Work On Baghdad Wall Continues Despite Premier's Opposition

[Purveyor]

Source: Deutsche Presse Agentur

Baghdad- The construction of a three-mile wall around a
Sunni neighbourhood in Baghdad continued Monday, the military
spokesman for the Iraqi government said, despite Premier Nuri al-
Maliki's opposition to the plan.

Qassem Atta confirmed the US military's plan to form a 3.5-metre-
high concrete wall to enclose Adhamiya district, where tit-for-tat
sectarian violence is threatening to spiral out of control.

He also insisted that Iraqi citizens had requested that walls be
erected between neighbourhoods for security considerations, and so
the work on the Adhamiya wall will continue, he told Iraqiya state
television.

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Atta's statements came only a day after al-Maliki had openly
called for the halt of the separation wall, saying he opposed it.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/Work_on_Baghdad_wall_continues_desp_04232007.html

[habitual]

1. hey bush, are they a sovereign state or not???

BUSTED!

[Kagemusha]

2. Wow. I'm so surprised... not.

Utterly predictable.

[rodeodance]

3. guess the US is in charge-right Maliki?????????

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Our tax dollars at work....is this what they call "funding the troops?"

[Pawel K]

5. But on ABC this morning they said work has stopped

gee, the MSM lying to us, that cant be.

[truthisfreedom]

6. This should, once and for all, prove to the Iraqis that Maliki is nothing more than a puppet.

[acmavm]

7. I knew these buffoons were just too damn stupid, arrogant,

and intellectually limited to stop. That would have been the smart thing to do.

Jeeze, smell that stench? That's neocon desperation in the air!

[Double T]

8. "decider bushbachev, Tear Down This Wall!!"

I guess Premier Nuri al-Maliki knows where HE stands in bushco's scheming of things.

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Walling off a neighborhood? This is the first thought that occurred to me...

(Berlin was second. The West Bank third.)

[rainbow4321]

10. U.S. Will 'Respect The Wishes' Of Iraqi Government

http://kotv.com/news/national/story/?id=125736

The American ambassador said Monday the U.S. would ``respect the wishes'' of the Iraqi government after the prime minister ordered a halt to construction of a three-mile wall separating a Sunni enclave from surrounding Shiite areas in Baghdad.

Any plan to build ``gated communities'' to protect Baghdad neighborhoods from sectarian attacks was in doubt after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said during a visit to Sunni-led Arab countries that he did not want the 12-foot-high wall in Azamiyah to be seen as dividing the capital's sects.

However, confusion persisted about whether the plan would continue in some form: The chief Iraqi military spokesman said Monday the prime minister was responding to exaggerated reports about the barrier.

<snip>


Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a U.S. military spokesman, indicated that there may have been a miscommunication. ``Discussions on a local level may not have been conveyed to the highest levels of the Iraqi government,'' Garver said.

[youngdem]

11. American Style Democracy has indeed arrived.

[bemildred]

12. Iraqis liken security barrier to Israeli wall

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The cement wall around Al Adhamiyah, one of the Sunni community's last enclaves in Shiite east Baghdad is intended to impose a security barrier that can seclude hundreds of gunmen fortified in the region, most of them affiliated to the Islamic State and Al Qaida.

According to a report issued by the Iraqi army, intelligence information indicates that fifty per cent of the suicide bombers who carry out armed operations in Baghdad come from Al Adhamiyah.

Mahir Al Shamari, an officer in the Iraqi army, told Gulf News, "The wall does not aim to segregate Sunni neighbourhoods, in fact it can include other Shiite neighbourhoods like Al Sadr city.

The goal is to enhance the " Imposing the Law" security plan for Baghdad".

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10120504.html

[ShortnFiery]

13. Don't tell me that there's trouble in Paradise? (USA occupiers and Iraqi Government)

:eyes: