$50m contract to install surveillance cams along borders with Iran

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi interior ministry official revealed on Thursday that a contract worth $50 million was signed with a foreign company to install surveillance cameras along the border strip with Iran. “The contract envisages the installation of up-to-date detection equipment and cameras on the 1200-km-long borders with Iran starting from Basra province,” General Ahmed al-Khafaji, the deputy minister of interior for supporting forces’ affairs, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The company would embark on the project as of early next year,” he added, not giving more information. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to waterways, lies 590 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3