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16th January 2015, 12:28 AM
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The Great Wall of Saudi Arabia: Kingdom plans to build 600-mile barrier from Jordan to Kuwait in response to the threat of an invasion by ISIS
The capture of the Holy Mosques at Medina and Mecca is a key IS objective
Security fence includes thermal imaging systems and battlefield radar
Attack on border post last week said to be first IS attack on kingdom
By Damien Gayle for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Damien+Gayle+for+MailOnline)
Published: 08:30 EST, 16 January 2015 | Updated: 16:53 EST, 16 January 2015
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The Saudi royal family are building a 600-mile barrier to fortify the northern frontier of their kingdom.
The fence and ditch, punctuated with radar surveillance towers, command centres and guard posts, aims to protect the Saudis' oil-rich territory from invasion by the Islamic State insurgency.
Last week a suicide bombing and gun attack which killed two Saudi border guards and their commanding officer was styled by one analyst as the Islamic State's first attack on the kingdom.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2912334/The-Great-Wall-Saudi-Arabia-Kingdom-plans-build-600-mile-barrier-Jordan-Kuwait-response-threat-invasion-ISIS.html#ixzz3OyGuvyEt
The Great Wall of Saudi Arabia: Kingdom plans to build 600-mile barrier from Jordan to Kuwait in response to the threat of an invasion by ISIS
The capture of the Holy Mosques at Medina and Mecca is a key IS objective
Security fence includes thermal imaging systems and battlefield radar
Attack on border post last week said to be first IS attack on kingdom
By Damien Gayle for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Damien+Gayle+for+MailOnline)
Published: 08:30 EST, 16 January 2015 | Updated: 16:53 EST, 16 January 2015
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The Saudi royal family are building a 600-mile barrier to fortify the northern frontier of their kingdom.
The fence and ditch, punctuated with radar surveillance towers, command centres and guard posts, aims to protect the Saudis' oil-rich territory from invasion by the Islamic State insurgency.
Last week a suicide bombing and gun attack which killed two Saudi border guards and their commanding officer was styled by one analyst as the Islamic State's first attack on the kingdom.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2912334/The-Great-Wall-Saudi-Arabia-Kingdom-plans-build-600-mile-barrier-Jordan-Kuwait-response-threat-invasion-ISIS.html#ixzz3OyGuvyEt