1991 uprisings in Iraq
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The 1991 uprisings in Iraq were a series of popular rebellions in northern and southern Iraq in March and April 1991 in a ceasefire of the Persian Gulf War. The mostly uncoordinated insurgency, often referred to as the Sha'aban Intifada among Arabs and as the National Uprising among Kurds, was fueled by the perception that then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was responsible for systemic social repression and had become vulnerable to regime change. This perception of weakness was largely the result of the outcome of two prior wars: the Iran–Iraq War and the invasion of Kuwait, both of which occurred within a single decade and devastated the economy and population of Iraq.
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See also
- 1935–36 Iraqi Shia revolts
- 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
- Kurdish Rebellion of 1983
- Iraqi Partisan movement, 1979–88
- First Iraqi–Kurdish War
- Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
- Human rights in Saddam Hussein's Iraq
- Arab Spring
- Libyan Civil War
- Syrian Civil War
- List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
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