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The security officer at one of the major security checkpoints in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad rushes drivers to pass through the checkpoint. Nearly a month ago, this checkpoint caused heavy traffic delays of about an hour. However, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent speech changed this situation.
In his weekly speech on March 19, Maliki accused some of the security checkpoints of disrupting traffic to delay citizens and make them resent the government. He called for finding the easiest ways to facilitate traffic and promised to hold accountable whoever is causing traffic jams.
