The BBC's "before and after" photos of al-Askari shrine bombing

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The al-Askari shrine in Samarra was known for is distinctive golden dome. Armed men entered the shrine at dawn, overcoming guards before detonating their explosives.



One of the holiest shrines in Iraq for Shia Muslims has been destroyed in a bomb attack.



Thousands of demonstrators gathered at the damaged site calling for revenge.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4738874.stm

[rodeodance]

1. that took a lot of planning and lots of explosives.

[acmavm]

2. Goss and Negroponte would be proud. (Probably are.) n/t

[Binka]

3. Armed Men Working For BlackWater Or DynCorp?

This smells Bushie. (No offense to all the sweet smelling bush in the world.):evilgrin:

[benburch]

4. Oh that makes me sick.

This is going to cause the Civil War to heat up considerably.

[CJCRANE]

5. Why would anyone do this? NT

[liberal N proud]

6. You know they are going to ultimately blame the US

Bu$h started this war and it has turned into a civil war. Muslims will see this as a result of bu$h regimes attack on Iraq and eventually retaliate on US soil.

George W. Bu$h, you are solely responsible for this act.

[Jacobin]

7. A genuine Holy Civl War has just erupted in earnest

pull up your knickers, duck and cover

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. The story just made MSNBC's front page:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11491483/

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shiite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, sparking street protests and forcing the government to issue an urgent appeal to avert sectarian reprisals.

At least one Sunni mosque in Baghdad was attacked.

Gunmen burst into the Golden Mosque, one of four key Shiite holy sites in Iraq, and planted explosives that brought down its 100-year-old, gold-covered dome, one of the biggest and best known in the Muslim world, senior officials said.

An Interior Ministry spokesman said the attackers wore police uniforms, tied up the mosque guards and set the charges.



Iraqis gather at the holy Shiite shrine of Ali al-Hadi in Samarra on Wednesday, after a large explosion destroyed its golden dome.

[spinbaby]

9. It was a gorgeous building

Such an unimaginable loss.

[Bandit]

10. self delete

:shrug: