 UMM QASR, Iraq - Several hundred Iraqis on Monday tore down a metal barrier recently put up by Kuwaiti authorities just over the border inside Iraqi territory, an AFP reporter at the scene said. The demonstrators met in the town of Umm Qasr in southern Iraq before heading to the border to dismantle the barrier some 50 to 100 yards (metres) north of a ditch marking the border. Kuwaiti border guards trained their weapons on the demonstrators, but there were no clashes.
| Someone remind me, it's just sand and rocks at the border, right? |
| On top of oil. Don't forget that part. |
| That's what slant drilling is for ... |
A government official in Kuwait City later told AFP that the metal barrier in Umm Qasr was being installed inside Kuwaiti territory as part of a barrier being built along the 200-km (125-mile) border between the two countries. |