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Date: April 23, 2007 8:48:35 PM PDT
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Subject: Turning Iraq into One Big Ant-Farm
Press fury at Baghdad wall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6584079.stm
A controversial wall being built by US forces in a Baghdad's Sunni
district on a mainly Shia east bank of Tigris has been roundly
condemned by papers both in Iraq and wider region.
Fears are expressed that the wall will turn the capital into "a big
prison", exacerbate sectarian tensions and trigger the construction
of similar barriers elsewhere in the country.
A Syrian daily urges Iraqis to rise up and fight what it sees as
part of wider US-Israeli efforts to isolate Arabs or "face
extermination".
BASIM AL-SHAYKH IN IRAQ'S AL-DUSTUR
The sectarian isolation wall... is a hateful gesture feared to
recur and spread in Baghdad until we find ourselves in the coming
days in need of visas or special permits to enter this or that
area. We are not against security precautions as such... but we
also hope that this will not be done at the expense of our moral
and inherited values.
KADIM AL-MIQDADI IN IRAQ'S AL-ZAMAN
People of al-Adamiyah, rise up and destroy this wall... produced by
Israeli factories in Tel Aviv! These are the same barriers that
isolated Palestinian villages and cities from each other... under
the pretext of defending Israel security. Don't forget that the
Pentagon is behind the idea of establishing closed Iraqi
communities with the aim of establishing sectarianism.
ABD-AL-BARI ATWAN IN PAN-ARAB AL-QUDS AL-ARABI
Today it's al-Adhamiyah, tomorrow it will be Basra, the day after
Mosul and the day after that Kirkuk - until the whole of Iraq
becomes a Bantustan - a sectarian ghetto which closes its doors to
strangers from other ghettos. There is no national identity
anymore, only sectarian and racial identity.
GHASSAN AL-SHARBAL IN PAN-ARAB AL-HAYAT
We were dreaming of destroying the racist wall built by Israel and
here come walls to destroy our cities. To predict the Arab future,
we must look at Baghdad. The winds of sectarianism warn of a season
of unending walls. Perhaps it is too late to wage a comprehensive
campaign against the epidemic of walls.
AS'AD ABUD IN SYRIA'S AL-THAWRAH
The wall is a real step to solidify and increase the sectarian
hostility that has flourished in the US-made reality on the ground
in Iraq. Such a humiliation for the Arabs ... what can you do?
Either fight the siege or face extermination, so choose between
dying as a resistance fighter or dying between a wall and the other.
MUHAMMAD KA'WSH IN JORDAN'S AL-ARAB AL-YAWM
No-one should keep silent about this new crime committed by the
occupation in Baghdad, and all Iraqis must reject such a crime
because turning al-Adhamiyah into a big prison means that other
neighbourhoods will also turn into sectarian ghettos, with Sadr
city probably being next.
A'ISHA AL-MURI IN UAE'S AL-ITTIHAD
The new US strategy has turned sectarian division from words to
actual concrete on the ground.
WALID AL-NUWAYHID IN BAHRAIN'S AL-WASAT
The wall is a political scandal according to all international,
moral and humanitarian standards. It is not just a part of a
security project. Rather, it aims at isolating and turning
neighbourhoods into sectarian ghettos.
YUSUF AL-KUWAYLIT IN SAUDI WATAN
The division in Iraq came as a reflection of the huge failure of
the invading forces. Moreover, the opinion of the elected
government was not even considered in the decision to build the wall.
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Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/6584079.stm
Published: 2007/04/23 13:36:52 GMT
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