American Wall-Building Makes Baghdadis 'Furious'

[unhappycamper]

The wall around the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, Baghdad.

American Wall-Building Makes Baghdadis 'Furious'
Azzaman, Iraq
By Haqqi Ismael
July 28, 2007


After American troops have isolated certain quarters in the neighborhood of Dora with concrete slabs, blocking the passage of vehicles. This is why residents now vent their fury on U.S. forces, accusing them of turning the neighborhood into a huge prison.

Dora is one of the most violent areas in Baghdad, and repeated American military forays have failed to pacify it. Residents said that at least three areas of Dora have been completely cut off, leading to shortages of food. In addition, cars aren't allowed to enter or leave these areas, making it difficult for patients to visit hospitals and shop owners to replenish their supplies.

“These measures have created lots of problems for us. We are now under fire from all sides. Mortars and bombs by rebels and terrorists continue falling on our heads, while U.S. troops have turned our neighborhood a giant prison,” said Abu Saif.

Residents now must walk great distances to reach bus terminals and it's impossible for ambulances and cars to drive patients in critical condition to hospitals.

House wife Um Mohammed said conditions in Dora deteriorate with each passing day. “We have become almost like detainees in a prison camp. There isn't any water, electricity or fuel to run backup generators,” she said.


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[tanyev]

1. Oh yeah, the surge is working so well.

:sarcasm:

[KharmaTrain]

2. How Would You Like Your Town Walled??

It's like being in a prison. Ask Berliners how "secure" they felt in the 50s and 60s. Walls only keep people in, never out.

Now have the brainstems that came up with this plan have contingencies when those residents start using the sewers and digging tunnels that will easily circumvent those walls? Do they realize that the people on both sides of that wall see them as the cause of that wall and would love to see them dead? This tactic, beides being beyond draconian, is one of the most disastrous this country has imposed on these people.

It's absolute bullshit when this regime talks about "stability" in this area when its penning off various factions that will only fester inside those walls.

[ret5hd]

3. ghettos

[blogslut]

4. Another thing that pisses off the Iraqis

The fact that all these faboo jobs have been taken by outside entities. The Iraq people are being shut out from the chance to rebuild their own country. The concrete walls must be a particularly sore point because, get this, Iraq had plenty of good concrete companies before Bush's damned war:

5//The Daily Star, Lebanon--IRAQI FIRMS SUSPICIOUS. CONFUSED BY NEW ECONOMY ("Bremer walls" - the concrete slabs that protect against explosions and obstruct car bombers - have sprung up all over Baghdad as terrorist attacks have become more frequent in the past month. One popular rumor is that the Americans have been paying up to $1,000 for each of the three-meter high walls, named after the top US overseer here. But the boom in Bremer walls hasn't been good news for Iraqi manufacturers of concrete and cement. There is little if any Iraqi cement in a Bremer wall, and many of the concrete companies that supply the walls are either foreign or from Kurdish Northern Iraq.)

linkish: http://www.buzzflash.com/mediawatch/04/01/wmw04011.html

[madrchsod]

5. plus the cost of materials is so high

and materials so scarce that the iraqi`s can not afford to fix their homes

[bdamomma]

6. they are really into "walls" aren't they, we are building one too

but what they do not realize that those walls can come down.

[Homer Wells]

7. AHH, Yes

Here we go again; Winning the hearts and minds of a grateful Iraqi people!!

I'm sure the folks at Whitman chocolates are showing a great jump in sales, as these folks heap the candy and flowers on their benevolent liberators!!!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :puke: :sarcasm: