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64506151995AttemptedMilitary coup

Iraq, 1995 — military coup attempt

Iraq (IRQ)Western Asia, AsiaJune 15, 1995

Event Summary

The dataset records a second event coded as an attempted military coup in Iraq on 15 June 1995 against Saddam Hussein, coming amid the same wave of tribal and military unrest that beset his sanctions crippled regime through 1995. The most serious focus of dissent was the Sunni Dulaim tribe of Anbar, whose alienation had exploded into open revolt after the regime executed a leading Dulaimi officer, unleashing armed clashes around Ramadi that the security forces struggled to contain. Alongside the tribal uprising, elements within the demoralized officer corps, embittered by defeat, deprivation, and the regime's paranoid purges, plotted against Saddam.

A coup attempt or revolt in mid June 1995 arose within that turbulent atmosphere and was suppressed by the regime's Republican Guard and intelligence services, with the customary brutal reprisals. Saddam survived, as he had every prior conspiracy, through the redundancy of his security agencies, the manipulation of tribal loyalties, and pitiless preemption. His rule endured through further shocks, including the 1995 defection of his sons in law and the 1996 CIA backed plot, until it was ended by the United States led invasion in 2003.

Researched Details

Researched

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Target identified in Coup Atlas research: Saddam Hussein put down the June 1995 revolt amid the Dulaim unrest and survived through his security services
RESEARCHED NAME
Key figures
Saddam Hussein (president of Iraq, target)
disaffected officers and Dulaim tribesmen (plotters)

Sources

Saddam Hussein faced tribal and military unrest in 1995 amid sanctions and the aftermath of the Gulf War.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia, Saddam Hussein open source ↗
The Sunni Dulaim tribe revolted around Ramadi in 1995 after the regime executed a leading Dulaimi officer.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia, Dulaim open source ↗
Saddam survived plots through the redundancy of his security agencies and ruthless preemption.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia, Saddam Hussein open source ↗
In August 1995 Saddam's sons in law defected to Jordan, and a US backed coup plot failed in 1996, before his rule ended in the 2003 invasion.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia, Saddam Hussein open source ↗

Editorial Note

No discrete documentation of a coup attempt precisely on 15 June 1995 in Iraq was found in accessible English sources this session; the entry records the dataset's coding and the verified context of the 1995 Dulaim uprising and military disaffection against Saddam, with the specific event and plotters unconfirmed, flagged as context only. Second of two 1995 Iraq records in this batch; the two dates trace the same period of mid 1990s unrest.

Cross-Reference

Datasets agree. At least two of the three reference datasets we check against carry this event, and none of them disagrees about its date or its result.

Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:

Cline Center id
64506151995
Albrecht/Koehler/Schutz (CAM) id
CAM-645-1995-06-15

How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.

Outcome and Target

Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Saddam Hussein put down the June 1995 revolt amid the Dulaim unrest and survived through his security services.

Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.

Baseline Dataset Citation

Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset, v2.2.2
Peyton, Buddy, Joseph Bajjalieh, Michael Martin, and Andrea Gerald. 2026. Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset. Cline Center for Advanced Social Research. V.2.2.2. February 17. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. doi: 10.13012/B2IDB-9651987_V10
⚑ This citation establishes the coded baseline record; use the claim-level sources above for the researched narrative.

Baseline Source-Document Entries

Powell and Thyne

Named in the baseline source document; no article citation was recorded.

New York Times

“U.S. Tells of Abortive Troop Mutiny Against Iraq’s Leader,” June 16, 1995
“Iraq Reportedly Cracks Down On Clan That Tried a Coup,” June 20, 1995

Arizona Republic

“Iraqis reportedly crush coup attempt against Saddam,” June 16, 1995

This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →

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