page_title: 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing
caption_attribution_description: العربية: القبة الذهبية لمرقد الإمامين العسكريين في مدينة سامراء بعد تفجير القبة، القوات الأمريكية عرضت المساعدة في إعادة بناء القبة لكن مجلس مدينة سامراء رفض بدعوى أن مجلس سامراء والأهالي سيعيدون بناء المرقد. Deutsch: Dieses Foto zeigt die Al-Askari-Moschee nach dem Sprengstoffanschlag vom 2006-02-22, aber bevor die Minarette am 2007-06-13 vollständig zerstört wurden. English: This photo shows the Al-Askari Mosque after the 2006-02-22 bombing, but before the minarets were fully destroyed on 2007-06-13. Nederlands: Deze foto toont de Al-Askari moskee na het bombardement op 2006-02-22, maar voordat de minaretten vernietigd werden op 2007-06-13. فارسی: مرقد علی بن محمد Image caption from source:The Golden Mosque in Samarra, Iraq, days after anti-Iraqi forces bombed the national landmark. The U.S. has offered to help the locals rebuild the mosque, but the Samarra government wants to accomplish it on their own.
context_page_description: The 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing occurred on 13 June 2007 at around 9 am local time at one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed by Iran to the Iraqi Baath Party. While there were no injuries or deaths reported, the mosque's two ten-story minarets were destroyed in the attacks. This was the second bombing of the mosque, with the first bombing occurring on 22 February 2006 and destroying the mosque's golden dome.
  By April 2009, both minarets had been repaired.
context_section_description: 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 Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed by Iran to the Iraqi Baath Party. While there were no injuries or deaths reported, the mosque's two ten-story minarets were destroyed in the attacks. This was the second bombing of the mosque, with the first bombing occurring on 22 February 2006 and destroying the mosque's golden dome.
  By April 2009, both minarets had been repaired.
caption: The mosque after the first bombing in 2006
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