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The Kirkuk timebomb’s timeline

Highlights of the low points in the multi-generational fight over Kirkuk between Iraqi Arabs and Kurds, from genocide to legislative deadlock.

The generational Kurdish struggle for autonomy in northern Iraq and for control of the oil-rich region around Kirkuk was intensified amid Saddam Hussein's persecution of the Kurds.

It continues as a recurring snag to political progress today.

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