Rare march in Baghdad against new U.S. wall

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Source: Reuters

More than a thousand Iraqis marched in west Baghdad on Saturday in a rare public demonstration to protest against a wall they say the U.S. military is planning to erect around their neighbourhood.

Carrying an Iraqi national flag and banners condemning the wall the marchers in the predominantly Shi'ite district of al-Washash chanted "No, no to the wall. No, no to America."

The U.S. military sparked international outrage earlier this year when it began erecting a high concrete barrier to shield the Sunni Arab enclave of Adhamiya in east Baghdad from neighbouring Shi'ite communities.

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"Today we are saying no to the occupiers, no to the wall and no to all these disgraceful actions," said Abu Jalal al-Saraji, one of the local tribal leaders in al-Washash in Baghdad's predominantly Sunni Arab west Baghdad.



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[rodeodance]

1. A McClachery reporter this am on cspan said this is the US military's definition of "secure"

[alfredo]

6. Like what they are doing on our southern border.

[ixion]

2. note the use of "occupiers"... as opposed to "liberators"

I think that's very telling.

[rodeodance]

4. indeed.

[Judi Lynn]

3. They'd better watch their backs! Bush'll send Blackwater after them.

Can't allow an excess of democracy, after all. Their democracy can only come AFTER the interests of the U.S. Neo-Cons are served.

[Joanne98]

5. The West bank plan. Build walls and checkpoints!

[Myrina]

7. Welcome to Warsaw!

:scared:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. All in all it's just another brick in the wall.

[Supersedeas]

9. nothing to see here -- feed them more FAUX outrage about Hollywood values

[bdamomma]

10. that wall is not going to last long.