European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 19 2007 stars and stripes pages gis building Wall separating sunnis shiites three mile Structure in Baghdad is a disputed part of Security plan by Joseph Giordono and Monte mores stars and stripes Baghdad us soldiers with the 82nd airborne division in a Baghdad District Are build ing a three mile protective Wall on the dividing line Between a sunni enclave and the surround ing shiite neighbourhood Accord ing to a us military press re lease issued wednesday troops with the 407th brigade support battalion began constructing the Wall on april 10 and will continue work almost nightly until the Wall is Complete the release read the area the Wall will protect is the largest predominately sunni neighbourhood in East Bagh dad majority shiite hoods surround it on three sides Lake other religiously divided re Gions in the City the area has been trapped in a spiral of sectarian violence and retaliation according to the release in january when the new Bagh dad Security plan and troop surge were announced the gated Community concept was reported by several news Agen cies As one tactic to be used but after a regularly scheduled news briefing in Baghdad on wednesday maj Gen William b Caldwell in the top spokesman for coalition forces in Iraq said he was unaware of efforts to build a Wall dividing shiite and sunni enclaves in Baghdad and said that such a tactic was not a policy of the Baghdad Security plan we have no intent to build gated communities in Baghdad Caldwell said wednesday our goal is to unify Baghdad not subdivide it into separate in the subject of Walling off City districts has been a popular one among some ground troops now Manning Small combat outposts within City neighbourhoods re usaa Auto insurance per final property insurance valuable property insurance Wrella insurance the service and support you deserve usaa Auto insurance delivers the same peace of mind in Europe As 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sati sure Iii Ray raj1 the is est ii tet act us to spite Yos s fes Jira face Italy Germany Fefe fends Portugal spas and fees Orsati Sites a time Tefeata operates As us gift bpm 2007 a3 rights Rosa vol gently commanders attached to the 2nd brigade combat team 2nd infantry division said they were investigating the possibility of constructing a Security Wall around a once bustling Industrial zone in new Baghdad on the cites East Side the Wall they said would help them secure the area and Aid in the revitalization of factories and Industrial plants there however Caldwell said that the Baghdad plan never envisioned Large scale divisions of City districts at most he said barriers would be used to protect City markets that might otherwise fall prey to suicide bombers or to Block off streets during specific operations in this latter Case Caldwell said the barriers were removed after the completion of each Mission we have been going into neighbourhoods and sealing off certain exit and Entrance Points during initial sweeps Caldwell said those were temporary Mea sures Caldwell however said that us and iraqi forces would continue to erect permanent barriers around City marketplaces so far he said coalition forces had erected More than 3000 individual sections of Concrete blast Walls throughout the City since the plan went into effect two months ago these barriers included both Jer sey barriers Short Concrete dividers commonly seen on Road ways in the United states and larger 20foot blast Walls that commonly surround bases and Liv ing areas according to wednesdays news release from multinational corp Iraq the Wall in Adham Yah is one of the Center pieces of a new strategy by coalition and iraqi forces to break the Cycle of sectarian violence plan ners Hope the creation of the Wall will help restore Law and order by providing a Way to screen people entering and exiting the neighbor Hood allowing residents and people with legitimate business in while keeping death squads and militia groups out a similar Effort by us troops in South Baghdad was reported earlier this month by the Wall Street journal that Community in Adham Yah will be completely gated and protected it col Tho Mas Rogers 407th brigade sup port battalion was quoted As say ing in the release its really for the Security of All the people of Adham Yah not just one Side or the other according to military officials the Adham Yah Wall should be completed in the next month email Joseph Giordono at email Monte Morin at
