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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Shiite Shrine Bombed in Samarra One of the holiest of Shiite Muslim shrines has been <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6747419.stm" title="bombed">bombed</a> in the Sunni-dominated Iraqi city of Samarra north of Baghdad. Explosions reportedly caused the collapse of the shrine’s two minarets. The 2006 bombing of the golden dome at the same shrine sparked the rampant sectarian strife in Iraq that continues today. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070613_shia_shrine_bombed_in_samarra/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070613_shia_shrine_bombed_in_samarra/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Shiite Shrine Bombed in Samarra One of the holiest of Shiite Muslim shrines has been <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6747419.stm" title="bombed">bombed</a> in the Sunni-dominated Iraqi city of Samarra north of Baghdad. Explosions reportedly caused the collapse of the shrine’s two minarets. The 2006 bombing of the golden dome at the same shrine sparked the rampant sectarian strife in Iraq that continues today. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070613_shia_shrine_bombed_in_samarra/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070613_shia_shrine_bombed_in_samarra/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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