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Saudi Arabia to dismantle âcement-filled pipelineâ
EFL.Saudi Arabia has agreed to dismantle a barrier it was building along the Yemeni border after the two countries settled on steps to improve frontier security, the Yemeni president said Saturday. Yemen protested last month when the Saudis began building a barrier, described as a cement-filled pipe, along their 1,120-mile border. Remember itâs not a wall. Zionists build walls; Muslims build concrete âscreensâ. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Riyadh on Feb. 17 and asked for the barrier to be taken down, saying it violated a 2000 agreement between the two states. Saleh said the two governments have "agreed on creating routes for security patrols, paving roads on both sides of the border, building surveillance towers." They will begin to implement the measures next week. Saleh said be he believed that with telephones, radios and cameras, the two countries could control the border effectively. They settled much sooner than expected. Posted by: GK 2004-02-22 |
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