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Article: Kurdish rebels rejoice after Iraqi soldiers retreat
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2003
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WAR AGAINST IRAQ
Kurdish rebels rejoice after Iraqi soldiers retreat
By MARK MCDONALD Knight Ridder Newspapers
Monday, March 31, 2003
Sherawa, Iraq -- With American bombers roaring overhead, their
payloads thundering into Iraqi positions outside the northern city of
Kirkuk, Kurdish guerrillas danced and celebrated Sunday afternoon as
they swarmed over abandoned Iraqi bunkers and checkpoints.
Shaken by several days of heavy bombing, including strikes by B-
52s, Iraqi troopers on the Kurdish border here retreated about five
miles south toward oil-rich Kirkuk, one of the most important assets
in the war.
The bombers also struck repeatedly at positions around Mosul,
Iraq's third-largest city and ...
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