... with ministry guards firing back at the Sunni attackers for two hours. Two hours of attack before an American gunship arrived and Iraqi National units. Two hours of gun fire and under attack at a Health Ministry.
From the above link:
Young Shiite nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a sermon in Kufa on Friday before a congregation of thousands in which he demanded [Ar.] that Sunni cleric Harith al-Dhari issue fatwas to the following effect:
1. Sunnis must avoid killing Shiites
2. Sunnis must not join al-Qaeda
3. Sunnis must rebuild the Askariyah Shrine at Samarra, destroyed last February. It is dedicated to the Twelfth Imam of the Shiites.
It is dedicated to the Twelfth Imam of the Shiites.
It is dedicated to the Twelfth Imam of the Shiites.
It is dedicated to the Twelfth Imam of the Shiites.
It is dedicated to the Twelfth Imam of the Shiites.
It is dedicated to the Twelfth Imam of the Shiites.
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