1999 Shia uprising in Iraq

1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
Part of the Persian Gulf Conflicts
1999 Shia uprising in Iraq is located in Iraq
Baghdad
Baghdad
Karbala
Karbala
Nasiriyah
Nasiriyah
Najaf
Najaf
Basra
Basra

Epicenters of the uprising
Date18 February – April 1999
Location
Result

Iraqi government victory

  • Uprising suppressed
Belligerents

 Iraq

Rebels:

Commanders and leaders

Iraq Saddam Hussein
President of Iraq
Iraq Ali Hassan al-Majid
Iraqi Intelligence Director
Iraq Taha Yasin
Vice President of Iraq
Iraq Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
Deputy Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council
Iraq Tariq Aziz
Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council

Iraq Qusay Hussein
Son of Saddam Hussein

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
180+ dead [3] Dozens dead, wounded and arrested [3]
200+ dead[4][3]

The 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq (Arabic: انتفاضة العراق 1999, romanizedintifāḍa al-ʿIrāq 1999) or Second Sadr Uprising (انتفاضة الصدر intifāḍa ṣadara[5]) was a short period of unrest in Iraq in early 1999 following the killing of Muhammad al-Sadr by the then Ba'athist government of Iraq.[4] 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.[6]

  1. ^ Alexander Smoltczyk (28 April 2003). "Religion: The curse of Saddam City". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ Amnesty International, Iraq: Victims of Systematic Repression, 24 November 1999, MDE 14/010/1999
  3. ^ a b c Tareekh al-Iraq- By Shaikh Nouman al-Khaz'Ali, Pages 67–72
  4. ^ a b Dan Murphy (27 April 2004). "Sadr the agitator: like father, like son". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ^ Esomba, Steve, Wall Streets Infected By Arab Spring, p. 5
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference III. The al-Sadr Intifada of 1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).