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Kurdish, U.S. Troops Capture Oil-Rich Kirkuk

NPR | By Ivan Watson

Published April 10, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Facing no resistance from forces loyal to Saddam Hussein, Kurdish militia and U.S. Special Forces seize the key northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, one of the country's main oil-producing areas. Kurdish leaders also report advances elsewhere, including oil fields further north. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

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