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Iraqi, Kurdish forces in standoff over Kurdish independence

Iraqi, Kurdish forces in standoff over Kurdish independence

10/15/2017

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Iraqi, Kurdish forces in standoff over Kurdish independence

Clip: 10/15/2017 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Iraqi, Kurdish forces in standoff over Kurdish independence

Iraqi army and Kurdish troops are in a standoff in Kirkuk, a city located in the Kurdistan region, which voted for independence from Iraq last month. Kirkuk holds 10 percent of Iraq’s oil reserves. Washington Post reporter Loveday Morris, who is covering the standoff, joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Baghdad.

10/15/2017

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