European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes tuesday april 24 2007 Iraq military official Barrier will be built by Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad the Fate of a controversial Concrete Barrier under construction in one of Baghdad roughest neighbourhoods remained Uncertain monday As Iraq prime minister ordered the Barrier re moved because it served As a reminder of other Walls that we reject less than a Day after prime minister Nouri Almalik called for the Walls removal an iraqi military spokesman insisted that work would go ahead As scheduled the statement from Almalik was an apparent reference to the palestinian Wall in Isra Els West Bank a sore Point in the Arab world Almalik issued his sunday com ments from Cairo Egypt As he is currently conducting a regional tour of neighbouring countries Ive ordered it to Stop and to find other Means of Protection for the neighbor hoods Almalik said the comments follow several Days of heated criticism for the project and charges that military commanders failed to seek adequate input from local residents Alma us ambassador to Iraq holds first news conference pages lims comments have further muddied the already confusing situation the Barrier which some us soldiers have jokingly referred to As the great Wall of Adham Yah consists of numerous 12foottall Concrete barriers which would stretch roughly three Miles when fully assembled the barriers Are intended to Divide add Amiyah primarily sunni Popula Tion from surrounding ski Ite neighbourhoods and fun Nel traffic Between the areas through Check Points in not sure where we Are now on How to move Forward on this particular Issue us ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said at a press conference Mon Day however Crocker said that he believed the use of barriers to restrict the movement of suicide bombers along Bagh dads sectarian fault lines makes Good Security sense at a news conference monday us and iraqi military spokesmen repeated their assertions that the Barrier would be Tempo Rary and was aimed at ensuring the safety of both shiite and sunni neighbourhoods in Stead of dividing them into separate enclaves if s a fluid situation us Navy rear adm Mark Fox a coalition spokesman said of the Adham Yah project the iraqis Are in the Lead on this its an Iraq map proved and initiated plan As us and iraqi troops enter the third month of the new Baghdad Security a Campaign to quell sectarian violence be tween sunni and shiite muslims Here Crocker said operatives from Al Aida were using car and suicide bombers to try to reignite sectarian killings since the Security plan began roughly 10 weeks ago sectarian murders have Plum meted but car bombings and other such at tacks have spiked the us and iraqi Milit Aries have placed thousands of Concrete barriers coils of razor wire Sand bags and Hesco barriers throughout the City hoping to head off avenues of approach for suicide bombers intent on attacking local markets while these other Walls have been built qui Adham Yah project was touted in us military press releases As the Center piece of a new strategy that involved the creation of gated communities the announcement sparked confusion and then anger As military representatives scrambled to explain that they were not Walling in neighbourhoods like some sort of social engineering project they said the plan was struck Between local command ers and local residents and that plans for the Wall had been distributed to local Resi dents prior to the construction work on monday Brig Gen Qassim Atta a Baghdad Security plan spokesman said that the Issue had been distorted by the Media although it was the us military that issued a lengthy release on the matter earlier in the month immediately we anticipated the reactions of some weak minded people to weaken the Security plan Atta said the prime minister has agreed with the authorities to take measures to prevent terrorists from attacking we Are continuing to construct the barriers in Adham Yah neighbor Hood and will move them to another neigh boyhood after following the news conference another us military spokesman said that the Only thing that appeared to be certain about the project was that it was now under review were going to review the plans and de Termine what s right for Adham Yah said it col Christopher Garver on monday the associated press re ported that hundreds of demonstrators in Adham Yah protested the Barrier some carrying banners that read separation Wall is a big prison for Adham Yah Citi Zens and Adham Yah children want to see Baghdad without Walls email Monte Morin acc suicide bombings in Iraq kill 46 wound More than 100 by Sameer n Yacoub the associate press Baghdad suicide bombers attacked five different locations in Iraq on monday killing 46 people and wounding More than 100 police and politicians said two parked car bombs also exploded outside the iranian embassy in Baghdad killing two civil ians and a drive by shooting wounded two guards at Tunisia embassy in the capital police said a us Soldier was killed Mon Day when a Roadside bomb exploded near him in mud Aliyah about 60 Miles North of Baghdad the Mil itary said a British Soldier was shot to death while on patrol in the Southern City of Basra officials said the deadliest suicide attack occurred at about pm near a restaurant on a Highway close to ramada 70 Miles West of Bagh dad killing at least 19 people and wounding 35 said ramada police maj Fuad Al Safia us troops raced to the scene found a pickup truck parked near by that was loaded with explosives and chlorine powder and destroyed it in a controlled explosion Al Safia said the soldiers also evacuated the wounded about an hour earlier a suicide car bomb targeting a police Check Point exploded in ramada at pm wounding three policemen and four civilians including a child said police it col Jabbar Rashid Aldulaimii ramada the capital of Anbar province has Long been a Magnet for sunni insurgents and a Lawless Haven for Al Aida militants but the us military recently reported Progress in securing and calming the City Kadi iraqi police and a us Soldier inspect the wreckage after a car bomb blast on monday in Baghdad a parked car bomb exploded in a parking Sot near the iranian embassy killing one civilian and wounding another mondays first suicide car bomb attack occurred near the Northern City of Mosul at am when a Man detonated his car in front of an office of the Kurdistan demo cratic party of Massoud Barzani Leader of the autonomous kurdish Region in Iraq an official with the group said at least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded in the attack in Tal Usuf a town nine Miles North of Mosul said Abdulghani Ali a Kip official in two separate shootings in Mosul on monday suspected insurgents assassinated a local Kip official in a drive shooting and a policeman who was ambushed while driving near his Home officials said a suicide car bomber also struck a police station in bad Cuba 35 Miles Northeast of Baghdad at about 11 am frilling at least 10 people and wounding 23 police said the fatalities included Brig Gen safa Altai Nimi a City police commander and the wounded included police col Bassem Azzawi in Central Baghdad a bomber wearing an explosives Belt blew himself up in an iraqi restaurant in the mixed shiite sunni neigh boyhood of Sarradah Mariam kill ing at least seven people and wounding 16 police said the attack occurred at about 11 am less than 100 Yards outside the heavily fortified Green zone Home to the us and British embassies and the iraqi govern ments Headquarters at the time Ryan Crocker who became the new us ambassador in Iraq about a month ago was giving a news conference in the Green zone the iranian embassy also is located in Sarradah Mariam and a parked car bomb exploded in a parking lot near it at about noon killing one civilian and wounding another said iraqi police at pm another parked car bomb exploded near a police patrol near the iranian embassy killing one civilian and wounding two offic ers police said at about am drive by shooters opened fire on guards but Side the tunisian embassy in the mostly sunni District of Mansour in Western Baghdad wounding two of them police said a Small sunni mosque also was blown up and burned in Bayaa a us deaths in Iraq the associated press As of sunday at least 3322 members of the us military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003 according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military civilians at least 2691 a result of hostile action according to the military numbers the a count is in higher than the defense depart ments tally last updated Fri Day at 10 am Edt the British military has re ported 144 deaths Italy 33 Ukraine 18 Poland 20 Bui Garia 13 Spain 11 Denmark six Al Salvador five Slovakia four Latvia three Estonia Netherlands Thailand two each and Australia Hungary Kazakhstan Romania one death each the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed Satur Day by Smau arms fire in West pm Soldier died saturday from a noncombat related Inci Dent in Baghdad a Soldier was killed Satur Day Southwest of Baghdad the latest identifications re ported by the military no identifications reported mixed surm shiite area in the Western part of the capital at pm on sunday two suicide car bombs exploded within moments of each other in Bayaa killing 13 people and wounding 82