US troops on patrol in Kirkuk
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US still present in Iraqi city
Inside Iraq-US troops withdrawal from Iraq's cities-03Jul09
IRAQ: Bombs in Baghdad kill at least scene, Kirkuk pipeline damaged in sabotage attack.
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Iraq's worst violence since withdrawal
IRAQ: A car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least eight people and wounded 70 people in an attack on Thursday (October 19).
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US troops on patrol in Kirkuk
With under three months to go until parliamentary elections in Iraq, attention is focussing on the disputed city of Kirkuk.The area is divided, principally, between Arabs and Kurds. Neither side can agree on who should control it or indeed how to share the region's vast oil wealth.While the American forces officially withdrew from urban areas in most of Iraq at the end of June, in Kirkuk they have been quietly continuing their operations.Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
BBC | October 20, 2009
