the wall

araby · Post by **araby** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:53 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18227048/

BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers are building a three-mile wall to protect a Sunni Arab enclave surrounded by Shiite neighborhoods in a Baghdad area “trapped in a spiral of sectarian violence and retaliation,” the military said.

When the wall is finished, the minority Sunni community of Azamiyah, located on the eastern side of the Tigris River, will be completely gated, and traffic control points manned by Iraqi soldiers will provide the only means to enter it, the military said.

“Shiites are coming in and hitting Sunnis, and Sunnis are retaliating across the street,” said Capt. Scott McLearn, of the U.S. 407th Brigade Support Battalion, which began the project April 10 and is working “almost nightly until the wall is complete,” the statement said.

I'm surprised this hasn't gottenmore attention. It kind of freaks me out. I see the idea of course, but man, talk about history repeating itself.

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:06 pm

I thought this was about the Pink Floyd album.

araby · Post by **araby** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:12 pm

I know and I thought of it that also, when I typed it. It was an excellent album, only loosely related to this thread.

ClakarEQ · Post by **ClakarEQ** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:44 pm

I thought they put a stop to building this due to the public outcry or some crap.

The other day, I think Tuesday NPR had an article about it.

Did the construction keep going or did it restart?

araby · Post by **araby** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:22 pm

well I initially heard the story on NPR and then posted this story today...but I did not hear about it since, so that is possible. sorry if I posted this without knowing that..