Kurdish troops take Kirkuk after Iraqi forces flee
Clip: 6/12/2014 | 3m 21s
Kurdish troops take Kirkuk after Iraqi forces flee
Outside Kirkuk, Iraqi troops were filmed trying to halt the advance of Sunni militants. But when the government forces fled, Kurdish fighters moved into the city that they have long claimed as their historical capital. Reporting from Irbil, Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News talks to Iraqis and refugees in Iraq who are trying to stay ahead of the advancing violence.
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Kurdish troops take Kirkuk after Iraqi forces flee
Clip: 6/12/2014 | 3m 21s
Outside Kirkuk, Iraqi troops were filmed trying to halt the advance of Sunni militants. But when the government forces fled, Kurdish fighters moved into the city that they have long claimed as their historical capital. Reporting from Irbil, Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News talks to Iraqis and refugees in Iraq who are trying to stay ahead of the advancing violence.
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