At least 227 people have been killed since the shrine bombing.

And who are the authorities trying to persuade with these reports of the shrine bombing?

There were numerous bodies found outside the capital including 47 protesters killed in a single incident south of Baghdad right after the shrine bombing.

The shrine bombing came as Iraq's political leaders continued to struggle under heavy American pressure to agree on the principles of a new national unity government.

On August 1, 2003, a bombing of a major Turkish shrine caused a city-wide riot leaving several dead.

Around 9 on the night of the shrine bombing, a mob of black-clad men surrounded the Duleimi brothers, family members said.

But some, including many who also play roles as leading politicians, continued to fuel their followers' sense of grievance about the shrine bombing and the reprisals.

After the Iranian shrine bombing, Yousef soon began planning the Bojinka Plot.

In February, after the bombing of a Shiite shrine that set off a spasm of sectarian killings and then a curfew, several weddings were canceled.

The rush began after the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra last February set off waves of sectarian violence.