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Mosul and Kirkuk have fallen: US military
AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 11, 2003
The northern Iraqi cities of Mosul and Kirkuk have fallen and have been entered by US special forces, a US military spokeswoman said Friday at the war command headquarters in Qatar.

"Mosul and Kirkuk have fallen," Major Rumi Nielson-Green told AFP at the Central Command base.

"Coalition forces are inside the cities," she said, adding "they are mostly special operations forces."

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