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KurdistanObserver.com
Iran To Build A Wall Along Southern Kurdistan Border
Tehran, 11 Sept. (AKI) - Iran has begun the construction of a wall along the
border with war-torn Iraq, to prevent militants of the Kurdistan's Workers Party
(PKK) out of the country.
According to government sources in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, work on
the first four kilometer long section of the wall are underway in the area of
the Haj Omran border crossing, near the Qandil mountains.
The area is just six-kilometers from where US-troops stationed in Southern
Kurdistan are building a new military base.
The Pentagon has also announced the construction of armored military
checkpoints, on all roads that lead from Iran to Iraq.
The US military says the checkpoints aim to help curb the flow of weapons from
Iran and destined for Iraqi insurgents. |
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