World | Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Pilgrims in Iraq At least 24 more injured at holy site in Samarra By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Feb 12, 2011 7:59 AM CST Copied In this Feb. 2, 2004 file photo, the famous al-Askari mosque before a bomb destroyed it in 2006. A suicide bomber killed at least 25 pilgrims at the site today. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File) Iraqi police say a suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims near a shrine north of Baghdad that has been a flashpoint in sectarian strife, killing at least 25 people. Authorities say the bomber blew himself up this afternoon in a crowd of pilgrims just 200 yards outside the al-Askari mosque. A 2006 bombing that destroyed the golden domed mosque sparked years of retaliatory bloodshed between Sunnis and Shiites. Read These Next Doctor left her Alaskan cruise and never returned. Actor Michael Madsen is dead at 67. Extremely rare bat-borne virus claims a human life. Police shot a bank robber as a drone delivered some Faygo Red Pop. Report an error