02-22-2006, 06:17 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Seven killed as tension raises after Samarra blast
(Updated at 2250 PST)
SAMARRA:Â A bomb attack Wednesday destroyed the dome of one of the world's holiest Shiite shrines, prompting reprisal a<b>ttacks against 27 Sunni mosques in Baghdad </b>that left seven people dead.
In Baghdad, mobs killed four clerics and three worshippers in their assaults on 27 Sunni mosques, an Iraqi security officer told media.
<b>Crowds machined-gunned and set fire to some of the religious sanctuaries</b>, he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
(Updated at 2250 PST)
SAMARRA:Â A bomb attack Wednesday destroyed the dome of one of the world's holiest Shiite shrines, prompting reprisal a<b>ttacks against 27 Sunni mosques in Baghdad </b>that left seven people dead.
In Baghdad, mobs killed four clerics and three worshippers in their assaults on 27 Sunni mosques, an Iraqi security officer told media.
<b>Crowds machined-gunned and set fire to some of the religious sanctuaries</b>, he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->