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A U.S. military brigade is constructing a three-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital's most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq's most populous and violent city. U.S. commanders in northern Baghdad say the 12-foot-high barrier

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JoMama1 year, 4 months ago

Just one more thing for them to blow up!
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  Russencrantz1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Doh! You beat me to it.
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hamy1 year, 4 months ago

Walls have been so effective in the past. (Berlin anyone)Does no one involved in this war read a history book?

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EsaEngr1 year, 4 months ago

This is the 2nd posting of the same thing!!
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ghengisghan1 year, 4 months ago

Its the right idea on the wrong scale. The wall should circlre the city and be50 ft high...then fill it with water
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  Matteu001 year, 4 months ago
  
  Saddam Hussein? I thought we executed your evil butt.
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dandt16121 year, 4 months ago

And how much will it cost US? What a waste.
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  dandt16121 year, 4 months ago
  
  And on the ABC news tonight they were talking to the Iraqie people and not one of them thinks it's a good idea and they don't think it will work seperating city from city.
  What a waste!
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Matteu001 year, 4 months ago

Yes, but it is an experiment of making cubicles out of cities.
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keyfitter1 year, 4 months ago

Big deal, yet another waste of time and
money!. The Iraq people have been killing
each other since Mohammed was in knickers,
and even before that. A wall will make no
difference.
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Understanding history is not a strong point
for the politicians that voted for the
invasion to start with.
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MajJohn1 year, 4 months ago

Repeat posting so I sink
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