Saudi Arabia: Update on the Iraq security fence projectnote

Concurrently with the Miksa border surveillance programme, Saudi Arabia has a project to build a 900km-long security fence along its border with Iraq. The following 370-word article published in Tactical Weekly of February 8, 2008 focuses on this project. It names the companies that presented offers for it, cites the possible front-runners and point to some risks the companies should take into account before bidding. It also reflects what Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz prefers the companies should do.