So, Is It A Wall?

Or just a "barrier"?  And, what the heck is the difference when you’re building it to fence in a group of people?

The Wall

Here’s the latest on those large concrete things the U.S. Army is building in Baghdad: "U.S. and Iraqi military officials scrambling to deflect criticism of a wall being erected to separate a volatile Sunni Muslim neighborhood from surrounding Shiite areas [...]

Wondering why the wall isn’t working?  AJ over at AmericaBlog has some answers that make sense -

Repeating failures, volume 32,491: building walls in Iraq

Over the past week, we learned that the U.S. was building a wall in Baghdad to separate Sunni Arabs in Adhamiya from Shia to the east. The wall was described by U.S. officials as "one of the centerpieces of a new strategy," and was apparently supposed to provide security. If this news sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve tried [...]

Tags: Baghdad, Wall, Barrier, Sunni

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