Baghdad Wall

The Baghdad Wall is the name being given by some media outlets to a 5 km long (3 mile) separation barrier being built by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army around the predominantly Sunni district of Adhamiya in Baghdad, Iraq. Construction of the 3.6 m high (12 ft) concrete wall began on 10 April 2007. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the senior spokesman for coalition forces in Iraq, was reportedly unaware of the construction of the Baghdad wall, saying on 18 April 2007, "We have no intent to build gated communities in Baghdad. Our goal is to unify Baghdad, not subdivide it into separate [enclaves]." However, a news release on the same day from the Multi-National Corps-Iraq announced that "the wall...