the right thing to do." Most residents of Baghdad became impatient with the coalition forces because essential services such as electricity were still unreliable more than a year after the invasion. In the summer of 2004, electricity was only available intermittently in most areas of the city. An additional pressing concern was the lack of security. The curfew imposed immediately after the invasion had been lifted in the winter of 2003, but the city that had once had a vibrant night life was still considered too dangerous after dark for many citizens. Those dangers included kidnapping and the risk of being caught in fighting between security forces and insurgents. On 10 April 2007, the United States military began construction of a three-mile (5 km) long 3.5 metre tall wall around the Sunni district of Baghdad. On 23 April, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, called for construction to be halted on the wall. In 2021, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant suicide bombers killed 32 people in January and 35 people in July. In April, 82 people died due to a hospital fire. See also Timeline of Baghdad History of Iraq History of the Jews in Baghdad Iraq War References Further reading Hagan, John, Joshua Kaiser, Anna Hanson (all Northwestern University), and Patricia Parker (University of Toronto). "Neighborhood Sectarian Displacement and the Battle for Baghdad: The Self-fulfilling Prophecy of Crimes Against Humanity in Iraq" (Archive). Posted at the University of Arizona. Ethnic changes in Baghdad, 2003-2007 (See more ethnic maps of Baghdad here) External links Baghdad Silk Road