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...August: Four months after the fall of Saddam Hussein, a car bomb kills leading Shi'ite politician Ayatullah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim and 90 others near Najaf's Tomb...
...April: Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stage an uprising against U.S. troops in several Iraqi cities...
...December: More than 60 Shi'ites are killed in bombings in the holy Shi'ite cities of Najaf and Karbala
...January: In multiparty elections, Shi'ites and Kurds turn out, but most Sunnis boycott the polls. A coalition of Shi'ite religious parties wins a majority...
...December: The Shi'ite alliance wins the most seats in national elections but not enough to govern without Sunni participation