 1991 uprisings in Iraq

The 1991 uprisings in Iraq, sometimes referred to as the 1991 Iraqi Civil War were a series of popular rebellions in northern and southern Iraq in March and April 1991 during a ceasefire in the Gulf War.The mostly uncoordinated insurgency, often referred to as the Sha'aban Intifada among Shi'ite Arabs and as the National Uprising among Kurds, was fueled by the perception that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had become vulnerable to regime change.