Another attack on one of the holiest Shiite Muslim shrines in Iraq has raised fears of a new wave of sectarian bloodletting.
The bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, brought down the mosque's two minarets.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki blamed al-Qaida for the attack and ordered a curfew in Baghdad in a bid to prevent new sectarian violence.
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