Kerry was referring to the events of Feb. 22, 2006, when members of al-Qaeda in Iraq, a group that later morphed into ISIS, infiltrated Samarra’s al-Askari mosque.

10 The Al-Askari Mosque on June 13 (Fars) - According to Shi'ite tradition, Imam al-Mahdi, the son of Hasan al-Askari, descended into a cellar under the present-day shrine and disappeared.

June 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Sunni insurgents have once again attacked the Al-Askari (Golden) Mosque in an apparent attempt to goad Shi'a into launching retalitory actions.

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The explosion that plunged Iraq into mourning and added to fears of civil war. The grief and anger felt from Shias around the world after an Islamic shrine was destroyed, the dome of Al-Askari Mosque.

Al Jazeera’s Omar al-Saleh reports from Samarra, Iraq on joint Shia-Sunni efforts to rebuild the revered al-Askari Shrine and mosque. At 6:55am on February 22, 2006, two explosions tore through ...

In 2007, there was a second attack on the al-Askari Mosque, that toppled it minarets. The U.S. military and the Iraqi government decided to lock Samarra down.

Early on the morning of Feb. 22, 2006, gunmen slipped into the Al-Askari Mosque, tied up the guards and set the explosives that destroyed the dome.

It is believed Imam al-Hadi was poisoned in 868, and buried in a house near the original mosque of al-Mutasim. Al-Askari succeeded his father as imam, but remained under house arrest until his death ...

This is unquestionably bad news. Here's the statement from Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker and General David Petraeus on the attack: "We strongly condemn this morning's vicious attack on the Al-Askari ...

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