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Fri 04 Apr 2003Kurds join US troops in battle for north of Iraq
IRAQIS RETREATING TOWARDS NORTHERN CITIES:Lynne O'Donnell sees a battle fought by US forces in alliance with Kurdish peshmerga
An intense day-long battle waged in the haze of a Middle Eastern day saw camouflaged US special forces line up yesterday with Kurdish irregulars in chequered scarves against the retreating troops of Saddam Hussein.
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