Baghdad eclipses Fallujah as the "world's largest gated community,"

to steal Juan Cole's phrase from this dKos asks what to do in Iraq and Juan Cole answers! Kos Diary

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - The government announced Thursday that a security cordon of 40,000 Iraqi soldiers and police will ring Baghdad starting next week to try to halt a spree of insurgent violence that has killed more than 620 people this month.

"The security cordon next week would be followed by similar anti-terrorism moves across the country, part of an effort to shift the government stance toward the insurgency from a defensive to an offensive position, said Interior Minister Bayan Jabr and Defense Minister Saadoun al-Duleimi.

'Next week, we will have a strong and safe cordon around Baghdad like a bracelet that surrounds the hand. We will not allow anyone to cross this cordon,' al-Duleimi said."

Jabr said there would be 675 checkpoints plus mobile checkpoints to try to deter assailants in areas where attacks are frequent and cars are often booby-trapped."

'You will witness unprecedented security measures and none familiar to you,' he said. 'We have to work together, government and people, because security is for all the citizens, not just the government.'"

The ministers said Baghdad would be divided into two sectors and 15 districts where police and emergency personnel would operate 24 hours a day."

New Iraq Security Cordon to Ring Baghdad

The next thing you know, they'll be building walls.

This sounds really desperate to me.