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Originally Posted by jatx
I don't disagree, but do like to see these signs of (modest) internal dissent...
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I would not call this "modest"........ it would not surprise me if the shiite's destroyed every sunni mosque in Iraq after this attack.
Shrine Attack Brings Reprisals and Fear
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Associated Press
SAMARRA, Iraq — A large explosion heavily damaged the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite shrines Wednesday, spawning mass protests and triggering reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets this week and threatened to stoke sectarian tensions.
Following the blast at the Shiite holy site, a Sunni cleric in Baghdad was killed after gunmen sprayed him with bullets as he entered a mosque, the Iraqi army said.
Shiite leaders called for calm, but militants attacked Sunni mosques and a gunfight broke out between Shiite militiamen and guards at the offices of a Sunni political party in Basra. About 500 soldiers were sent to Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad to prevent clashes between Shiites and Sunnis, Army Capt. Jassim al-Wahash said.
A leading Sunni politician, Tariq al-Hashimi, said 29 Sunni mosques had been attacked nationwide. He urged clerics and politicians to calm the situation "before it spins out of control."
A government statement said "several suspects" had been detained and some of them "might have ... been involved in carrying out the crime."
No group claimed responsibility for the 6:55 a.m. attack on the Askariya shrine in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, but suspicion fell on Sunni extremist groups such as Al Qaeda in Iraq led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The shrine contains the tombs of two revered Shiite imams, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
Whole story here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185640,00.html