Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai Mosque

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title: Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai Mosque
text: The Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai Mosque is an Islamic mosque located in Fallujah, Iraq. The mosque came to worldwide attention when Sunni militants inside the mosque directed small-arms and rocket fire at US Marines. US forces returned fire, when a Cobra helicopter fired a Hellfire missile at the base of the mosque's minaret and an F-16 intentionally dropped a bomb on the mosque. A US Marines brigadier general said the mosque would ordinarily have protection under the Geneva Convention, but added that
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description: Mosque in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
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date modified: 2023-02-26T04:25:24Z
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