1. Aftermath of the Iraqi War
... after Hussein' s socialist government fell. The Shia uprising occurred because when the United States assisted Iraq to form an interim government, many religious leaders, including the most prominent Shia cleric, Ali al-Sistani, was left out of this government, and he called for his people to oppose the democratic elections that were happening in the country at the time. Many Shia ... ...
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