Iraqi Kurdish rebellions

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Iraqi Kurdish rebellions were a series of uprisings and insurgencies by Kurdish groups in Iraq seeking greater autonomy, rights, and often independence from successive Iraqi governments throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish nationalist movement
armed conflict
series of rebellions
endTime 21st century
goal Kurdish self-determination in Iraq
control over Kurdish-majority territories
creation of an independent Kurdish state
establishment of Kurdish autonomy
protection of Kurdish cultural rights
hasCause Arabization policies in Kurdish regions
Kurdish demands for autonomy
Kurdish demands for independence
centralization policies of Iraqi governments
cultural and linguistic discrimination against Kurds
disputes over control of oil-rich areas such as Kirkuk
political repression of Kurds in Iraq
hasPart Iraqi Kurdish rebellions self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1961–1970 Iraqi Kurdish revolt

1974–1975 Iraqi Kurdish revolt
1983–1988 Kurdish resistance during the Iran–Iraq War
1990s Kurdish insurgency against Saddam Hussein
1991 Iraqi Kurdish uprising
2017 Iraqi–Kurdish tensions after independence referendum
Kurdish armed resistance to ISIS in Iraq
Kurdish participation in the 2003 anti-Saddam uprising
post-1975 Kurdish insurgency in Iraq
locatedIn Iraq
opposedBy Ba'ath Party militias
Iraqi Army
Iraqi Security Forces
surface form: Iraqi security forces

pro-government Arab militias
participant Ba'ath Party
surface form: Iraqi Ba'athist regime

Iraqi Security Forces
surface form: Iraqi government forces

Iran
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Kurds
surface form: Kurdish people

Kurdistan Democratic Party
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Kurdish Peshmerga
surface form: Peshmerga

Iraq
surface form: Republic of Iraq

Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey

Saddam Hussein
Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

coalition forces in Iraq
relatedTo Al-Anfal campaign
surface form: Anfal campaign

Halabja chemical attack
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Kurdish nationalism
Iraqi Kurdish rebellions self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurdish–Iraqi conflict

Kurdistan
surface form: Kurdistan Region
result destruction of Kurdish villages
establishment of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq
human rights abuses against Kurds
large-scale displacement of Kurdish civilians
recognition of Kurdish autonomy in the 2005 Iraqi constitution
startTime 20th century

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurds associatedConflict Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
Kingdom of Kurdistan conflict Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
this entity surface form: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (early 1920s)
Operation Desert Storm followedBy Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
this entity surface form: Iraqi uprising of 1991
Kurdistan hasConflict Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
this entity surface form: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
Iraqi Kurdish rebellions hasPart Iraqi Kurdish rebellions self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1961–1970 Iraqi Kurdish revolt
Al-Anfal campaign partOf Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
this entity surface form: Iraq–Kurdish conflict
Iranian Kurdish conflict relatedConflict Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
this entity surface form: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
Iraqi Kurdish rebellions relatedTo Iraqi Kurdish rebellions self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurdish–Iraqi conflict
Kurdish–Turkish conflict relatedTo Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
this entity surface form: Kurdish–Iraqi conflict