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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Saudis pressing ahead with fence on Iraq border: minister

Saudis pressing ahead with fence on Iraq border: minister
Agence France-Presse - 15 November, 2006
www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?id=261165&news_type=Top&lang=en&PHPSESSID=4edd8cb6af8d02c7b5d3cf52ca89de5f

Saudi Arabia will press ahead with plans to build a massive security fence
along its borders with Iraq to prevent infiltration of "terrorists," the
interior minister said in an interview published Tuesday.

Construction of the double-track barbed fence, which will be fitted with
remote sensors and thermal cameras, will begin next year, Prince Nayef bin
Abdul Aziz told Al Anbaa Kuwaiti newspaper.

"Authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun the executive measures to build the
largest security fence that extends along the 900-km (562-miles) border with
Iraq," he said.

The fence is a part of a comprehensive security plan to fortify the borders
with Iraq that also involves setting up military bases and other hi-tech
devices.

"The plan will cost 12 billion dollars, including 500 million dollars to
build the fence which will be completed after five to six years," Prince
Nayef said.

The minister declined to reveal the name or nationality of the company
involved in erecting the fence.

The fence will have 135 gates, all monitored with ultraviolet technology to
"prevent the infiltration of terrorists ... and also to halt smuggling of
arms, drugs and persons into the kingdom," Prince Nayef said.

Saudi Arabia, which already has tight measures in place to prevent
cross-border infiltration by Islamist extremists, has often cited threats to
its security posed by militants leaving the country to fight in Iraq.

A number of Saudi fighters have been involved in bloody attacks against
Iraqi and coalition forces in the violence-plagued country.

According to the US army, Saudis comprise nearly 12 percent of the estimated
3,000 foreign combatants fighting on the side of the insurgency in Iraq.

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