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| Saudi Arabia to dismantle ‘cement-filled pipeline’ |
| 2004-02-22 |
| 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 it’s not a wall. Zionists build walls; Muslims build concrete ’screens’. 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 |
| #7 LOL, Frank. Caught 'em didn't it? Wonder what Hansa Luftbild has to say? |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-22 7:46:38 PM |
| #6 damn GPS |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-22 4:23:03 PM |
| #5 Correction: Somalia north. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-2-22 2:08:06 PM |
| #4 almost sounds like Somalia East |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-22 11:06:48 AM |
| #3 Yemen's agricultural economy is increasingly devoted to growing qat, a mild narcotic. Every afternoon the entire country basically shuts down as men gather to chew great wads of the stuff and talk (about jihad and other fun things). |
| Posted by: closet neo-con 2004-2-22 10:49:57 AM |
| #2 Yemen's economy as summarized in the CIA Factbook sez your assumption is a good one, Mike. At one time at least 30% of Yemen's work force was employed abroad. It's not clear if the GDP figures include these workers. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-22 10:26:17 AM |
| #1 I assume that much of Yemen's economy is based on smuggling across that border. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-2-22 9:24:20 AM |