The 1991 uprisings in Iraq were a series of anti-governmental intifada (rebellions) in Southern and Northern Iraq during the aftermath of the Gulf War in March–April 1991.

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  • 1991-04-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Iraqi government victory * Mass reprisals against the population * Exodus of 2 million refugees * Accelerated destruction of the Tigris-Euphrates marshes * Continued war in the North * A low-level conflict in the South
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  • The 1991 uprisings in Iraq were a series of anti-governmental intifada (rebellions) in Southern and Northern Iraq during the aftermath of the Gulf War in March–April 1991. The revolts in the Shia-dominated Southern Iraq involved armed citizens as well as demoralized Iraqi troops returning from Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War, but were in part organized by the agents of the Islamic Dawa Party and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq —Iraqi Shia militant groups then largely based in Iran. Another uprising in the Kurdish areas of Northern Iraq broke out shortly after. Unlike the spontaneous rebellion in the South, the uprising in the North was organized by two rival Kurdish party-based militias, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Although they presented a serious threat to his Baath Party regime, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was able to suppress the rebellions with massive force and maintained power on his own, as the expected intervention by the United States never materialized. The uprisings were eventually brutally crushed by the Iraqi Republican Guard, followed by mass reprisals and intensified forced relocating of Marsh Arabs, including the draining of the Iraqi marshlands. During the few weeks of unrest, tens of thousands of people were killed with many more dying during the following months. In addition, nearly two million people fled for their lives. (en)
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  • 1991 uprisings in Iraq (en)
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  • March 1 - April 5 1991 (en)
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  • Iraqi government victory * Mass reprisals against the population * Exodus of 2 million refugees * Accelerated destruction of the Tigris-Euphrates marshes * Continued war in the North * A low-level conflict in the South (en)
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  • The 1991 uprisings in Iraq were a series of anti-governmental intifada (rebellions) in Southern and Northern Iraq during the aftermath of the Gulf War in March–April 1991. (en)
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  • 1991 uprisings in Iraq (en)
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