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Saudis Plan Fence to Block Iraq's Terrorists [Saudi Fence]
AP via CNN ^ | 09/27/06 | AP Staff

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In a sign of regional concern over terrorism, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence along its entire 560-mile (900-kilometer) border with Iraq to prevent terrorists from entering the kingdom from the chaotic north.

The barrier, which likely will take five to six years to complete, is part of a $12 billion package of measures, including electronic sensors, bases and physical barriers, to protect the oil-rich kingdom from external threats,


13 posted on 09/28/2006 8:16:40 AM PDT by WatchingInAmazement ("Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," prof. Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell Un.)
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To: WatchingInAmazement

If fences don't work why don't they take down the fence around the White House?


15 posted on 09/28/2006 8:31:11 AM PDT by Plains Drifter (America First, Last, and Always!!!)
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