The 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing (Arabic: تفجير مسجد العسكري) occurred on June 13, 2007 at around 9 a.m. local time at one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq or the Iraqi Baath Party. While there were no injuries or deaths reported, the mosque's two ten story minarets were destroyed in the attacks. This...