To Wall or not to wall, that is the question

There's been a lot of confusion over the wall in Iraq, so obviously someone had to resolve it. They did so by asking the Israelis whether a wall was a good idea. When the Israelis said, "yes," they decided to proceed with it:

The US military has said that it will continue building a concrete wall around Adhimiya, a mainly-Sunni district of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.

Colonel Don Farris, of the US army, said that after briefly halting construction of the barrier, the Iraqi government had now ordered the building of the wall to continue.

"We were asked to stop placing the barriers," Farris said on Thursday.

"Since then, it has been communicated to me through the chain of command that the prime minister and Iraqi security officials have authorised work to continue."

Residents had protested against the wall.

Farris said that construction of the barrier would continue in the near future - although he did not specify an exact date.

"We will begin placing the barriers shortly, assisting the Iraqi security forces in placing the barrier along the Adhimiya," he said.