BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 22 - Insurgents dressed as police commandos
detonated powerful explosives today inside one of Shiite Islam's most
sacred shrines, destroying most of the building and prompting thousands
of Shiites to flood into streets across the country in protest. Sunni
Arab politicians said that more than 25 Sunni mosques across Iraq had
been attacked in retaliation, although there was no independent
confirmation of the number.
Shiites protestors took to the streets shortly after the explosion.
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