The generational Kurdish struggle for autonomy in northern Iraq and for control of the oil-rich region around Kirkuk was intensified amid Saddam Hussein's persecution of the Kurds.
A worker maintains production at Kirkuk.
It continues as a recurring snag to political progress today.
Despite intense American and U.N. mediation, the effort to bring Kurds and Arabs to agreement is behind schedule.
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