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Close call on border
This is good! Check out the map at link.A prominent sheik of the Wayilah tribe, which lives along the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, told Yemen Times that up to 3,000 tribesmen are preparing to fight Saudi forces unless Saudi Arabia pulls out of Yemen. Tribal threats The sheik claims that Saudi Arabia has already built a security fence 4 to 7 km beyond the neutral zone inside Yemen, stretching from Jabal Hobash to Jabal Al Fara. âSaudi Arabia has already built a security fence inside Yemen,â said the sheik, âand we are ready to fight any time if Saudi Arabia doesnât remove what they have built in our country.â On February 7, leaders of the Wayilah tribe issued a statement protesting the Yemeni-Saudi border committeeâs memorandum which demands tribesmen to identify their properties outside the international borderline. Sheik Mohammed Bin Shagaa, once the head of the Wayilah tribe, died in April 2002 in a car accident, considered by many as a mysterious accident. He was fully against the 2000 border agreement. I expect this to go to the World Court any day now Posted by: phil_b 2004-02-13 |
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