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    The 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing (Arabic: تفجير مسجد العسكري) occurred on 13 June 2007 at around 9 am local time at one of the holiest sites in Shia...
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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...
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  • al-Askari Mosque bombing could refer to one of two attacks on the al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq: 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, which severely damaged...
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    Al-Askari Shrine, the 'Askariyya Shrine, or Al-Askari Mosque is a Shia Muslim mosque and mausoleum in the Iraqi city of Samarra 125 km (78 mi) from Baghdad...
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  • The al-Khilani mosque bombing occurred on 19 June 2007 when a truck bomb exploded in front of the Shia Al-Khilani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. At least 78...
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  • romanized: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad; c. 846 – 874), better known as Hasan al-Askari (Arabic: الحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ, romanized: al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī), was...
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    this bombing as an attempt to return the mosque to its former glory. Building plan of the mosque Full aerial view of the mosque, with Al-Askari Shrine...
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    visit Imam Reza shrine on the day of the bombing. 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing Imam Reza shrine stabbings Other estimates...
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    Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah)...
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  • the anniversary of the Al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra, which prompted heavy bloodshed. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was participating...
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    Iraqi legislative election February 22 The al-Askari Mosque bombing (2006): Shi’ite Al Askari Mosque is bombed by Sunni militants, sparking a sectarian...
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    to sectarian strife, and parts of the mosque were destroyed by sectarian militias after the bombing of al-Askari Shrine in 2006 by a group of armed men...
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  • Afghan Shia mosque near Jade Maivand. In April 2006, two explosions occurred at India's Jama Masjid. Following the al-Askari Mosque bombing in Iraq, imams...
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    Al-Kadhimiyya Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, romanized: Masjid al-Kāẓimiyya) is a Shi'a Islamic mosque and shrine located in the Kādhimiya suburb...
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  • including the 2003 Imam Ali Mosque bombing, the 2004 Day of Ashura and Karbala and Najaf bombings, the 2006 first al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra, the deadly...
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  • Askari Monument, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Al-Askari Shrine, or Al-Askari Mosque, Samarra, Iraq Al-Askari mosque bombing (disambiguation) Italian destroyer Ascari...
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    Holiest sites in Shia Islam (category Mosques in Iraq)
    view is also found within this mosque. At the time of the Al-Askari bombing in Samarra, it was reported that the mosque was one of Shia Islam's holiest...
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  • Province who reportedly masterminded the 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing which substantially damaged the Shiite mosque and set off a wave of retaliatory violence...
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  • Iraqi bombings". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2023. "Multiple attacks kill 100 in Iraq". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2023. "Dozens die in Iraq mosque bombing". BBC...
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    of Death," south of Baghdad. Even after the destruction of the Shia Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra in February 2006, his network of clerics and preachers continued...
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  • April 2007 Yazidi massacre Qahtaniyah bombings 2007 Makhmour bombing Abu Sayda bombing 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing 2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing 2007 Amirli...
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    22 February 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing was blamed by a U.S. intelligence officer in March 2007 and by 'Iraqi officials' in May 2007, on AQI. On 3 June...
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    military believes Zarqawi organized the February 2006 attack on the Al Askari Mosque in Samarra, in an attempt to trigger sectarian violence between Sunnis...
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    after the bombing of Al-Askari Shrine, considered a holy site in Twelver Shi'ism. US President George W. Bush and Iraqi officials accused Al-Qaeda in Iraq...
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    on October. 2006 – al-Askari mosque bombing on 22 February 2007al-Askari mosque bombing on 13 June 2011 – 12 February : bombing 2012 – University of...
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    intensity following the al-Askari Mosque bombing in the Iraqi city of Samarra, on 22 February 2006. The explosion at the mosque, one of the holiest sites...
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    Hasan al-Askari had a second son called Sayyid Ali Akbar, which indicates that al-Askari had children and substantiates the existence of Muhammad al Mahdi...
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    the Iraq War. On February 22, 2006, the golden dome of the al-Askari Mosque was bombed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq, setting off a period of rioting and reprisal...
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    the fall of Saddam Hussein and particularly following the bombing of the Al-Askari Mosque in 2006.[citation needed] Since then, with the rise in insecurity...
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    precision bombs, 391 rockets and missiles, and 93,000 machine gun and cannon rounds. Fallujah suffered extensive damage to residences, mosques, city services...
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