Read more Al Askariya Mosque stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3002/al-askariya-mosque.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 13:18:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3100/surge-fizzles-in-iraq.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=7675&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034645' border='0' />A new report shows no overall drop in bloodshed in Iraq despite the three-month-old troop surge. Violence has fallen slightly in Baghdad and Anbar province, where troops are concentrated, but a corresponding rise everywhere else more than compensates. And while sectarian killings have dropped slightly, civilian casualties are up, and...In this image released by the Iraqi government, a bombed Shiite Golden Dome shrine in Samarra i Iraq, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, is seen from the air, centre right, Wednesday, June 13, 2007. In a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace, suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, adding new provocation to old, a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, HO)http://www.newser.com/story/3100/surge-fizzles-in-iraq.htmlThu, 14 Jun 2007 11:45:36 CDT