Work on Baghdad wall continues as violence kills 29

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/April/focusoniraq_April172.xml§ion=focusoniraq

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.

Meanwhile, four bombings across Iraq killed at least 29 people and wounded scores of others as the US military and Iraqi police continued in their attempts to quell violence.

Military spokesman 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 repeated that it was not the only wall.

Witnesses said Monday that construction was indeed continuing under the guard of US soldiers. The area is currently sealed off, they said.

[bdamomma]

1. walls can come down too.