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January 16, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/11344116/Revealed-Saudi-Arabias-Great-Wall-to-keep-out-Isil.html

Saudi Arabia's "Great Wall" to Keep Out ISIS

(Telegraph-UK) Richard Spencer - The Saudis are building a 600-mile-long "Great Wall" - a combined fence and ditch - to separate the country from Iraq. Much of the area on the Iraqi side is now controlled by ISIS, which regards the ultimate capture of Saudi Arabia as a key goal. Work began last September. The border zone now includes five layers of fencing with watch towers, night-vision cameras and radar cameras. Riyadh also sent an extra 30,000 troops to the area. Saudi Arabia has also created a physical barrier along parts of its 1,000-mile border with Yemen.

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