The Latest: Iraqi forces seize oil fields in Kirkuk
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on Iraq, where federal forces have moved into the disputed northern city of Kirkuk as Kurdish forces have pulled out (all times local): The Pentagon is declining to blame the Iraqi government for the violence in Kirkuk, and instead is urging the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities to negotiate their differences. A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Rob Manning, says the confrontation underway in the Iraqi city is a "distractor" to the U.S. goal of destroying the Islamic State group, and that Iraqi ...
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