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2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing

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The 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing (Arabic: تفجير مسجد العسكري‎) occurred on June 13, 2007 at around 9 a.m. local time at one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq or the Iraqi Baath Party. While there were no injuries or deaths reported, the mosque's two ten story minarets were destroyed in the attacks. This was the second... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing

    The 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing (Arabic: تفجير مسجد العسكري‎) occurred on June 13, 2007 at around 9 a.m. local time at one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq or the Iraqi Baath Party.
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    Al-Askari Mosque bombing

    2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing is the attack that destroyed the mosque's two remaining ten-storey minarets.
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    Al-Askari Mosque

    Main article: 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
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    22 February 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing

    For the later bombing see 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
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    19 June 2007 al-Khilani Mosque bombing

    The explosion occurred just two days after a four-day curfew banning vehicle movement in the city was lifted after the al-Askari Mosque bombing (2007), and just hours after 10,000 US troops began the Arrowhead Ripper offensive to the north of Baghdad.
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    Members of the 1st Iraqi Council of Representatives

    Note: the Sadrist Movement boycotted the Council of Representatives from 13 June to 17 July 2007 in protest of the 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
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    Al-Askari Mosque 2006

    Hasan al-Askari

    Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq ... The site is considered a holy shrine for the [Shi’a]]'s, though a bomb blast on 22 February 2006 destroyed much of the structure, and another bomb blast on 13 June 2007 destroyed the two remaining minarets of the Al-Askariya Mosque.
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    Al-Qaeda involvement in the Middle East

    See also: Canal Hotel bombing, Al-Askari Mosque bombing (2006), and 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
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    Occupation of Iraq timeline

    June 13: 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing blows up two of the mosque’s minarets.
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    Mosque

    Following the al-Askari Mosque bombing in February 2006, imams and other Islamic leaders used mosques and Friday prayers as vehicles to call for calm and peace in the midst of widespread violence. ... Drury, Abdullah, Islam in New Zealand: The First Mosque (Christchurch, 2007) ISBN 978-0-473-12249-2 .

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