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4 unusual facts about Tuz Khormato


1991 uprising in Tuz Khormato

The 1991 uprising in Tuz Khormato refers to the Peshmerga orchestrated uprising in the Kurdo-Turkmen town of Tuz Khormato.

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Tuz Khormato, a town in Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk

Tuz Khormato

On September 7 2010, the first US casualties after President Barack Obama declared an end to US combat operations took place near the city when an Iraqi soldier killed 2 US military personnel.

The city is located in the north-eastern part of the governorate, on the right bank of the Aksu River, a tributary of the Tigris, at an altitude of 218 meters above sea level.


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16 June 2013 Iraq attacks

Two civilians were killed and nine injured in a bombing in Mahmoudiyah, while a blast in Tuz Khormato killed two police officers and injured another, and four people were injured in an attack near Mahaweel.


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