Case 06.1 Deadly Walls – Border Security around Saudi Arabia
The desert state of Saudi Arabia has been pushing for years to completely shield itself from its neighbouring states. The kingdom feels threatened. However, the contract for the construction of the border security facilities was not awarded to Saudi companies, but to the European arms company Airbus N.V., which had previously supplied the Saudis with multibillion-dollar weapons systems via Great Britain, including the „Tornado“ and „Eurofighter“ jets. These weapon systems were also used in the war against Yemen, where tens of thousands of civilians died and the refugee misery was exacerbated as it is no longer possible to escape via the Arabian Peninsula
By Wolfgang Landgräber
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„saudi arabia“ by Ted Grajeda from the Noun Project