One million Shi'ite Arabs visit Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra

By Staff Sgt. Tim Meyer;Photos by Sgt. Ian Terry and Spc. Jazz Burney;3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 25th Infantry DivisionMarch 14, 2009

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1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – One million Shi'ite Arabs journeyed to Samarra, a city of 200,000 mainly Sunni Arabs, to visit the Al Askari or Golden Dome Mosque March 6.
Sunni and Shia together prayed and paid homage to Imam Askari and his father, Imam Ali Hadi, whose remains ar... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, TIKRIT, Iraq - One million Shi'ite Arabs journeyed to Samarra, a city of 200,000 mainly Sunni Arabs, to visit the Al Askari or Golden Dome Mosque March 6.
Sunni and Shia together prayed and paid homage to Imam As... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, TIKRIT, Iraq - One million Shi'ite Arabs journeyed to Samarra, a city of 200,000 mainly Sunni Arabs, to visit the Al Askari or Golden Dome Mosque March 6.
Sunni and Shia together prayed and paid homage to Imam As... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, TIKRIT, Iraq - One million Shi'ite Arabs journeyed to Samarra, a city of 200,000 mainly Sunni Arabs, to visit the Al Askari or Golden Dome Mosque March 6.
Sunni and Shia together prayed and paid homage to Imam As... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, TIKRIT, Iraq - One million Shi'ite Arabs journeyed to Samarra, a city of 200,000 mainly Sunni Arabs, to visit the Al Askari or Golden Dome Mosque March 6. Sunni and Shia together prayed and paid homage to Imam Ask... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, TIKRIT, Iraq - One million Shi'ite Arabs journeyed to Samarra, a city of 200,000 mainly Sunni Arabs, to visit the Al Askari or Golden Dome Mosque March 6.
Sunni and Shia together prayed and paid homage to Imam As... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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