Great wall to seal off Iraq

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SAUDI Arabia plans to build a 900-kilometre, $700 million high-tech fence to seal off its troubled northern neighbour Iraq.

The barrier, which will snake across the long desert frontier between the two countries, is due to be completed in 2008. If built in Australia, the fence would easily cover the distance between Sydney and Melbourne.

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"The feeling in Saudi is that Iraq is way out of control with no possibility of stability," said Nawaf Obaid, director of Saudi Arabia's National Security Assessment Project. "The urgency now is to get that border sealed - physically sealed," Outwardly the great desert wall will appear mundane, with two metal barriers running 100 metres apart, lined with barbed wire at the base and top.

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Saudi Arabia's military is keeping some aspects of the fence under wraps. One source said the project was being kept so secret that military officials from Centcom, America's central command responsible for Iraq, have been told they cannot inspect the site on "national security" grounds.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/great-wall-to-seal-off-iraq/2006/10/07/1159641578406.html

[bigbrother05]

1. an electric fence in Afganistan

and a moat around Baghdad.

[bhikkhu]

2. Sounds like another DMZ

perhaps Halliburton will get the contract.