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World Service,26 Mar 2010,9 mins

Kurdish exodus

Witness History

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Kurds in Northern Iraq rose up against Saddam Hussein after the 1st Gulf War. But their rebellion was short-lived, and soon his troops were chasing them into the mountains.

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