U.S. Says It Will Halt Building of Wall ; Al-Maliki's Wishes to Be Respected

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BAGHDAD The American ambassador said Monday that the U.S. would "respect the wishes" of the Iraqi government after the prime minister ordered a halt to construction of a 3-mile wall separating a Sunni enclave from surrounding Shiite areas in Baghdad.

Any plan to build "gated communities" to protect Baghdad neighborhoods from sectarian attacks was in doubt after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said during a visit to Sunni-led Arab countries that he did not want the 12-foot-high wall in Azamiyah to be seen as dividing the capital's sects.

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U.S. Says It Will Halt Building of Wall ; Al-Maliki's Wishes to Be Respected

The U.S. military announced last week that it was buil...

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