Mutlaq, a parliament member for Anbar province, added, “The real objective behind the construction of the wall is to isolate Baghdad from Sunni areas in preparation for annexing it to a Shiite region in case a federal system or partition is implemented. It is also designed to restrict a particular sect. Therefore, the other party is the one that started with partition, not the people in the Sunni provinces.”
Mutlaq expressed his surprise at “the Shiite political forces’ condemnation of the trench in the Kurdistan Region and their accusation leveled at the Kurds that the wall would pave the way for the country’s partition and annexation of Arab lands outside the region. This is while they neglect similar objections and accusations by the Sunnis regarding the wall and trench of Baghdad.”
He added, “The barrier of Baghdad is no different from the trench of Kurdistan, as the [barriers] do not address the security situation. Rather, there are political goals behind them.”
In January, the Kurdistan Regional Government dug trenches claiming that they were designed to protect the peshmerga forces from attack by the Islamic State (IS). Yet Sunni and Shiite parties considered them to be the beginning of the country’s partition.
For his part, Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, another member of the Union of Nationalist Forces, had confirmed in a Feb. 9 statement that the objective behind the wall is “to protect and secure the units scattered in the vicinity of Baghdad and bring about security in the capital," saying, "It will not affect the movement of citizens, isolate some areas or result in the bulldozing of orchards.”
Instead of a wall you guys should consider building a transportation beltway that would incorporate the structure details of a wall. This way you can circumvent the idea that you are only building something divisive, something that can be protested. A beltway would be seen only as a means of creating a "highway infrastructure" which no one can claim is trying to keep someone or something in or out.