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2007-04-21 Iraq

US military builds wall around Sunni Baghdad area

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Posted by Steve White 2007-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 But they're only crossing to commit murders that Shiites and Kurds won't do.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-04-21 00:20|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-04-21 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm so lazy I'd much rather be at risk of being murdered at night than have to travel a little further to get "groceries" which my side of the fence "doesn't have".

Posted by gorb 2007-04-21 00:28|| 2007-04-21 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Same thing, only to keep them in, shoulda been built years ago. As in most cases the "cycle" is really mostly one-sided - until a year ago, it was almost entirely one-sided.

While protecting Sunni Arabs who live in Adhamiya from attack by Shia militias, the wall would also stop Sunni militants launching attacks in Shia areas and then retreating back into Adhamiya, the article said.

Gee, wish someone had thought of that years back, when the Sunni terrorism war was boosting Shi'a militias and making them a logical response. Oh, wait ....

Posted by Verlaine 2007-04-21 03:39|| 2007-04-21 03:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Fences work to separate aggressive animals -- it's an about-time recognition of what we're dealing with.

Posted by regular joe 2007-04-21 08:05|| 2007-04-21 08:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Posted by Qin Shi Huang 2007-04-21 08:39|| 2007-04-21 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Can we build a bigger one along the Mexican border too?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-21 09:25|| 2007-04-21 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe it's the big berm. Concentrate 'em.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-04-21 10:34|| 2007-04-21 10:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Good fences, good neighbors.

Posted by Perfesser 2007-04-21 10:44|| 2007-04-21 10:44|| Front Page Top

#9 I was just thinking ... I'm not sure how the Sunnis and the Shia tell each other apart. Do they wear symbols on their foreheads? Wear different hats? Carry different Korans?

It's probably a good thing in the USA (and everyplace else, for that matter)that it's been hard to distinguish religious persuasions; it's already easy enough to kill people based on what they look like.

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-21 10:49|| 2007-04-21 10:49|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't know about anything else, but apparently there are first names that are exclusive to Shiites, and presumably a different set to Sunnis as well, Bobby. So one thing they do is check the person's papers.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-21 14:42|| 2007-04-21 14:42|| Front Page Top

#11 To reinforce what TW says, the was an incident in the bad old days in Falluja where AQ was stopping Shia truck drivers and killing them. One guy survived because his name was mispelled so it looked like he was a Sunni.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-04-21 15:07|| 2007-04-21 15:07|| Front Page Top

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