US says Baghdad security wall is 'temporary' (AFP)

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US says Baghdad security wall is 'temporary'

43 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US officials on Monday struggled to
defuse Iraqi anger over the construction of a concrete
wall around a Sunni district in Baghdad, saying the project
was designed to be temporary.

Several hundred people held a noisy street protest in
Baghdad over the building of the five-meter (16-feet)
high, three-mile (five kilometer) long closure around the
city's Adhamiyah neighborhood.

-snip-

US officials however said Monday that Iraq's security
forces favor the project, which is part of the new
US-led strategy to restore security to Baghdad with a
surge in American troops.

Many other districts already had or would have some
form of barrier, said Brigadier General Qassim Atta,
spokesman for the Iraqi forces engaged with US troops
in enforcing the Baghdad security plan.

Atta said Iraqi units planning and building the walls
are under Maliki's command, and implied the prime
minister reacted to false reports, saying: "He said
he would not accept a 12-meter high security
barrier."

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070424/ts_afp/iraqsecurityuswalltemporary_070424042021

[Monkeyman]

1. Funny AP reported there are more coming its on political video

[Captain Angry]

2. So, who is paying for, and installing this wall?

My brother better not be part of the construction crew. They already extended his enlistment, and now Gates extended his tour. Last I heard he was protecting supply convoys.

This shit needs to end now.

[Erika]

5. Well you can know it's our taxes and probably our blood. n/t

[Erika]

3. Saddam kept them together and at peace

Oh well. We hung him, quite distastefully at that. We've raped and decimated that country like the world has never seen before. And then we wonder why we are no longer respected.

[Critters2]

4. Temporary. Like our occupation. nt

[Erika]

6. And we're now in our 5th year

Somewhere the American public has to get the guts to say enough. The Republican's won't.

[Critters2]

8. Dems aren't doing a great job, either. Regretfully. nt

[Erika]

9. The GOP has been in charge until this year

and yes, the dems need to be far more aggressive.

[babylonsister]

7. UGH! "Iraq's security forces favor the project" but citizens and Maliki don't?

Who are those unnamed "Iraqi Security Forces"?:eyes: :puke:
Might they be the ones who haven't yet been trained?