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US Shells Ramadi Mosque

HeadlineAug 28, 2006

Iraqis in the city of Ramadi are expressing outrage over a US attack on a mosque Friday that left at least three people dead and twenty-two injured. The mosque suffered major damage to its dome and minaret. The Pentagon says it was responding to fire coming from inside.

  • Adnan Naji, the prayer caller at the mosque: “The tanks arrived and started to shell and the sniper was stationed there. The tank moved towards here. Some of the worshippers were martyred and others were wounded, we do not know how many? Some of the people have managed to go out from here, through holes gouged on the walls while cars started to transport the wounded. We do not know the number of the people who were martyred, but most of those killed were children who could not managed to escape.”
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