Click to play videoNew Delhi: In Baghdad, residents from the Sunni neighbourhood of Al-Adhamiya have been protesting against a wall, separating them from nearby Shia areas.
US forces are erecting a wall in the Sunni-dominated area, projecting it as a move to reduce hatred between the two communities.
But protestors say it's an effort by the Americans to separate and isolate them.
Standing outside a mosque in their area of Al-Adhamiya, more than 2,000 demonstrators shouted slogans and carried posters saying the concrete barrier being built by US forces would make them prisoners of their own neighborhoods and an easier target for terrorists.
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered for the construction to be stopped immediately.
The US ambassador to Iraq has said the American military will ''respect the wishes'' of the Iraqi government regarding a barrier being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad, but he stopped short of saying construction would stop.
Meanwhile, bombings around Iraq killed at least 27 people and wounded nearly 60, authorities said on Monday.
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