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SIDI OMAR MAP NOTES: This map is one of
a handful that represent the area around "The Wire". "The Wire" was
a wide barrier of barbed wire that ran along the length of the
Libyan/Egypt border. I'm not certain of it's exact function as
breaching the wire was relatively easy by driving over it with an armored
car or cutting it and the task of watching every foot of it was impossible
given the long stretch it ran. So as a result I simply tried to
imagine what various features along the wire might have been.
Certainly major intersections or crossing points must've been watched with
either a camp or checkpoint so this map incorporates those feartures. I created this map from three photos I have of various points on the wire so if anyone has any photos of the area or written descriptions please forward it on.
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