Iraq PM Asks That Wall Be Halted

Because for some reason it reminds them of other walls that didn't work out so well.

Speaking in Cairo at the start of an Arab tour to drum up support for Iraq, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist, said he objected to the 5-km (3-mile) wall, which residents said would isolate them from other communities and sharpen sectarian tensions.

"I asked yesterday that it be stopped and that alternatives be found to protect the area," Maliki said in his first public comments on the issue.

"I said that I fear this wall might have repercussions which remind us of other walls, which we reject," he added.

As always: Gorilla Guides

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PS: Did you know 183 people were killed in bombings in Iraq yesterday? It was "the bloodiest day since the U.S. troop increase began nine weeks ago," but it's already slipped far from the radar. At least Gorilla's Guides will show it to you.