1999 Shia uprising in Iraq

1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
Part of the Persian Gulf Conflicts

Fedayeen Saddam militiamen marching in Baghdad
Date18 February – April 1999
Location
Result

Iraqi government victory

  • Uprising suppressed
Belligerents

 Iraq

Rebels:

Commanders and leaders

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

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 Dozens dead, wounded and arrested
200+ dead

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