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...Sunni political organization, condemned the plan Sunday. Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia is heavily implicated in attacks on Sunni civilians, denounced the idea too. Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, followed suit Sunday and called for a halt to the construction of the barrier in the Adhamiya district, one of the last remaining Sunni enclaves in Shi'ite east Baghdad...
...sign stands out against a darkened background, as if attempting to ward off the viewer, and a motor scooter parked along the curb occupies much of the foreground. Adding to the discord caused by the blatant violation of the sign’s message, the vehicle creates a definite barrier between the two worlds of the viewer and subjects. A woman, sitting in the negative space carved out by the scooter, is visibly uncomfortable with the photograph being taken: her body is tense, and her eyes look off to the side in a startling expression of wild fear. The facial...
...politics further motivated the filmmakers to create the documentary.“[People] don’t want to listen to what they have to go through because it’s a necessary evil,” Robbins says. “I think politics has become a barrier to the human dimension.”Despite this barrier, he says “it matters to have respect to these people…as part of a democracy.” ACCLAIMED STORIESAmidst critical acclaim, the final product has been picked up for theatrical release, unexpected...
...recent U.C.-Santa Cruz study, about one-third of 18 tested birds - easy victims because they are strictly scavengers and therefore chow often on lead-laden carcasses and gutpiles left over by hunters - had high levels of lead in their blood. Lead, says Andreano, is perhaps the primary barrier to the species' recovery...
Could things be any worse for George W. Bush and his beleaguered party? In the new TIME poll, the President's job approval rating continues to wallow near his all-time lows, at 33%, while his disapproval rating breaks the 60% barrier for the third consecutive survey. On Iraq, meanwhile, just 38% of respondents think the U.S. was right to invade, and only 37% believe "the new Iraqi government will be able to build a stable and reasonably democratic society." Given a choice of policy options going forward, 68% endorse proposals to withdraw most combat troops, either within a year...