Saddam didn't put down the Shiite rebellion because they were Shiite but because it was an uprising.

But using force to back the Shiite rebellion would only weaken Arab support for keeping U.N. inspectors and relief workers in Iraq.

There is scant enthusiasm for intervening in support of the Kurdish and Shiite rebellions.

During the Shiite rebellion of 1920, he said, British prisoners of war were kept there.

The Government has been more successful in containing the Shiite rebellion in the south, the official added, though there are still pockets of resistance there.

Saudi Arabia fears the effects of a potential Shiite rebellion.

That was one reason the United States did not support a Shiite rebellion after the 1991 Persian Gulf war.

While the American military stood on the sidelines, the Shiite rebellion was suppressed by Iraqi helicopters and ground forces.

In the process, however, Mr. Bush is in serious danger of overplaying his hand and creating a broader Shiite rebellion.

She was wrong; by 1920 Iraq was in the midst of a bloody Shiite rebellion against British rule.