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Iraq politician woman says US bombed shrine { June 18 2007 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11151823 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11151823 Iraq Converted Iraqi Politician Knows Religious Divide by Jamie Tarabay Morning Edition, June 18, 2007 · Maha al Douri is a Shiite lawmaker who once was a Sunni. She says she was first attracted to Shiite Islam as a college student and converted because Shiite Islam seemed more peaceful than the Sunni strand. When Douri converted, her Sunni family disowned her. When she married a Shiite man, her relatives threatened to kill her. ---------------------------------------- EXCERPT: 2:50 Jamie Tarabay: Maha al Douri blames all of Iraq's problems on the US occupation. She alleges American forces were behind the bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine last year that set off Iraq's roiling sectarian war.

Deadly attack on shiite near sunni shrine { February 4 2007 } Explosions rocked commemoration for sunni shiite shrine { February 12 2007 } Iraq politician woman says US bombed shrine { June 18 2007 } Iraqi police say famous shrine attacked { June 13 2007 } Samarra shrine alleged to be shiite attacked { May 2007 } Sunni mosques attacked allegedly in relaliation { June 14 2007 } Files Listed: 6

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