Baghdad Wall Falls, Neighborhood Celebrates

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 09/30/2008 - 5:00am

Fifteen months ago, a Baghdad neighborhood was so dangerous that a concrete barrier was built to separate the Sunni and Shiite sides.

Security has improved, and the barrier is coming down. Two communities that were once bitter enemies are reconciling.

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