WTF is a slanighbourhood?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2008/May/focusoniraq_May63.xml§ion=focusoniraq

US military, Sadrists battle over Baghdad barrier
(DPA)

12 May 2008

BAGHDAD - A violent contest of will is taking place in Baghdad's Sadr City between US forces and Shia gunmen of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr over a three-mile barrier that will cordon off the northern and southern sectors of the district and help protect the capital's government centre from rocket attacks. snip

Work on the wall began April 19 and will be completed by the end of May at the latest. Soldiers say they have already laid down nearly half of the 2,100-2,400 concrete slanighbourhoods from the north through the many cross streets along al-Quds Street. snip

"They (residents of the two neighbourhoods) are not ecstatic about it," said Capt. Todd Looney, commander of Charlie Company. "Unfortunately you can't make a barrier or an obstacle that only obstructs the movement of the insurgents.

"(But) even though they are inconvenienced in their daily movements around the city I think they understand. They may not appreciate it, they may not be happy about it, but I think they understand."

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Don't know. A google search picks up 3 hits.... all yours?

[NNN0LHI]

3. I get the one hit for the article I found it in

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=HPIA,HPIA:2006-34,HPIA:en&q=slanighbourhoods

[Sabriel]

2. Must be a mistake. Maybe "slab" and "neighbourhood" got splinched. n/t

[countryjake]

4. It's a consequence of editing...

see another take on the article here:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/features/article_1404854.php/US_military_Sadrists_battle_over_Baghdad_barrier

~snip~

"Work on the wall began April 19 and will be completed by the end of May at the latest. Soldiers say they have already laid down nearly half of the 2,100-2,400 concrete slabs that will block entry to the Tharwa and Jamilla neighbourhoods from the north through the many cross streets along al-Quds Street."



Interesting new word, tho. Kind of like a slain neighborhood, eh?