Report: Curfew imposed in Adhamiyah

A squad leader with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, guards female occupants during a night search of the house of a suspected gunrunner in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah District, March 31.

BAGHDAD April 23 (UPI) -- The erection of a U.S. "security wall" in a Sunni district of Baghdad is set to spark additional unrest in a country already torn by widespread violence.

The U.S. and Iraqi forces slapped a curfew on the Adhamiya district in northern Baghdad Monday to prevent plans by the residents to hold a peaceful demonstration against the 12-foot high, 3-mile long wall around their area.

Eyewitnesses said residents remained confined to their homes as Iraqi and U.S. troops surrounded Adhamiya to enforce the curfew, while U.S. military helicopters were seen hovering above the area. Instructions from mosque speakers warned the people to remain indoors after the U.S. forces allegedly threatened to forcefully confront any protests.

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