Iraq: Najaf, Karbala and fence project along the Saudi bordernote

As the Saudis intend to build a security fence project along their border with Iraq, the Iraqis too have begun thinking of building a 700km-long security fence on their side of the border with Saudi Arabia. The following 403-word article is published in Tactical Report Weekly Brief’s issue of March 11, 2008. It talks about Iraq’s fence project, which Iraqi provinces include and what the position of Shiite clerics is. It also gives further details about the Iraqi-Saudi contacts on the subject.