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Revealed: Saudi Arabia's 'Great Wall' to keep out ISIL
The London Telegraph ^ | January 14, 2015 | Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent

Posted on 01/17/2015 4:44:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Middle Eastern Kingdom building 600-mile wall and ditch along its border with Iraq in effort to insulate itself from the chaos engulfing its neighbours.

When a raiding party from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked a Saudi border post last week, it was no mere hit on a desert outpost.

The jihadists were launching an assault on the new, highest profile effort by Saudi Arabia to insulate itself from the chaos engulfing its neighbours.

The Saudis are building a 600-mile-long “Great Wall” - a combined fence and ditch - to separates the country from Iraq to the north.

Much of the area on the Iraqi side is now controlled by Isil, which regards the ultimate capture of Saudi Arabia, home to the “Two Holy Mosques” of Mecca and Medina, as a key goal.

The proposal had been discussed since 2006, at the height of the Iraqi civil war, but work began in September last year after Isil’s charge through much of the west and north of the country gave it a substantial land border with the Kingdom to the south....

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; barrier; border; egypt; fence; goodfence; iran; iraq; isil; isis; israel; kingabdullah; lebanon; moat; opec; saudiarabia; saudiarabiafence; saudiarabiagraphic; saudiarabiawall; syria; wall; waronterror; yemen
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Your Great Wall post reminds me of a little humor about a Canadian, a Marine and a Terrorist...

A Canadian farmer, an Arab terrorist and a biker are all walking out of a restaurant one morning just as an antique truck goes by and an old lantern falls out the back. The lantern rolls in their direction and is almost touching their feet when a Genie pops out. “ I only give 3 wishes at a time, so I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total, and all that I can give,” says the Genie.

The Canadian thinks for a moment and says, “I am a farmer and my son will also farm so I want the land to be forever fertile in our region of Canada .” Poof! With the blink of the Genie’s eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming.

The Arab terrorist is totally amazed, so he said, “I want a wall around Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Canadians can come into our precious land.” Poof! A gain, with the blink of the Genie’s eye, there was a huge wall around all those countries.

The biker says, “I am very curious, Genie. Before I make my wish, please tell me more about this wall.” The genie explains, “Well, it’s about 5,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out. It’s virtually impenetrable.” The biker crawls on his Harley, leans back, cracks a beer, lights a cigar, smiles and says; “ Fill it with water”.

21 posted on 01/17/2015 5:34:29 PM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Sioux-san

Of course. Joos aren’t supposed to defend themselves. Didn’t you know?


22 posted on 01/17/2015 5:34:55 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: Rome2000

That ought to do it then.


23 posted on 01/17/2015 5:36:25 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Ann Archy

I’m satisfied it will work. Go ahead and build it now.


24 posted on 01/17/2015 5:37:08 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Sioux-san

Jooos aren’t duppised to defend themselves. And Devi ity they must be prevented from winning - no matter what. That’s why naziKissingie cut off Israel’s arms resupply in the middle of an existential war ( and it took president Nixon to restore it just before Israel would have been forced to go nuclear). That’s why obama cut off Israel’s ammo supply in the middle of her recent effort to destroy the “Palestinian authority’s” surprise terrorist Invasion tunnels from Gaza. Etc. Joos are supposed to die. Period. (Except , of course, some of them don’t play by they script anymore )


25 posted on 01/17/2015 5:41:54 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: faithhopecharity

How a text editor can change supposed to duppised - is amazing. Sorry for the typos and this time they weren’t my fault ( like they usually are). This text editor is going bananas!


26 posted on 01/17/2015 5:51:07 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: Resettozero
Simply go around the ends of the wall through Jordan or Kuwait, duh.

Another Maginot Line

27 posted on 01/17/2015 5:55:57 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This would work for Mexico


28 posted on 01/17/2015 6:06:09 PM PST by samtheman
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To: TBP
Call them not ISIS or ISIL, but Daesh, as the Australian Prime Minister does— they hate it.

Yup, only the White Hut has several ISIL's in it.

29 posted on 01/17/2015 6:09:08 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Resettozero

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait–Iraq_barrier


30 posted on 01/17/2015 6:37:10 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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31 posted on 01/17/2015 6:40:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: TBP

and bury them in a Suidae carcass (look it up!)


32 posted on 01/17/2015 7:11:18 PM PST by RossA
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To: Resettozero

Maybe we could contract the Saudis to build a border fence along the southern US border from the Pacific to the Gulf Of Mexico.


33 posted on 01/17/2015 7:14:19 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They should plan another one to the South for the border with Yemen.

And they should shut down the money flow, if it originates with Saudi Arabia in any manner.


34 posted on 01/17/2015 7:25:45 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: Sioux-san

“Meanwhile Israel stands accused of being evil for building a protective wall/fence after countless attacks.”

Israel is probably building the fence.


35 posted on 01/17/2015 7:26:10 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("Global Warming is caused by government grants to academics." DJ Taylor)
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To: Timber Rattler
Another Maginot Line.

That's OK. Jordan and Kuwait aren't Belgium, and ISIS isn't Germany. If ISIS invades through Jordan, the Israelis will stomp them.

36 posted on 01/17/2015 7:44:30 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: CatherineofAragon
The king told them he believed Europe could fall to ISIS by 2020.

Europe will violently attempt to throw off the chains of islamization. Under the leadership of a foreign puppet, America will come to the defense of islam in Europe, as they did on a smaller scale in Serbia. Europe may fall because ISIS will get a lot of help.

37 posted on 01/17/2015 8:16:27 PM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I was thinking the same thing.


38 posted on 01/17/2015 10:27:03 PM PST by Sioux-san
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To: faithhopecharity

I use my smartphone at home in lieu of a real computer. I was so tired of the “fixes” that I simply had to turn autocorrect off.


39 posted on 01/17/2015 10:38:24 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

I could see that happening.


40 posted on 01/18/2015 7:42:38 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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