1999 Shia uprising in Iraq | |||||||
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Part of the Persian Gulf Conflicts | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() Son of Saddam Hussein |
![]() 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, romanized: intifāḍa 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]
III. The al-Sadr Intifada of 1999
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