Saigón, tal vez Bagdad...

"The system has been used - and has spectacularly failed - in the past, and its inauguration in Iraq is as much a sign of American desperation at the country's continued descent into civil conflict as it is of US determination to "win" the war against an Iraqi insurgency that has cost the lives of more than 3,200 American troops. The system of "gating" areas under foreign occupation failed during the French war against FLN insurgents in Algeria and again during the American war in Vietnam. Israel has employed similar practices during its occupation of Palestinian territory - again, with little success."

Robert Fisk en The Independent acerca del plan norteamericano para sellar treinta de los 89 barrios de Bagdad a fin de mejor combatir a la insurgencia.