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Fear in Kirkuk NPR's Kate Seelye reports from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Many there fear it could become a scene of bloodletting following a U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. Saddam's government has been "Arabizing" the oil-rich Kirkuk region for more than two decades, expelling thousands of Kurds and Turkomen and encouraging Arabs from other parts of the country to move into the area.

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NPR's Kate Seelye reports from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Many there fear it could become a scene of bloodletting following a U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. Saddam's government has been "Arabizing" the oil-rich Kirkuk region for more than two decades, expelling thousands of Kurds and Turkomen and encouraging Arabs from other parts of the country to move into the area.