Saudi Arabia begin to build the Great Wall to protect its border with Iraq
Saudi Arabia begin to build the Great Wall to protect its border with Iraq
Posted 15/01/2015 12:48 PM
British newspaper The Telegraph said that Saudi Arabia began building a fence along its border with Iraq, as part of its efforts to isolate itself from the chaos that spread widely in the neighboring countries.
According to the paper, the length of the wall, which has become known as the great wall of China, is 600 miles, to separate the country from Iraq, especially in the wake of the attacks that targeted the Saudi border outpost on the border with Iraq, killing four security personnel Saudis.
The paper believes that the Iraqi side of the border with Saudi Arabia, is not subject to substantially the Iraqi security forces, where you can fight the elements believed to be belonging to the state regulation of attacks targeting the Saudi border.
The new fence is an old Saudi plan, discussed in 2006, was approved at the height of the “Iraqi civil war,” is that the work of this fence was delayed until September / September of last year.
According to the newspaper, the wall includes the construction of five layers, as well as control towers, cameras, night vision cameras and radar, as well as the form of sending 30 thousand additional troops to the border region with Iraq, an additional element in this wall.
But the paper believes that protection by the Saudi border with Iraq, remains inadequate, especially as it receives every year millions of pilgrims during the Hajj season.
Saudi Arabia has also, according to the newspaper, the construction of a physical barrier along its border with Yemen, and that up to 1,000 miles.
Saudi Arabia fears of a repeat of the attack on the northern border last week, killing the commander of the region, the return of al-Balawi, and three security men
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