Blast destroys Al-Asqariya Golden Mosque"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.html ^

[Bubbatuck]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An explosion ripped through a Shiite holy site in Samarra Wednesday, destroying the golden dome of the al Askariya mosque, a U.S. military statement and a local security official said.

[hummingbird]

The Vatican for Catholics, that's all I know.

The Christian and Jewish sites in Jerusalem, maybe. Remember when some Palestinians took hostages in Jerusalem and desecrated religious items. I can't remember the date but it lasted for quite a while. I think Arafat was still alive. Foggy memory, but I remember there were threads about the value and meaning of religious sites.

[taxesareforever]

Its a world relic not just a mosque.

Just a mosque.

[SuziQ]

ROTFL! You SO bad!

[taxesareforever]

It's a mosque. Probably used by terrorists like a lot of mosques.

GREAT post. Yes they should be considered terrorist training centers and therefore should be targets.

[sheik yerbouty]

It is my pleasure to offend the effendis...

[RightWhale]

The news said there was some damage. Wow!

[dfwgator]

Holy Shiite Batman!

[RJL]

An explosion ripped through a Shiite holy site in Samarra Wednesday, destroying the golden dome of the al Askariya mosque

A work accident at a bomb factory?

[HAL9000]

It's pretty obvious whose side you're on. While you think you're supporting some noble cause, you're no more than a cindy sheehan. 'Don't label or hurt the enemy!'

Here is a label: you are a useful idiot for al-Qaeda.

That became obvious when you said this attack makes you 'happy', and you called for more violence and anarchy there.

[Lauretij2]

There's 1300 years of anarchy and chaos since islam entered those lands. You think it's going to change now?

Face reality already. islam is incompatible with civilization. The sooner your types realize the, the sooner we can move on.

And if you think that's AQ thinking, fine. You can lead a horse to water...

[LeoWindhorse]

it is amazing to me that anyone could get enough explosives into a place like this , that surely had security , and that the blast was somehow directed up through the top , while not especially blowing out the sides.

[ArmyTeach]

Remember, these are the same that blew up the ancient 1400 year old (as I recall) statues of Buddha in the mountainsides of Afghanistan. They respect nothing, not even each other.

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[metalcor]

Some of the Iraqi bloggers are of the opinion that the bombing was done to reuinite the Shia coalition government majority which was about to become a minority through negotiations between some monority members, secular and Kurdish parties---a Reichstag fire operation. Now all they need to do is find a mentally retarded Danish Sunni fall-guy to complete the effect.

[6323cd]

This was extremely old, too...

And here it is after the ignorant barbarian Muslims were finished with it...

[sheik yerbouty]

Somebody was lighting fatwas again..

[Xenophon450]

Usually when muslims protest, people die. Like when they "protested" the cartoon.

[festus]

Thats gonna make somebody awfully mad.

Have we confirmed thought that this whole thing wasn't caused by someone smoking near the mosques powder magazine ?

[festus]

"The site is sacred to Shia, because they believe Iman al Mehdi will appear at the mosque, bringing them salvation. Al Mehdi is the 12th and final awaited Imam in Shia Islam."

My wife says, "Well we should have waited till he showed up to blow up the mosque." I told her we didn't blow it up. She's still convinced we did it so the Iraqi's would erupt and have something to do to keep themselves busy ( civil war ) while we were off flattening Iran.

LOL.