The term 'internal uprising' is a valid phrase that can be used in written English.
Generally, it is used to refer to a surge of discontent and/or protest among the members of a particular organization, institution, government, or social group. For example, "The recent internal uprising among the members of the teachers union led to a series of strikes."
In Haiti, for instance, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled in the face of an internal uprising and international pressure after he sought to move a number of his political allies into the highest positions within the justice system.
And Mr. Chávez shipped oil to Syria despite international repudiation of President Bashar al-Assad's aggressive response to an internal uprising.
There was no internal uprising, and the raiders were soon arrested.
Until now, Pentagon officials have insisted that any strategy to promote an internal uprising against Mr. Hussein would likely fail.
The hilly and forested terrain around Pyinmana would be easier to defend against invasion or internal uprising than sprawling Yangon.
The Kurdish and American forces were prepared for a battle, but Iraqi Army units retreated when faced by an internal uprising as well.
And it did in the early years of the 20th century under pressure from Western imperialism, internal uprisings and a devastating series of droughts, floods and epidemics.
Mobutu, seeking to prevent internal uprisings, kept state institutions powerless; successive leaders have done little to rebuild them, leaving Congolese to fend for themselves.
While the army defends Iranian territory, the Guard was set up to safeguard against internal uprisings and threats from ideological opponents, within or outside the country.
But the truth was that, by that time, the union itself was a mass of internal uprisings for independence first in the smallest republics, the Baltic states, and then in the Slavic heart of the union, Ukraine and Russia.
Although they promoted their personal interests, they also restored order to Russia, suppressed internal uprisings, and made peace both with Sweden (Treaty of Stolbovo, 1617) and with Poland (Truce of Deulino, 1618).
