"And the walls came tumbling down"
BBC Baghdad blast wall artBaghdad blast walls to be removed
BAGHDAD (AP) -- All blast walls designed to protect the streets of Baghdad will soon be taken off major thoroughfares, the Iraqi military said Wednesday, the latest in a government push to restore a sense of normalcy despite persistent bombings in the capital.
The removal of the ubiquitous concrete walls -- which have for years been a bleak feature of daily life in Baghdad -- would ease the flow of traffic and improve the appearance of the streets.
But security concerns remain amid continued violence.
In the latest attack, a roadside bomb killed five police officers patrolling in a mainly Sunni area in southern Baghdad on Tuesday.
Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, the spokesman for the city's operations command center, said all blast walls on Baghdad's main and secondary roads will be removed within the coming 40 days.
''No exception will be made any place in Baghdad,'' he said in a statement LinkHere
The removal of the ubiquitous concrete walls -- which have for years been a bleak feature of daily life in Baghdad -- would ease the flow of traffic and improve the appearance of the streets.
But security concerns remain amid continued violence.
In the latest attack, a roadside bomb killed five police officers patrolling in a mainly Sunni area in southern Baghdad on Tuesday.
Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, the spokesman for the city's operations command center, said all blast walls on Baghdad's main and secondary roads will be removed within the coming 40 days.
''No exception will be made any place in Baghdad,'' he said in a statement LinkHere
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