The Islamic Movement of the 15th of Shaaban is a secular
Iraqi political
party based in
Nassiriya
Nasiriyah ( ar, ٱلنَّاصِرِيَّة; BGN: ''An Nāşirīyah''; also spelled ''Nassiriya'' or ''Nasiriya'') is a city in Iraq. It is on the lower Euphrates, about south-southeast of Baghdad, near the ruins of the ancient city of Ur. ...
, southern Iraq.
The Movement is named after the starting date of the
1991 uprisings in Iraq
The 1991 Iraqi uprisings were ethnic and religious uprisings in Iraq led by Shi'ites and Kurds against Saddam Hussein. The uprisings lasted from March to April 1991 after a ceasefire following the end of the Gulf War. The mostly uncoordinate ...
. It was founded by Salman Sharif Duaffar, one of four Shi'ite guerillas who tried to assassinate
Uday Hussein in Baghdad in 1996, leaving him crippled. Duaffar's father and seven brothers were killed in revenge and Duaffar fled to
Iran.
From Militant to Moderate
''Mother Jones (magazine)
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Duaffar was born in 1969 in Ash Shatrah. His brother, a Major in the Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), or the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup ...
, was killed in the Iran–Iraq War.
Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Duaffar was appointed to the Provincial council of Dhi Qar Governorate by the Coalition Provisional Authority. The movement seized an abandoned state-owned hotel as their headquarters.
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Political parties in Iraq