Via the AP: Saudis plan long fence for Iraq border
Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq — another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq’s neighbors into its civil conflict.
It is interesting to note that in an era of globalization, wherein national boundaries are losing some of their historical significance, that a number of states are building border fences.
Is this a reassertion of national sovereignty or a futile gasp of old-fashion state-centrism? (or something else entirely?)
Discuss.
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September 28th, 2006 at 11:28 am
Exactly how high is this fence planned to be? Is it designed to actually keep terrorist in or out, whichever the case may be, or is it just for show? Are we talking Berlin wall? Great Wall of China wall? Barbed wire fence?
September 28th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
according to the article, the saudis are saying it’s to keep iraq-based terrorists out.
but it’s probably just as likely to try to keep refugees out. a wealthy country like SA, just next to a war-torn country like iraq is bound to attract refugees
October 7th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
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