The authorities of Iraq will build a wall to fence off Baghdad from terrorist attacks

The authorities of Iraq began building a concrete wall around Baghdad in order to fence off the capital from smuggling weapons and explosives used by militants in terrorist attacks, and attacks by terrorists of the Islamic State ( Daish ) forbidden in the Russian Federation. At a certain distance from each other around the perimeter of the entire fence, observation towers, observation cameras and explosive detectors will be installed, while patrols will run along the wall, Yahoo !!! News citing AFP agency.

"The security barrier around Baghdad will not allow terrorists to get into the city and carry explosives or drive in a mined car to make attacks on civilians," one of the commanders of the capital's operational headquarters, General Abdel Amir Ash -Shamari, told reporters.

According to him, preparatory work began on Monday. Construction will be carried out from the Es Subeikhat area on the western outskirts. At the first stage, 100 km of fence will be erected by five engineering brigades. Entrances to the city will be equipped with special supplies.

As previously reported in the UN Mission to assist Iraq (Monsey), the number of victims of ongoing violence in January reached almost 850 people, another 1450 were injured. According to the number of those who died among all Iraqi cities, it was Baghdad in the first place, in the metropolitan region 299 Iraqis were killed last month.

At the end of January, Foreign Minister Iraq Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that Baghdad was opposed to a foreign military presence in the country and intends to fight on terrorism on his own. "Iraq is a sovereign state, it will not allow anyone to violate its sovereignty," the minister said, while in Bahrain at the Arab -Indian Forum.

Ibrahim al-Jaafari noted that all management in the struggle against the Islamic State terrorist group will be conducted only by Iraqi forces independently, without the intervention of some other forces. " However, the minister agreed that the ban on foreign military participation does not apply to military advisers.