Saturday, April 21, 2007

Collective punishment?

Sunnis complain about Baghdad barrier (AP)

Iraqi youths gather around a U.S. soldier in a Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 21, 2007. Joint U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted searches for weapons and explosives in a neighborhood. (AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali)AP - A wall U.S. troops are building around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad came under increasing criticism on Saturday, with residents calling it "collective punishment" and a local leader saying construction began without the neighborhood council's approval.


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