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1.7 Million Kurds Demand Referendum On Kurdish Autonomy

HeadlineFeb 26, 2004

In Iraq, the BBC is reporting that 1.7 million Kurds have signed a petition demanding a referendum on the future of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Meanwhile in the northern city of Mosul, the city’s deputy police chief has been assassinated. And two U.S. soldiers died after their helicopter crashed west of Baghdad. There were conflicting reports as to the cause of the crash.

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