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Iraq on the edge

LIVE:Iraq on the edge

In 2011 A Shiite-led panel bans hundreds of candidates with suspected ties to Saddam’s Baath party from elections. March 7: Iraq holds parliamentary elections. The bloc of al-Maliki’s challenger, Ayad Allawi, wins largest number of seats but not majority, setting off an eight-month political impasse.