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Iraq accuses Kurdish forces of seizing oil fields

Iraq accused Kurdish forces of seizing two northern oil fields near the disputed city of Kirkuk Friday, as relations between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region hit a new low.

The Kurdish regional administration rejected the charge, which marks an escalation of tensions that have cast a pall over efforts to form a national unity government to counter a raging Sunni militant insurgency.

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