The destroyed shrine of the Askariya mosque is seen on June 13, 2007 in Samarra, Iraq (Getty Images)
Struck Gold
June 15, 2007
On Wednesday, a sacred Shiite shrine in Samarra was bombed for the second time. The first bombing famously triggered a wave of reprisals, and thus became a turning point in the war. Or did it? Washington Post reporter Thomas Ricks says that narrative was mostly Bush Administration spin.
