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Posted: 2/21/2006 10:39:34 PM EDT

In Samara Iraq blast destroys one of the largest domed mosques there is, US military Investigation under way. no other info given.

CNN.com

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:40:38 PM EDT

[#1]

Good, I’m sure it was an accident

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:42:09 PM EDT

[#2]

A good start if you ask me.

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:42:11 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Good, I’m sure it was an accident

Yipeeeeeee!!!! Burn in hell RPO'ers!

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:43:49 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Good, I’m sure it was an accident

possibly all the future IED's for the area they had stored there went off.

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:46:55 PM EDT

[#5]

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
ya Arriba y arriba
ay arriba y arriba por ti sere
Por ti sere
Por ti sere
Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Soy capitan
Soy capitan
Soy capitan
Bamba la bamba
Bamba la bamba
Bamba la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesito una poca de gracia
a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
ya Arriba y arriba

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesito una poca de gracia
a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
ya Arriba y arriba
ay arriba y arriba por ti sere
Por ti sere
Bamba la bamba
Bamba la bamba
Bamba la bamba

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:49:37 PM EDT

[#6]

It was going to happen sooner or later ....

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:50:25 PM EDT

[#7]

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060222/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:51:15 PM EDT

[#8]

The RoP® are going nuts about this! This one of their holiest shrines....

The dome is reported to have collapsed

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:55:51 PM EDT

[#9]

This is going to annoy me...

Posted: 2/21/2006 10:57:33 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
The RoP® are going nuts about this! This one of their holiest shrines....

The dome is reported to have collapsed

www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/samarra-iraq-066.jpg

The ROP got ROPed.

BBC:

Two armed men overcame the guards are before detonating explosives. Reports say part of the building's celebrated golden dome has been damaged.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:01:35 PM EDT

[#11]

is it on tv now?

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:01:45 PM EDT

[#12]

it contains the 10th and 11th imams tombs inside the mosque, that is why they are freaking out. im sure the sunnis and shites civil war is going explode after this. expect alot more after this.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:03:18 PM EDT

[#13]

BURN BABY BURN!!!

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:04:08 PM EDT

[#14]

Wouldn't be surprised if AQ didn't blow it up, just to kept the pot boiling.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:05:43 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Wouldn't be surprised if AQ didn't blow it up, just to kept the pot boiling.

That would be my best guess

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:05:46 PM EDT

[#16]

Anyone got picks of the damage?

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:08:31 PM EDT

[#17]

WWIII

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:09:39 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
A good start if you ask me.

+1.

Although I would be much happier if it had happened at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Those fuckers built a mosque at the site of the Jewish Temples. And they talk about us insulting THEIR religion....

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:14:39 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
WWIII

I wonder how the islamic world is going to handle this one.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:16:12 PM EDT

[#20]

Naturally, the most evil people in the Islamofacsist movement are attempting to freak up the Islamic "street" - There is a civil war inside their religion that the weaker, nicer, more reasonable side is losing.

The IF will do anything they can to accelerate this process.

Considering that we are at most a month away from blowing Iran to hell (anybody hear about Gen. Tom McInerny's two-hour brief on what we are gonna hit?), you guys may be witnessing the beginning of the SHTF time in the Middle East. Hopefully, they haven't been sneaking any WMD across our porous borders in the last five years.

That would REALLY stir up the shit.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:19:28 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Quoted:
WWIII

I wonder how the islamic world is going to handle this one.

By saying Israel did it.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:20:08 PM EDT

[#22]

Oh hell... It starts..

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:20:56 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Anyone got picks of the damage?

Here ya go...

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:23:07 PM EDT

[#24]

Dizam!

That was no small bomb...

Bet ya that EVERYBODY in that place got smoked.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:24:32 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Dizam!

That was no small bomb...

Bet ya that EVERYBODY in that place got smoked.

Yeah, and I'll bet that Al-Jazeera is planning on blaming it on us.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:25:14 PM EDT

[#26]

Ive seen nothing on the networks...

Where are you seeing this?

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:26:14 PM EDT

[#27]

Wow , a society that only ever known rule by force and violence
is still using the same tactics after we gave them the chance to change ....

Well , I'm shocked

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:26:29 PM EDT

[#28]

oh, here it is...

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:30:35 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Ive seen nothing on the networks...

Where are you seeing this?

www.bbc.co.uk

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:31:58 PM EDT

[#30]

I would not be surprised to see Muslims start making death threats, hitting targets and seeking retaliation all in the name of this temple and blaming the west the whole time. Then next week we found it collapsed becuase of weakness in the supports or something.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:39:20 PM EDT

[#31]

That can't be good.

Oh well. Too bad.

I'm sure I'll get over it.

_________________________

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:41:09 PM EDT

[#32]

Yuppers.

I'm over it already.

_________________________

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:43:12 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
it contains the 10th and 11th imams tombs inside the mosque, that is why they are freaking out. im sure the sunnis and shites civil war is going explode after this. expect alot more after this.

Oh fuck!
Well, at least it didn't contain the tombs of the 7th, 5th, or 12th Imams.
That'd cause some REAL shit.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:46:02 PM EDT

[#34]

Nope, they've confirmed 5 or 6 guys in Iraqi Police squad uniforms stormed inside and made a big 'pop'.

Looks like it didn't just collapse the dome--it completely blew the tile and inlay work off the walls and columns.

They should be proud. They've destroyed a priceless historical landmark and timeless work of art over a fucking book and the 'right' invisible friend in the sky.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:47:54 PM EDT

[#35]

Who give a shit about that fucking building-3 US soldiers were killed this weekend. That's all I give a damn about.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:54:18 PM EDT

[#36]

Woops, trouble is brewing, I'm sure that the blame will be on the US one way or another.

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:54:32 PM EDT

[#37]

Its not like the 10th and 11th imans werent dead already.

www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.html

Posted: 2/21/2006 11:56:15 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
Quoted:
it contains the 10th and 11th imams tombs inside the mosque, that is why they are freaking out. im sure the sunnis and shites civil war is going explode after this. expect alot more after this.

Oh fuck!
Well, at least it didn't contain the tombs of the 7th, 5th, or 12th Imams.
That'd cause some REAL shit.

The 10th and 11th Imams are reputed to be the direct decendents of the Prophet Mohammed... methinks this could result in the SHTF.

ANdy

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:13:04 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Nope, they've confirmed 5 or 6 guys in Iraqi Police squad uniforms stormed inside and made a big 'pop'...

probably the Amish.

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:18:06 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Wouldn't be surprised if AQ didn't blow it up, just to kept the pot boiling.

Thats the first thing I thought.

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:29:51 AM EDT

[#41]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4738472.stm

Iraqi blast damages Shia shrine

A bomb attack in Iraq has badly damaged one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines, sparking large demonstrations outside.

The blast happened early in the morning at the al-Askari shrine in Samarra, 90km (60 miles) north of Baghdad.

Two armed men overcame the guards before detonating explosives. The top part of the building's celebrated golden dome has been destroyed.

The shrine contains the tombs of two revered Shia imams and attracts pilgrims from all over the world.

The BBC's Jon Brain in Baghdad says the attack was almost certainly designed to raise the existing tensions between the majority Shia and minority Sunni populations.

There were no reports of injuries in the attack, but thousands of people have gathered outside in protest.

Holy site

The al-Askari shrine, part of the Imam Ali al-Hadi mausoleum, is one of Shia Islam's holiest sites.

The compound contains the remains of the 10th and 11th imams, reputed to be direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which came one day after a visit to Iraq by UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

He urged Iraq's divided political groups to put aside sectarian differences and quickly form a new national government.

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interesting that there were no injuries.

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:32:52 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
WWIII

Try 4.

Maybe 5.

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:35:00 AM EDT

[#43]

Maybe the car bombers should not park them so close.... [

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:37:36 AM EDT

[#44]

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:42:00 AM EDT

[#45]

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:48:35 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
i1.tinypic.com/oa3o5k.jpg

I don't think that will buff out……

Posted: 2/22/2006 12:52:47 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Wouldn't be surprised if AQ didn't blow it up, just to kept the pot boiling.

Al-Qaeda hates Shiites just slightly less than they hate Americans and Jews. They frequently attack Shiites in Pakistan, Shiites are an oppressed minority in Saudi Arabia.