Imam Askariy Shrine attacked again

This is how the Askariy shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra used to look.

Its famous golden dome rises between two shimmering minarets.

But take a look at the destruction unleashed in the latest of today attack on the holy site.

All that remains is the tiled facade and the clock tower, which rises alone into the blue sky.

The terrorists attackers set off explosives that brought down the two golden towers that flanked the dome's ruins at the century-old mosque.

The golden dome was previously blown off by the very same terrorists militants in February 2006 but the minarets were then left intact.

The remains of one of the minarets can be seen against the intricately tiled front of the mosque.

This was the scene following the 2006 bombing that blew the golden dome off the holy shrine.

My comments:

Every single honorable Iraqi citizen has great respect for all the shrines, mosques and other holy places. These attacks are done by the brainless terrorists killers who are coming from abroad and can not be by any means part of the real people of Iraq. We did not experience even a tiny of any of these nightmares happening in our beloved country in the past. We are a mixed society and we have accepted each other long long time ago. The differences between us, in fact, should be a privilege for everybody that show our tolerance and that we are a civilized nation.

We the people of Iraq have little doubt that these terrorists attacks are well planned to create a civil war between the Shias and the Sunnis. However the terrorists are the loser because a civil war never happened and will not happen in Iraq.

Peace and justice will prevail in our holy Land