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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