"Despite the daily attacks across Iraq, thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to protest a concrete wall surrounding Adhamiya, a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad.
The U.S. and Iraqi militaries say the wall is a temporary structure to prevent insurgent attacks.
But many Baghdad residents fear walls will exacerbate the sectarian divide that is fueling the insurgency in the Iraqi capital. (Watch why the wall was controversial )
"The aim of this wall is to isolate Adhamiya," one resident told CNN. "It's a step we think that is not for the good of the people, but it's to isolate them like Falluja and other Sunni cities."
Police estimated 7,000 Iraqis peacefully took to the street to voice their disapproval with the wall around Adhamiya, a Sunni enclave surrounded by Shiite neighborhoods.
Video showed the streets crowded with demonstrators, some carrying banners that read in English, "No to the sectarian barrier."
While it is a known insurgent stronghold, Adhamiya has also been the target of Shiite death squads.
On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed outrage, saying "the construction will stop." FULL STORY
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What the fuck? Bush sure likes building his walls even when Iraqis don't want it and their prime minister says the construction will stop!
Being in Australia I get a different perspective on the news... how are people in the states taking this kind of stuff?
Why are people in the states letting this all continute? I don't understand.
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