So far the Kurdish areas have been relatively quiet, with the exception of Kirkuk. |
The first gusher of the Kirkuk oilfield was not struck till 1926, after the League of Nations had finally awarded the area to Iraq, not Turkey. |
The 173d Airborne Brigade escorted Air Force fuel from Mosul to Kirkuk until the task was taken over by the 101st Corps Support Group. |
We sped through the desert past miles of abandoned Iraqi military positions and deserting Iraqi soldiers on our way to Kirkuk. |
The group is known to operate in the Kirkuk area and other parts of the north, but its claim could not be independently verified. |
They also got paid to rebury their relatives in Kirkuk to make it appear that the Arab presence had been a long one, the committee said. |