Kurdish Rivals Battle for Control of Dam
From Times Wire Services
Rival Kurdish forces engaged in fierce fighting for control of northern Iraq’s strategic Dukan Dam. Witnesses said forces of the Iranian-backed Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, stalled an advance by their Baghdad-supported foes, the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, or KDP, which had pushed to within three miles of the dam. The KDP was attempting to take the dam in a push to recapture Sulaymaniyah, the PUK’s stronghold and the region’s biggest city.
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