US damages mosque in Karbala

Tex MacRae, May 12, 2004

Juan Cole is sounding the alarm here. He points to an AP report about heavy fighting in Karbala.

The US used heavy firepower in the sacred Shiite city, destroying half of the historic al-Mukhayyam Mosque not so far from the shrine of the Prophet’s martyred grandson, Imam Husain. For Shiites, this is as though a Muslim army was fighting in Vatican City and damaged a Renaissance-era church near the basilica of St. Peter. You wonder if the US can survive its victory in Karbala.

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One Response to “US damages mosque in Karbala”

  1. liljimmyalex
    June 13th, 2008 at 12:27 am

    well its tru,,i agree,,
    but there must be sum steady reason for this,,
    after all america is a land of wise and smart people..
    therefore sum steady reason shud exist….

    now about the next ,,no muslim army wud have ever dared tu fight in tha vatican city..
    dont yu know,,al tha super powers and majority of tha people of tha world are christians??
    they wud never tolerate it..they wud tear them into peices,,
    thanks<<