Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Like it or not US completes wall in Baghdad

Amazing. The citizens and the government both want the wall stopped but it was built anyway by the occupiers. Anyone who thinks that Iraq is sovereign must have a wall in their mind to keep out the truth!


Anger in Baghdad as Americans finish wall
Last Updated: 2:04am BST 03/05/2007



American forces have completed construction of a concrete wall around the Baghdad district of Adhamiya despite protests from the Iraqi prime minister and local residents who claim that they are now at the mercy of militants.




The wall was intended to help control the activities of militants in the predominantly Sunni Muslim district. But it remains a bastion of extremist al-Qa'eda linked groups. Parts of the district are so thick with armed militants that they are no-go zones to coalition forces.

Capt Mohammad Jasim, an Iraqi soldier manning a checkpoint on the Adhamiya bridge, said: "The Americans did not listen to us. We think this wall has made the area inside the wall more dangerous for people.

Um Doraid, a middle-aged housewife, said: "We here inside the wall are still as vulnerable as ever

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