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| BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A group of men dressed like Iraqi police commandos set off explosives at the al Askariya "Golden Mosque" in Samarra on Wednesday morning, heavily damaging the Shiite holy site, Iraqi government officials and the U.S. military said. |
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.html
I am pretty perplexed at thisstrategy of the insurgents - target its own sympathizers. One would suspect it is really a covert CIA directed operation designed to erode the popular support for Al-Qaeda.
