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 2003
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Mosul
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| Mar.20 |
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Iraqis fire mortars at Kurds
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Airstrike hits north as tanks roll from south| Coalition forces bombed city of Mosul. A convoy of U.S. tanks rolled unopposed through the desert toward Baghdad | |
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| Mar.21 |
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Turkish troops cross Iraqi border More than 1,000 troops were reported to have crossed the border into northern Iraq
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| Mar.22 |
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Australian cameraman killed
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Turkey denies moving troops into Iraq
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| Apr.2 |
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  Powell assures Turkey on N. Iraq Secretary of State was continuing to work in an effort to keep Turkish troops from entering Kurdish northern Iraq
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| Apr.10 |
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 Saddam statue tumbles in Kirkuk Kurds flowing into the city. Iraq's north 'collapsing'
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Northern Iraq cities falling  Kurdish fighters backed by U.S. Special Forces have seized control of the city of Kirkuk
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US troops heading for Mosul US troops and Kurdish forces have begun moving into largest northern city. Iraqi forces surrendering in the area
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| Apr.11 |
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Chaos as Mosul falls to Kurds| Widespread looting has broken out, after the Iraqi army abandoned the city. People picking up banknotes from the street | |
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Kurds start to leave Kirkuk Guerrillas have begun to pull back from the city which they seized from Saddam Hussein's regime
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| Apr.16 |
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U.S. Troops working to calm Mosul A clash between Arabs and the Marines resulted in the deaths of at least 7 Iraqis near the city center
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| May.2 |
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U.S. inspects truck for biological weapons Truck seized by American forces south of city of Mosul 'recently been thoroughly scrubbed'
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| Jul.20 |
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US forces hit in northern Iraq 2 US soldiers have been killed and another injured in a Kurdish-controlled area
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| Jul.22 |
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  Saddam's sons killed in raid| Uday and Qusay were killed by U.S. troops in the northern city of Mosul after a tipster betrayed their hideout | |
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| Sep.9 |
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 Car bomb kills 2 The explosion occurred near a building used by U.S. troops in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil
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| Sep.19 |
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Former defense minister surrenders After nearly a week of negotiations, Sultan Hashim Ahmad surrendered to U.S. forces in the city of Mosul
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 U.S. troops fire on Italian diplomat A U.S. soldier in northern Iraq mistakenly fired on a car, killing the diplomat's Iraqi interpreter
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| Nov.1 |
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2 U.S. soldiers killed The soldiers were killed in an explosion near Mosul. Coalition forces prepared for a possible 'day of resistance
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| Nov.15 |
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 2 US helicopters downed| 17 coalition soldiers have been killed and five wounded in a mid-air collision over the city of Mosul | |
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| Nov.30 |
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 2 South Korean contractors killed 2 power company contractors were killed and 2 others wounded, one critically, in an attack
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46 ambushers killed by U.S. forces| U.S. troops fought off 2 simultaneous attacks on military convoys in northern Iraq, capturing 8 ambushers | |
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| Dec.2 |
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US raid 'targets Saddam deputy' US forces raided a northern Iraqi town, possibly in search of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
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| Dec.5 |
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 Rumsfeld visits troops Map of Kirkuk Iraq US Defence Secretary has arrived in the city of Kirkuk for an unannounced visit to make an assessment of the situation
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| Dec.7 |
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U.S. soldier killed A roadside bomb struck the convoy in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul
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| Dec.8 |
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Car bomb wounds 40 troops Soldiers have been injured in northern Iraq in an explosion at an entrance to a US army base
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