| 41. | Kirkuk would be one of the main goals of a northern push.
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| 42. | Kirkuk would be one of the main goals of any northern push.
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| 43. | Iraqi troops also pulled back east of Kirkuk on Thursday.
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| 44. | Iraqi Kurds consider Kirkuk and Mosul part of their historical ethnic lands.
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| 45. | "Kirkuk will not do it, " he said.
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| 46. | Kurdish leaders do not appear ready to negotiate over Kirkuk.
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| 47. | A convoy of Kurdish fighters drove into an industrial neighborhood of Kirkuk.
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| 48. | It was unclear whether Iraqi forces were still in Kirkuk.
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| 49. | Waltemeyer said the United States considered the Kurdish action in Kirkuk premature.
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| 50. | Kirkuk " will be under American control,"
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