Kirkuk

So far there were none, though the danger would be greatest closer to Kirkuk.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Soon he was overseas again, in the first of a series of tours that ended with a roadside bomb explosion and severe brain injury outside the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
The planned route from his forward operating base to Kirkuk was just 60 miles, but it required traveling on roads that were pocked with craters from countless roadside bomb explosions.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
“We were part of the unit protecting gas and oil depots outside of Kirkuk,” Rashid says.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the time, the Kurdish Peshmerga did take up positions in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, where they remain to this day.
Obama’s Iraq Plan Has a Killer Flaw—and Airstrikes Alone May Not Save It|Jacob Siegel|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Locals also know that ISIS needs more fighters in places like Tikrit, Anbar, Diyala and toward Kirkuk.
ISIS’s Newest Recruit Is 10 Years Old|Niqash|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The oil of Kirkuk could make an independent Kurdistan economically viable.
Turkey Gives Up On Unified Iraq|Thomas Seibert|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When KRG forces seized the oil-rich city of Kirkuk last week, there were hardly any protests from Ankara.
Turkey Gives Up On Unified Iraq|Thomas Seibert|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It provides an easy passage practicable in the depth of winter, from Armenia to Kirkuk and Baghdad.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
This is Kirkuk, a town which contains, in its present name, one of the few memorials of the old Seleucid rulers.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Once we had reached the far side we set out to pick our way round Kirkuk to get astride the road leading thence to Altun Kupri.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
Kirkuk is of very ancient origin—but of its early history little is known.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
It was rumored that we would continue to push on and would attack Kirkuk.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for Kirkuk

Kirkuk

/ (kɜːˈkʊk, ˈkɜːkʊk) /

noun

a city in NE Iraq: centre of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean. Pop: 548 000 (2005 est)

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