Letter from Samarra: At Iraq's Ground Zero, too, ... Restoring Iraq's Golden Mosque in Samarra. Published Aug 24, 2008 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Jul 01, 2010 at 1:41 PM EDT. By Newsweek Staff .

The 22 February bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of Shi'ite Islam's most holy sites, has profoudly shaken Iraq's sensitive Shi'ite-Sunni fault line. Political leaders from across the ...

BAGHDAD — Another Sunni mosque in the Basra area of southern Iraq was destroyed Saturday, as militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to march to the Sunni town of Samarra ...

SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) – Insurgents posing as police destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, setting off an unprecendented spasm of sectarian violence. Angry crowds ...

SAMARA, Iraq, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Iraqi engineers say crews will be working around the clock to rebuild the landmark Golden Mosque, which was destroyed by a bomb in 2006. Iraq is spending about $60 ...

Bombing Shatters Mosque In Iraq. Attack on Shiite Shrine Sets Off Protests, Violence. February 23, 2006. By Ellen Knickmeyer. and ...

No moment in the aftermath of the U.S-led invasion has led Iraq closer to civil war than Wednesday's attack that shattered the iconic golden dome of one of Shiite Islam's most revered shrines and ...

But this morning, seeing the Golden Mosque reduced to gray rubble, Fuad cries. Next to him, Sunni police from Samarra and Shiite forces from Baghdad are weeping.

The bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of Shiite Islam’s holiest shrines, ushered in one of the bloodiest episodes of the Iraq war. After its gilded dome was ripped open to the sky ...

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