Bomb explodes at mosque where Saddam's father buried
28/02/2006 - 08:19:02A bomb exploded today at the mosque where Saddam Hussein’s father is buried in northern Iraq.
The blast damaged a dome and blew out windows and doors at the Hussein al-Majid mosque, but caused no casualties, said police Capt. Qais Abdul-Majid.
The attack came less than a week after a revered Shiite shrine was destroyed in the central city of Samarra, triggering a wave of reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques.
Shiite leaders blamed Saddam loyalists and Sunni-led insurgents for the destruction of the Askariya shrine last Wednesday.
Saddam was due in court today with seven co-defendants for the killing of nearly 150 people from the town of Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt there against the former Iraqi leader.
