blast walls

The weeks since U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi urban centers have been marked by a spike in violent attacks.

That's prompted authorities to replace some of the giant blast walls that had recently been taken down. In Baghdad, the Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiya is an example of how positive things can change quickly.

Ahead of the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraqi cities, changes are already coming to Baghdad — including the removal of hundreds of concrete blast walls from around U.S. installations.

For nearly six years, these walls strangled Baghdad's traffic arteries.

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