If this is true, it is extremely bad news for the U.S.'s attempts to win the war in Iraq, and it will probably kill any hope of ever winning over the rest of the Middle East.
"Reports from Iraq say U.S. forces have hit part of a holy Shiite shrine in Najaf where rebels have been locked in a two-week standoff with U.S.-led forces."The report, carried by the Reuters news agency, was from a senior commander of Shiite militants who said the wall of the Imam Ali Shrine was hit by U.S. fire on Sunday night."
I don't think that Americans have the slightest idea how important this mosque is to the Shiites. Ali was Mohammed's Son-in-Law, and Shiites believe that he was the rightful heir to Mohammed. So the Americans may have just fired and hit the mosque of the Mohammed's rightful heir. This is extremely bad news. There could be a real uprising because of this catastrophic blunder.
By the way, it is pretty bad that I had to get this story from a Canadian news outlet. I suppose it's no surprise that the American media is holding this monster back.