Iraq · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Kurdish forces opposed to Saddam Hussein had already occupied for years an autonomous area in northern Iraq & with the assistance of US. Special Forces and air strikes, are able to rout the Iraqi units near them and to occupy oil-rich Kirkuk
US forces take control of Tikrit, the last major outpost in central Iraq, with an attack led by the Marines Task Force Tripoli
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