Word: duhok
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...were getting closer to Mosul, he started calling on government officials urging them to see the writing on the wall and agree to let the Americans in. Then he made contact with the Americans, traveling to meet one group just inside the border of the Kurdish-controlled areas between Duhok and Mosul. "We saved Mosul," he said...
...finally ended up in Duhok, the biggest city in the region, and at the hotel I met other journalists who had been on their own searches - all futile. I can't say that we covered all the spots the Turks may be hidden, but the rumor mill in Kurdistan can report news faster than CNN. If there had been a Turkish incursion up the road, the people of Barmani, Amedi or Duhok would have heard about...
...beat up Nissan pickup (five in front, five small children perched on top of a mountain of the family's possessions tied down with yellow nylon rope in the back). A baby cradle was tied to the top of the truck. They were leaving Erbil and heading to the Duhok area. "We're afraid of [the Iraqis] using chemical weapons," he said. They were leaving only his brother behind, to protect the house, and he would come if there was emergency. He was confident, though, and predicted his family's flight would be "just one week...
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