2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
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title:
2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
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The 2006 al-Askari Shrine bombing occurred on 22 February 2006 at approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, and targeted the al-Askari Shrine in the city of Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, has not been claimed by any group; the then President of the United States, George W. Bush, claimed that the bombing was an al-Qaeda plot. Although the mosque was severely damaged from the blast, there were no casualties. The attack was followed by retaliatory v
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Attack on a Shia mosque in Iraq
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_al-Askari_mosque_bombing
date created:
2006-02-23T22:01:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:13:36Z
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