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BAGHDAD, May 12 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi parliament voted Saturday against
constructing cement security walls around residential areas of the capital,
Baghdad.
Out of a total of 138 MPs, the 88 present voted unanimously against the
construction of such walls and demanded the removal of the temporary walls
placed around Adhamiya District that had cause much uproar.
US forces had set up a cement wall around Adhamiya in April to prevent
booby-trapped car attacks targeting civilians, and controversy in media
compelled Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to change the nature of these walls
from permanent to temporary.
Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Meshhadani said this decision was regarding all
walls and not just those around Adhamiya, while MP Hadi Al-Amri preferred to
wait until such a time that the opinion of Maliki and his ministers on this
issue could be heard. (end)
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