Iraqi Kurdish fortunes reversed in city they longed for as capital

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - An intersection in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk paints a vivid picture of the Kurds' rapid turn of fortune. The towering statue of a fighter who used to brandish a Kurdish sunburst flag now holds the red, white and black of Iraq's Baghdad government.

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