US Troop Withdrawal

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Withdrawal of occupying forces

Occupying forces withdrew by December 2011, driven by the US regime change to President Obama, but sectarian tensions still undermined Iraqi self-governance

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Basra after British withdrawal

One year after British forces relinquished control of Basra in December 2007, the city continued to be overrun by militants and criminal gangs

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Declining voter participation

Fell from 75% in the 2005 general elections to 62% in the March 2010 parliamentary elections, because some voters were deterred by a fear of violence and doubts about democracy

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2010 power struggle

Between PM Nouri al-Maliki's Shia coalition and former Interim PM Ayad Allawi's cross-sectarian secular list - a coalition government did not form until December 2010

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Arab Spring's effect on Iraq

The 2011 regional upheaval led Maliki to shut down the Iraq Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Iraqi Nations