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| Iraqi forces retreat from Khaneqiz region |
| 2003-04-09 |
| Sanandaj, Kurdestan Prov, April 9, IRNA -- An Iraqi Kurdish satellite TV, Kurdsat, monitored here said that the Iraqi forces on Wednesday night totally retreated from Kurdistan's Khaneqiz region. The TV station, affiliated to Talabani faction of the self-declared Kurdish government, added, "the Iraqi forces were actually forced to leave the Khaneqiz region and move towards Kirkuk on Wednesday due to the heavy joint military operation launched by the Kurdish and (US-led) coalition forces. The Kurdsat that broadcasts programs in Kurdish language said, "the Kufra, Kalar and Khaneqiz regions in Iraqi Kurdistan Germian district, and all suburbs of Kirkuk city, are now under the control of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. It added, "during the Wednesday retreating of the Iraqi forces from Khaneqiz, four Iraqi officers surrendered themselves to the Kurdish combatants." Kurdsat concluded, "the Iraqi forces are now taking refuge inside Kirkuk and displaying a weak degree of resistance, that will definitely break any moment from now." Any moment now |
| Posted by:Steve |