ABU DHABI — The United States government, which has difficulty controlling its own borders, has agreed to help Saudi Arabia secure its dangerous border areas near Yemen.

"It is a very rough border, very difficult to protect from illegal crossings," U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

In late May, Ms. Napolitano met Saudi leaders to discuss a range of security programs, including training, joint exercises, intelligence and arms sales. Officials said both the Americans and Saudis agreed that the Iranian-backed Shi'ite insurgency from Yemen was the leading threat to Riyad.

Officials said Riyad and Washington were expanding cooperation in protecting the kingdom's borders from insurgents and smugglers, Middle East Newsline reported. They said the biggest threat was the Shi'ite insurgency in neighboring Yemen, which shares a 1,600-kilometer border with Saudi Arabia.

Officials acknowledged that thousands of Yemenis were infiltrating Saudi Arabia despite recent border security measures. They said many of the Yemeni infiltrators were smugglers.

"So many of our discussions were about how to protect a very tough, geological, topographical border from illegal crossings," Ms. Napolitano said during a visit to the Saudi kingdom on May 31.

Officials said Saudi Arabia and the United States were also expanding their intelligence exchange. They said the expansion began during the Yemeni Shi'ite war in southern Saudi Arabia in November 2009, which included the capture of two Saudi towns.

"We all share a concern about terrorist activity emanating from Yemen," Ms. Napolitano said. "Actions of the U.S. in Yemen are with the consent, cooperation of the government of Yemen."

Officials said the U.S. military was modernizing the Saudi Arabian National Guard as well as Interior Ministry security forces. They said Riyad has ordered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of air- and ground-based reconnaissance equipment to monitor the desert border with Yemen.

Another area of consultation has been the Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which operates in both Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Officials said most of the AQAP leadership was comprised of Saudi nationals.

"The security coordination is very strong with Saudi Arabia," Ms. Napolitano said.

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Well, doesn't that just suck, especially after she told us that our Southern border was as secure as it could be, and you just can't stop all of the boogers who are flowing across like water after a Texas gully-washer.

I don't know what New Mexico and Arizona are going to do, but we Texans have got it figured out. Now why is the U.S. government pussy-footing around over in Saudi Arabia? Because them ay-rabs have got a whole bunch of oil. But Texas has a whole bunch of oil too, you say - yes, and the feds think it's their oil to just pump out of the ground whenever they want. So, first thing we do is secede...

Then we get us a bunch of camels and bathrobes.

And when the feds come looking for our oil we say: "Salaam Alaikum, y'all looking for some of our oil?" - Then we explain about the new contract they need to sign, whereas and whereby they hereafter in perpetuity and therefore keep the f**king wetbacks out of Texas.

If they refuse to agree to the new terms, they don't get any of our oil, and we take Janet Napolitano hostage, scotch tape all our leftover 4th of July fire crackers to her butt and use her as our suicide bomber training dummy.