Thursday, June 14, 2007
A handful of Sunni mosques were attacked or burned Thursday, but curfews and increased troop levels kept Iraq in relative calm a day after suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of a prized Shiite shrine.
Wednesday's attack on the Askariya shrine in Samarra, which was blamed on Sunni extremists, stoked fears of a surge in violence between Muslim sects. A bombing at the same mosque complex in February 2006 that destroyed the shrine's famed golden dome unleashed a bloodbath of reprisals.
The U.S. military said Iraqi forces had arrested the Emergency Service Unit (nyse: UNT - news - people ) commander and 12 policemen responsible for security at the shrine at the time of the explosions.
Details : forbes
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