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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil: View of Western Wall with Large Gate Opening onto Prayer Hall, and Small Door Leading into a Corridor

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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): View of the Southwest Corner of the Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, towards the Old City

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Washington Examiner

Minarets of Samarra’s Askaria Mosque Destroyed

The Golden Dome of the al-Askaria Mosque and its two minarets prior to the bombings in 2006 and 2007. Just as U.S. and Iraqi security forces have begun to get the sectarian violence back to pre ...
Reuters

FACTBOX-Golden Mosque in Iraq's Samarra

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Militants entered the Golden Mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra at dawn exactly one year ago, setting off charges that destroyed the dome of the revered Shi'ite shrine. The act ...