"All oilfields within Iraq now fall within areas secured by the coalition," he said," he said at Camp As-Saliyah.

"There is one well we have discovered in recent days in the north (where) a well fire is still burning. That will be addressed as soon as we can do so," the general said.

"At this point the remaining fire that was in the southern oilfield has been extinguished.

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