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<<Kurds expect to enter Kirkuk by Friday without a fight
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CHAMCHAMAL, Iraq (AFP) - The Kurds expect to enter the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk without a fight on Thursday or Friday, a Kurdish commander fighting Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s forces said.
"It will all be over within the next two days. I think we will enter Kirkuk peacefully, without a fight," said General Hamid Rahim Rostam.
Another senior Kurdish military official said the US Army would coordinate any advance into Kirkuk, whose capture by the Kurds is a source of concern for neighbouring Turkey.
Members of the Republican Guard, regular army, Fedayeen militia and the security services are still holding Kirkuk, according to Rostam, who gave no figures.
Kurdish fighters and US special forces, supported by targeted coalition air strikes, have been advancing toward both Kirkuk and Mosul, another major city in northern Iraq (news - web sites), with Iraqi forces pulling back since last week.
Turkey is concerned that a Kurdish capture of Kirkuk could help bankroll moves to establish an independent Kurdistan. |
