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Arabia
Saudi Guard Wounded In Yemen Border Gunfight
2013-07-28
Another typical day at the artificial sand dune separating Yemen from the Magic Kingdom.
[AnNahar] A Saudi border guard was maimed in a shootout with three compatriots who were trying to cross the kingdom's southern frontier illegally into Yemen, authorities said on Saturday.

A border guards statement said Thursday's clash took place when a patrol spotted a vehicle attempting to cross in the Sharoora area in southwestern Najran province.

The patrol came under fire when it chased the vehicle, which hit a sand barrier along the frontier, said the statement carried by SPA state news agency.

The three men were eventually forced to surrender, and were now being questioned by authorities, the SPA report said.

Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's mostly non-existent border with Yemen is frequently crossed by smugglers as well as Islamists seeking to join al-Qaeda snuffies in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation.
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