[NEWS.YAHOO] Saudi Arabia has been constructing a 600-mile East-West barrier on its Northern Border with Iraq since September.
| Iraqi News has a picture of the thing here. |
The main function of the barrier will be keeping out ISIS militants, who have stated that among their goals is an eventual takeover of the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, both of which lie deep inside Saudi territory, according to United Press International.
This past week, a commander and two guards on the Saudi-Iraq border were killed during an attack by Islamic State militants, the first direct ground assault by the group on the border. |