This is some fucked-up shit. Omar at Iraq the Model has the local scoop:

• President Talabani promises to make rebuilding the shrine his personal responsibility and to donate the required money from his own.

• Head of the Sunni endowment sheikh Ahmed al-Samarra'I announces that he will allocate 2 billion dinars (~1.4 million $) for the rebuilding of the shrine from the treasury of the Sunni endowment.

• Huge demonstrations in many of Iraq's provinces including Samarra and Mosul where thousands of people condemned the attack.

• The top 4 Shia Ayatollahs hold a meeting at Sistani's home to discuss the situation.

• The Association of Muslim scholars and the Islamic Party condemn the "criminal act".

• Retaliatory attacks on reportedly 29 Sunni mosques and the Accord Front warns from the consequences of such violent reactions.

He also points out that it's very unlikely that Sunnis in Samorra were behind the attack, since the shrine has been there for a very long time, and Shia pilgramages to it help the local economy.

It really looks like this is another present to the Iraqis from the insurgent outsiders who are there to "help" (read: destroy the country).

But when the Ayatollah Sistani calls for protests, the situation is very dire.

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