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Saudi Arabia building 600-mile ‘Great Wall’ to keep out Islamic State
Washington Times ^ | January 14, 2015 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 01/15/2015 9:35:16 AM PST by thackney

With the Islamic State terrorist group in control of large swathes of Iraq, Saudi Arabia has decided to build a “Great Wall” that spans 600 miles.

Construction of the security apparatus began in September and will include five layers of fencing, watch towers and night-vision and radar cameras

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Just for some history and perspective:

Saudis Plan Long Fence for Iraq Border
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/27/AR2006092701214.html
September 27, 2006

Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq _ another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.

The barrier, which hasn't been started, is part of a $12 billion package of measures including electronic sensors, security bases and physical barriers to protect the oil-rich kingdom from external threats

21 posted on 01/15/2015 9:44:10 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: SampleMan

A POTUS with the best interests of the country at heart would trash a lot of pork programs and divert the funds to build and man such a fence for our entire southern border. Of course we don’t have such a POTUS.


22 posted on 01/15/2015 9:44:47 AM PST by Rennes Templar (2016 Dem POTUS front runner: Monica Lewinsky's ex boyfriend's wife.)
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To: dfwgator
Speaking of Israel walls:

Five layers of fencing; too much maintenance.

The pictured wall is practically maintenance free.

23 posted on 01/15/2015 9:46:42 AM PST by upchuck (Entrenched incumbency is the disease. Fresh blood is the cure.)
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To: thackney

You can’t fool me, that isn’t to keep the fundies out, it’s to keep the women from escaping!


24 posted on 01/15/2015 9:48:23 AM PST by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: thackney

EADS wins large Saudi border protection deal
Published 21 July 2009

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/eads-wins-large-saudi-border-protection-deal

“As is the case with other serious border-protection efforts, the northern fence, along the Saudi border with Iraq, was never designed to be a stand-alone effort. It is part of a much larger border project which was first considered after the 1991 Gulf War. The Saudis have conducted a 13-year long bidding competition for a more comprehensive system of border and infrastructure security measures. DID says that bidders included France’s Thales and EADS, Britain’s BAE Systems, and U.S. company Raytheon. Now, a contract worth a reported $2.3-2.8 billion (Ynet estimates the contrat to be worth $3.5 billion) has been issued for more than 8,000 miles of fencing and surveillance. Even as Saudi Arabia’s biggest concerns have shifted away from its northern border.

On 30 June, EADS announced:

After being under contract for the northern border security, which is now under execution [DID: in cooperation with Al-Rasheed Trading Contracting], EADS Defense & Security has been awarded (as prime contractor) the border security program covering the full borders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This contract will be executed in the next 5 years and is the largest contract ever competed worldwide as a full solution…. The Saudi border guard will benefit from a leading edge solution, providing visibility and operational awareness for about 9000km of borderline (mountains, deserts and sea borders). The solution will ensure border coverage is visible and managed at the sector level, whilst simultaneously providing situational awareness at the regional and national level.”


25 posted on 01/15/2015 9:49:11 AM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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26 posted on 01/15/2015 9:52:21 AM PST by knarf
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To: SampleMan

So they want to keep ISIS out, but not a word on whether or not they will stop FUNDING ISIS??


27 posted on 01/15/2015 9:53:11 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: thackney

It will be as good as keeping Saudi terrorists confined in Saudi Arabia is.


28 posted on 01/15/2015 9:54:34 AM PST by Sasparilla (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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To: thackney

The Saudis might also want to consider NOT FUNDING the mosques that are radicalizing the people that want to behead their Royal Family.


29 posted on 01/15/2015 10:03:19 AM PST by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Definitely on the southern border.


30 posted on 01/15/2015 10:05:39 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: PieterCasparzen

Is France being bought off so its leaders won’t get real with getting their Muslim population in control?


31 posted on 01/15/2015 10:06:41 AM PST by grania
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To: thackney

They finance terror around the world but don’t want it to hit them. Piss be upon them.


32 posted on 01/15/2015 10:07:11 AM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: thackney
That wasn’t ISIS. The Saudi extremists don’t want competition from others.

Exactly, and the Iranians don't want the competition neither.

33 posted on 01/15/2015 10:08:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: SampleMan
Odd how such a fence is said to be worthless against Mexican illegals.

Odd how fences when used by Americans and Israelis to protect their country is considered racist while I bet the Saudis get a pass.

34 posted on 01/15/2015 10:09:27 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: BobL

Come on, they fund ISIS and produce a disproportionate number of the world’s rich boy terrorists. They also pretty much lojack the women and engage in massive amounts of slavery, so this is probably more about keeping people in than out.


35 posted on 01/15/2015 10:12:16 AM PST by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: BlackAdderess

Of course, I expect all those who criticized Israel for its border fence, to do the same to Saudi Arabia...


36 posted on 01/15/2015 10:18:01 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: dfwgator

Israel Wall - Bad
Saudi Wall - Good
U.S. Wall - Bad


37 posted on 01/15/2015 10:20:23 AM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: HiJinx

Actually, the border wall Saudi Arabia built along Yemen’s border was designed and constructed by American defense companies. Raytheon designed some of the sensors and communication technologies, don’t remember the construction firm.
Raytheon also designed the “Smart fence” with open posts and sensors, but that was almost a joke because we wouldn’t enforce the border with anyone who crossed it.
So we have the capability in house with American firms to do this - just not the political will.


38 posted on 01/15/2015 10:29:17 AM PST by tbw2
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39 posted on 01/15/2015 10:37:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: CondorFlight

I hope you don’t mean me, as I’ve never criticised Israel for any such thing.


40 posted on 01/15/2015 10:40:17 AM PST by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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