Baghdad to erect city walls

巴格達反恐'新'招:筑城墻

Baghdad is to resort to one of the oldest forms of defence by building a massive wall around the capital to keep out insurgents, The Times reported Tuesday. A series of recent suicide bombings has driven the governor of the Iraqi capital to propose the concrete barrier, which will be 4.5m high and 112km long. Every man, beast and vehicle entering will be searched at one of only 8 gates. "We want to stop the terrorist from sneaking in," an official said.(See photo)

據英國《泰晤士報》18日報道，伊拉克首都巴格達將用一種最古老的防御方式把叛亂分子拒之門外——圍著城市修道墻。近期頻頻發生的自殺式爆炸事件促使巴格達市長謀劃筑墻。4.5米高，112公里長的城墻將環繞整個巴格達，所有民眾、牲畜和車輛必須通過8座城門進城并接受安檢。一位官員表示，筑墻可以讓恐怖分子偷偷溜進城市的圖謀無法得逞。(見圖)

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