Saudi Arabia: Iraq fence project, EADS and DRS Technologiesnote

The Saudi Interior Ministry is still expected to award a project to build a security fence along the Saudi border with Iraq this month, while the competition between bidders is getting closer and closer. The following 372-word article, published in Tactical Report Weekly Brief’s issue of June 6, 2008, tells where EADS, DRS Technologies, Raytheon, Thales and Finmeccanica stand. It also tells what some Saudi circles are thinking of the project and whether they have had influence on Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz.