Iraq bombers topple Samarra minarets


Updated: 2007-06-14 07:33

A base of a destroyed minaret of the Golden Dome Shiite shrine in Samarra is seen after insurgents blew up the two minarets Wednesday, June 13, 2007. The Askariya shrine's dome was destroyed on Feb. 22, 2006, in a bombing blamed on Sunni Muslim militants believed linked to al-Qaida that unleashed a wave of sectarian violence that continues to bloody Iraq.

A base of a destroyed minaret of the Golden Dome Shiite shrine in Samarra is seen after insurgents blew up the two minarets Wednesday, June 13, 2007. The Askariya shrine's dome was destroyed on Feb. 22, 2006, in a bombing blamed on Sunni Muslim militants believed linked to al-Qaida that unleashed a wave of sectarian violence that continues to bloody Iraq.[AP]


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