Article: Kurdish-U.S force reaches Kirkuk oilfield without resistance; scores of Iraqi soldiers put down weapons and leave

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Dateline: DIBIS, Iraq Kurdish and American forces pushed to the edge of the oilfields at the government-held northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday without resistance, passing defecting Iraqis on the way. There was no sign of damage to the oil wells.

Earlier Thursday, Kurds and U.S. special operations troops overpowered Iraqi soldiers in a battle at Altun Kupri, 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Kirkuk, pushing them back to the oil-rich city, Kurdish commander Feridoun Janrowey said.

He said some of his fighters were wounded and that they took 10-15 Iraqi prisoners.

At Dibis, on a parallel road to the west on the edge of the Kirkuk oilfields, the Kurdish forces along ...

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