Dujail massacre
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The Dujail massacre was a 1982 mass killing and repression campaign carried out by Saddam Hussein’s regime against residents of the Iraqi town of Dujail following an attempted assassination on the president.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dujail massacre canonical | 1 |
| al-Dujail massacre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12752608 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dujail massacre Context triple: [Awad Hamed al-Bandar, participatedIn, Dujail massacre]
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A.
Juma'at al-Karama massacre
The Juma'at al-Karama massacre was a deadly 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, that became a pivotal and galvanizing event in the Yemeni uprising during the Arab Spring.
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B.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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C.
Hafte Tir bombing
The Hafte Tir bombing was a 1981 terrorist attack in Tehran that killed dozens of senior Iranian officials and became a pivotal event in the early years of the Islamic Republic.
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D.
Mai Kadra massacre
The Mai Kadra massacre was a large-scale killing of civilians in the Ethiopian town of Mai Kadra during the early stages of the Tigray War in November 2020, marked by ethnically targeted violence and widespread human rights abuses.
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E.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dujail massacre Target entity description: The Dujail massacre was a 1982 mass killing and repression campaign carried out by Saddam Hussein’s regime against residents of the Iraqi town of Dujail following an attempted assassination on the president.
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A.
Juma'at al-Karama massacre
The Juma'at al-Karama massacre was a deadly 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, that became a pivotal and galvanizing event in the Yemeni uprising during the Arab Spring.
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B.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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C.
Hafte Tir bombing
The Hafte Tir bombing was a 1981 terrorist attack in Tehran that killed dozens of senior Iranian officials and became a pivotal event in the early years of the Islamic Republic.
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D.
Mai Kadra massacre
The Mai Kadra massacre was a large-scale killing of civilians in the Ethiopian town of Mai Kadra during the early stages of the Tigray War in November 2020, marked by ethnically targeted violence and widespread human rights abuses.
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E.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aftermath |
execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006
ⓘ
international condemnation of Saddam Hussein regime ⓘ |
| cause | attempted assassination of Saddam Hussein in Dujail ⓘ |
| chargeUsedInTrialOf |
Awad Hamed al-Bandar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti NERFINISHED ⓘ Saddam Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ Taha Yassin Ramadan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
confiscation of agricultural lands in Dujail
ⓘ
demolition of homes in Dujail ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| date | 1982 ⓘ |
| ethnicReligiousContext | targeting of Shi'a population ⓘ |
| government | Ba'ath Party regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Iraqi Special Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderAtTime | Saddam Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalClassification | crime against humanity ⓘ |
| legalProceeding | Iraqi Special Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Ba'athist Iraq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dujail NERFINISHED ⓘ Salah al-Din Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
arbitrary arrests
ⓘ
destruction of property ⓘ forced displacement ⓘ mass executions ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| motive | retaliation for attempted assassination of Saddam Hussein ⓘ |
| notableFor | being central case in Saddam Hussein’s trial ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 148 ⓘ |
| partOf | repression under Saddam Hussein ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Iraqi Intelligence Service
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraqi security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Saddam Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Iraqi Ba'athist rule
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
human rights abuses in Iraq under Saddam Hussein ⓘ |
| startDate | 1982-07-08 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iran–Iraq War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfEvent |
political repression
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state-sponsored violence ⓘ |
| verdictRelatedTo |
death sentence for Awad Hamed al-Bandar
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death sentence for Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ⓘ death sentence for Saddam Hussein ⓘ life imprisonment for Taha Yassin Ramadan (later commuted to death) ⓘ |
| victim |
Shi'a residents of Dujail
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members of the al-Dujail community ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dujail massacre Description of subject: The Dujail massacre was a 1982 mass killing and repression campaign carried out by Saddam Hussein’s regime against residents of the Iraqi town of Dujail following an attempted assassination on the president.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
al-Dujail massacre