1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
| 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq | |||||||
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| Part of Prelude to the Iraq war | |||||||
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Rebels: | |||||||
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Saddam Hussein President of Iraq Ali Hassan al-Majid Iraqi Intelligence Director Taha Yasin Vice President of Iraq Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Deputy Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council Tariq Aziz Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council Qusay Hussein Son of Saddam Hussein |
Mohammed al-Sadr X Shia cleric and opposition leader Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim Leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Leader of the Badr Corps Hadi al-Amiri Badr Corps commander | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 210-410 killed | Dozens dead, wounded and arrested | ||||||
| 200+ dead | |||||||
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Personal Rise to power President of Iraq Desposition |
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The 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq (Arabic: انتفاضة العراق 1999, romanized: intifāḍa al-ʿIrāq 1999) or Second Sadr Uprising (انتفاضة الصدر intifāḍa ṣadara) was a short period of unrest in Iraq in early 1999 following the killing of Muhammad al-Sadr allegedly by the then Ba'athist–led government of Iraq. The protests and ensuing violence were strongest in the heavily Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad, as well as southern majority Shiite cities such as Karbala, Nasiriyah, Kufa, Najaf, and Basra.