Saudi Arabia Deploys Specialized Force to Protect Oil Facilities
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Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, began deploying a specialized protection force to guard crude processing plants, oil fields and pipelines.
The 35,000-man force isn’t “completed on a full scale but they are actually in a position to carry out their mission,” Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki said in an interview yesterday. “They have enough for every area they want to secure.”