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Photograph of Al-Askari Shrine after the first bombing in February 2006.. On February 22, 2006, at 6:44 a.m. (0344 UTC), explosions occurred at al-Askari Mosque, effectively destroying its golden dome and severely damaging the mosque.
Two bombs were set off [7] [8] by five [9] to seven [10] men dressed as personnel of the Iraqi Special Forces [11] who entered the shrine during the morning. [12] Time magazine reported at the time of the 2006 bombing that: al-Askari [is] one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites, exceeded in veneration only by the shrines of Najaf and Karbala.
al-Askari Mosque bombing could refer to one of two attacks on the al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq: 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing , which severely damaged the mosque and destroyed its golden dome 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing , which destroyed the mosque's two remaining ten-story minarets
The Mosque in 2006 after the first bombing. The Al-Askari Mosque was bombed twice, over two years. On February 22, 2006, at 6:55 a.m. local time (0355 UTC) explosions occurred at the mosque, effectively destroying its golden dome and severely damaging the mosque. Several men belonging to Iraqi Sunni insurgent groups affiliated with Al-Qaida ...
On 22 February 2006, a highly provocative explosion took place at the al-Askari Mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra, one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, believed to have been caused by a bomb planted by al-Qaeda in Iraq. With the explicit strategic goal of triggering a "sectarian war", Al-Zarqawi hoped that through such a sectarian ...
A Thai court on Tuesday resumed the long-delayed trial of two members of China's Muslim Uyghur minority accused of carrying out a 2015 bombing at a Bangkok landmark that killed 20 people. Another ...
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