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Tension increases in Kirkuk as 6,000 Peshmergas await deployment

Minorities in the northern Iraqi oil rich city of Kirkuk reacted on Friday to the government’s decision to deploy 6,000 Peshmergas to the region in a step aiming at increasing the security in the region, with many evaluating the move as a revolution attempt by the Kurdish authority before the Kirkuk referendum which is to set the final status of the city.

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Added: Jul-20-2007 
By: smeblee
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Iraq, Middle East
Tags: iraq, kirkuk, peshmerga, kurds, oil, security
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