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22-02-06, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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Iraq: On The Brink Of Civil War?
Sectarian tensions in Iraq took a turn for the worse on 22 February when armed men detonated explosives inside the Golden Mosque in Samarra, home to a revered Shi'ite shrine, blowing the roof off the building. Iraqi leaders have scrambled to contain the ensuing retaliatory attacks by Shi'a, amid rising fears that the country could be on the brink of civil war. At least six Sunnis have been killed already in retaliatory attacks, and nearly 30 Sunni mosques attacked.
Two of the 12 Shi'ite imams -- Imam Ali al-Hadi, who died in 868 A.D., and his son, Imam Hasan al-Askari, who died in 874 A.D. -- are buried at the mosque. The complex also contains the shrine of the 12th imam, al-Mahdi, who is said to have gone into hiding through a cellar in the complex in 878, and is expected to return on Judgment Day. Both the Ansar Al-Sunnah Army and the Mujahedin Shura Council -- an alliance of terrorist groups that includes Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda-affiliated group (see RFE/RL Iraq Report," 27 January 2006) -- are suspected in the attack. Both groups have insurgents operating in Samarra, and have claimed responsibility for attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces there in recent weeks. Just like the assassination of revered Shi'ite Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim in Al-Najaf in 2003, no group has claimed responsibility for the Samarra attack. The Shi'ite Response Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani immediately called for seven days of mourning following the attack, and urged Shi'a to take to the streets in peaceful demonstrations protesting the attack. The cleric, who rarely appears in public, could be seen on Iraqi state television in a meeting with other leading ayatollahs. The mass demonstrations -- tens of thousands took to the streets of Baghdad, Al-Najaf, Kut, Al-Kufah, and Samarra -- were accompanied by violence. Reprisal attacks against Sunnis were reported across the country. more.. |
22-02-06, 03:31 PM | #2 |
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Makes you wonder if someone actually wants a Civil War?
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22-02-06, 04:30 PM | #3 |
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wasn't the brink about a year and a half ago?
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In short for christians it would mean blowing up the dome of the Vatican Fucking big issue, how come it's keeps being minimised like that? |
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24-02-06, 02:05 AM | #8 |
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the one that just blew was the most scared shia mosque
the dome of the rock (the gold dome in jerusalem) is the 3rd most sacred for all of islam, the first two being in mecca and medina. (i think) but it is built on the wreckage of the 1st and 2nd temples(judiasm). they say the third one must be rebuilt to usher in the end of days. |
24-02-06, 11:58 AM | #9 |
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Iraq..civil war..Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
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