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| Battle of Karbala (1991) | |||||||||
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| Part of 1991 uprisings in Iraq | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Iraq_physical_map.svg)  Karbala | |||||||||
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 Hussein Kamel al-Majid | unknown | ||||||||
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| unknown | unknown | ||||||||
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| 900 killed | 7,000 killed | ||||||||
The Battle of Karbala was fought during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq which followed the Gulf War. The battle started after demoralized troops throughout Iraq began to rebel against Saddam Hussein. From 5 to 19 March 1991, the city of Karbala became a chaotic battlefield as the result of bitter fighting between the insurgents and the Iraqi Republican Guard. After the failure of the uprising, citizens were killed in large numbers. Parts of the city were nearly leveled.