Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 22 févr. 2006
- Type
- Attentat terroriste
- Coordonnées
- 34.20° N, 43.87° E
Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing.
Résumé
2006 al-Askari mosque bombing: Explosions occur at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, causes the escalation of sectarian violence in Iraq into a full-scale war (the Iraqi Civil War of 2006–2008).
2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
Attack on a Shia mosque in Iraq
On 22 February 2006, approximately 6:44 a.m. Arabia Standard Time, al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, was severely damaged in a bombing attack amidst the then-ongoing Iraq War. Constructed in the 10th century, it is one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam. Despite the magnitude of the explosions, there were no casualties. American president George W.
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