A look at Shiite shrine in Samarra
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The Askariya Shrine in Samarra is among Iraq's most sacred sites for Shiite Muslims and was famous for its towering golden dome, which was destroyed in a bombing last year blamed on Sunni militants linked to al-Qaida. Similar factions are believed responsible for blasts that brought down the shrine's two minarets Wednesday.
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Militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said yesterday they had handed over the keys to a revered Muslim shrine in the holy city of Najaf to top Shiite religious leaders, a move that marks a crucial step towards ending two weeks of fighting.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through Najaf on Friday after a night of heavy U.S. bombing that saw radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr order his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities...
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf in a step aimed at ending the 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site.    Iraq's highest Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, agreed to take control of the shrine, which al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia turned into a stronghold and refuge during their fight with U.S...
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Its mosque attacked twice, Samarra's Sunni populace and Shi'a police may make the city erupt once again
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The two minarets of one of Iraq's holiest Shia sites are damaged by explosions, officials in Samarra say.
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20 August 2004 -- Radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is offering to hand control of the Imam Ali shrine in Al-Najaf to the top Shi&#39;ite religious authorities.
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Shiite Muslims on Tuesday marked Ashoura, commemorating the death in A.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - When shrapnel lands in Najaf's Imam  Ali shrine, Shi'ite militants holed up inside the sacred  complex casually inspect the hot metal and then return to  prayers or chanting defiant slogans.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi security forces moved to  within 400 meters (yards) of a holy shrine in Najaf on Tuesday,  just hours after the government warned Shi'ite rebels inside  they would be killed if they did not surrender.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr remained in control of a revered Shiite shrine at the center of the crisis in Najaf on Saturday, as they bickered with top Shiite religious leaders over how to hand the holy site over.    As the standoff dragged on, heavy clashes broke out for about 45 minutes near the cemetery and the Old City on Saturday afternoon between al-Sadr's militiamen and U.S...
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NAJAF, Iraq - With U.S. forces bombing militant positions and gunbattles raging, radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities but refused to disband his militia...
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Sadr City, once a symbol of Shiite subjugation, is recovering. Many residents credit the Mahdi Army.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.    The clashes between U.S...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. troops and Shi'ite rebels  fought fierce battles in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on  Monday, with multiple explosions and gunfire echoing around a  sacred shrine held by followers of a radical cleric.
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QUARGHULI, Iraq -- The shrine is just some sheets of plywood and a couple of two-by-fours.
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&quot;It&#39;s quite intense. I&#39;ve heard at least 10 explosions,&quot; a Reuters reporter said on Monday from inside the. compound of the gold-domed Imam Ali mosque, Iraq&#39;s holiest Shi&#39;ite Muslim shrine.