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| Thousands of Pakistanis helping beef up Saudi security |
| 2004-01-07 |
| From Geostrategy-Direct. I was kinda joking yesterday about needing Syrian and/or Pakistanis for security at the Haj. Pakistan has launched a major security project for Saudi Arabia. The project includes deploying thousands of Pakistani Wonder if the Saudis and Paks have the good boyz sorted out from the Pak bad boyz. Infiltration at Mecca would be a disaster for the Saudis. Another element of the Pakistani program is the training of Saudi security forces. Islamabad has agreed to expand its current security-training program to include about 1,000 Saudi officers. On Dec. 23, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia discussed military cooperation for the coming year. The talks were led by Saudi Chief of Staff Gen. Saleh Al Muhaya and his visiting Pakistani counterpart, Gen. Mohammed Aziz Khan. Under the agreement, Islamabad will train 200 Saudi troops annually, according to the Pakistani daily newspaper, Khabrain. The newspaper reported the project would run through 2009. Pakistan has also agreed to expand its deployment of security officers in Saudi Arabia, Khabrain reported. The accord calls for deploying 8,000 Pakistani troops to guard Anyone want to buy the Brooklyn bridge from this guy? |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #2 Damn that is a good question. Betting on Nayef.. he seems to have serious funds. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-7 5:51:44 PM |
| #1 It may well be true that Pakistani mercenary troops would be more loyal to their employers than the native Saudis. A prudent more I think - Who is doing the hiring, Abdullah or Nayef ? |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-1-7 3:07:58 PM |