LAST WEEK I POSTED AN ARTICLE ABOUT SECURITY FENCES AROUND THE WORLD (ISRAEL ISN'T THE ONLY COUNTRY WITH A SECURITY FENCE). BACKSPIN HAS A FOLLOW UP:
Good Fences, Good Neighbors Part 2 (Backspin)
* Some 3,000 Yemeni tribesman are preparing to resist construction of a Saudi barrier. The Yemen Times explains why:
The sheik claims that Saudi Arabia has already built a security fence 4 to 7 km beyond the neutral zone inside Yemen....
Didn't the Saudis criticize the Israeli security for not sticking to the Green Line?
The Saudis are also building a 550 mile fence along the
Saudi-Iraqi border.
* In six years, India has walled off 1,300 miles of the barrier's planned 2,500 mile length along the Bangladeshi border. The
Times of London writes:
While the world’s attention has been focused on the Israeli security barrier sealing off the West Bank, India has been building a far longer fence to keep out Islamic militants, thwart cross-border smuggling and stop human trafficking.
At the time Israel's cabinet first approved construction plans, India's barrier was already in the building stage.
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Thailand and Malaysia agreed to triple the length of the barrier along their border.
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Pakistan is fencing off sections of its border with Afghanistan to keep out the Taliban. Sound familiar?
All these countries joined the
UN General Assembly's condemnation of
Israel's security fence in 2003. We're not holding our breaths waiting for critical coverage of these border projects.
