sources of Sunni al-Qaida-related troublemakers.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:58:50 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Lurker
Hadrians Wall
I will even take the Hadrian Wall model in size 10.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:59:19 PM PDT
by
SoCalPol
(We Need A Border Fence Now)
To: SoCalPol
No cutting in line, eh? Shucks.
Maybe I'll make like an illegal and cut to the front... ;'p
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:00:34 PM PDT
by
the anti-liberal
(OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
To: Pokey78
That illustration is exactly what we should have at our borders.
To: Pokey78
The proper comparison isn't the US-Mexico border.
This is the Saudi Maginot line.
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:01:38 PM PDT
by
Salman
To: REDWOOD99
Damn, why can't we do that here in the US? Keeping Canada and Mexico on their side of the border would work wonders.
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:03:47 PM PDT
by
pctech
What will the impact be on the local wildlife, bugs and such? Has there been an environmental impact report?
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:03:55 PM PDT
by
Marie2
To: Doe Eyes
The Phillipines? Not the peaceful people of Indonesia?
(I might have asked, "Thailand?")
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:12:09 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
To: SaveTheChief
Has this whole world gone topsy-turvy? The Saudis get it. Why can't we? 
"Immigrants will do jobs Americans won't."
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:12:51 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: Pokey78
"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."HHHMMMM...
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:17:35 PM PDT
by
bobbyd
(Flyer, I love and miss you...Lords best my FRiend)
To: Cobra64
"Immigrants will do jobs Americans won't."
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:26:26 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(No man knows the day nor the hour of The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief.)
To: Lurker
If that is an attempt at inserting sarcasm.........LOL!, well by gosh it worked.(:~) Good job Lurker.
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posted on
09/30/2006 7:49:53 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Clinton came close to killing a bunch of our enemies, they damn near laughed themselves to death.)
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