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Bloomberg: Fences Rise Across Middle East as Jihadi Threat Rattles Leaders
As they confront the rising threat of modern jihadist violence, many of the nations most at risk are retreating behind one of the oldest forms of defense.
Tunisia became the latest to invest in a border barrier after dozens of foreign tourists were killed in two attacks by Islamist militants trained in neighboring Libya and armed by smugglers. The fence and watch towers ordered by Prime Minister Habib Essid will for now stretch 100 miles inland from the coast along the most vulnerable stretch of the shared frontier.
From Morocco to Saudi Arabia, boundaries are being fortified at a rate not seen since the months following the Sept. 11 attacks.
WNU Editor: When Israel first started to build fences and walls on their borders to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers .... everyone said .... including many of these same Middle Eastern countries .... that it will not work. Well .... it did work, and not surprising many of these countries are now doing what Israel did 15 years ago. As for the U.S. .... well .... the debate continues .... Migrants trying to jump border fence are breaking their bones (Arizona Daily Star).