Explosion has ripped through a Shiite holy site in Samarra

CNN ^ | 2/21/2006

[ferri]

An explosion has ripped through a Shiite holy site in Samarra, destroying the al Askariya "Golden Mosque."

[ferri]

no story yet, just breaking.

[Andy from Beaverton]

[Archangel86]

I kinda wish the headline had used the phrase "holy Shiite."

Oh man. I should go to bed.

[A CA Guy]

There was another thread.

[ferri]

LOL! and i did a search on Golden Mosque before i posted and see someone else has already posted this. *siiiiiiigh*

[Archangel86]

Nuts, beat me to it.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Off the Wires

• Blast destroys Shi'ite shrine in Iraq Reuters, 3 minutes ago
• Car Bomb Kills 22; Shiite Shrine Bombed AP, 9 minutes ago

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

An explosion has ripped through a Shiite holy site in Samarra, destroying the al Askariya "Golden Mosque."

Gosh.

Real shame, that.

[Cronos]

dang you -- I wanted to say that ;-P

[ferri]

Yeah, I thought I saw it before, but the mind gets fickle at 2:00 AM, after nights of insomnia.

kind of tells me too that CNN isn't the place to go for Breaking News. LOL

[taxesareforever]

No more mosque, my man, just a mess.

[ferri]

with a nick like ferri i better not be a man. LOL

[ferri]

CNN

CNN finally has a story up!

[mowowie]

How will I ever sleep tonight?

[Billthedrill]

Well, well. Somebody's sending Mookie a little message about what happens if the constitution is dismissed by him and his Iranian backers. He'd better be listening - the Iranians will happily flee across the border leaving him holding the bag, and the Sunnis still have organization enough to wipe out his little band of pretenders.

It's going to be a race between the rule of law and civil war. Again.

[ferri]

and this just sank in:

"The explosion left cars burning and nearby stores ablaze, according to AP. Children screamed while women wailed "Our children have died!" and "The terrorists, may God punish them!"

not screaming about the evil US, but about who is responsible. and CNN PRINTED IT!!! i feel faint...

[zarf]

Gee, maybe they'll all kill each other.

Shame.

[Threepwood]

A terrible crime. That mosque was built in 836 A.D, and was an architectural wonder of the first water. I can't wait to hear the justification offered by the wretches that did this. "Basically, we're hateful animals with no respect for anything at all. Any other questions?"