Saddam Hussein’s Troops Seize Irbil Amid Kurdish Rivalry, August 31, 1996
Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
Date: August 31, 1996
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