On 26 March , the 173rd Airborne Brigade was airdropped near the northern city of Kirkuk , where they joined Becoming_a_member forces with Kurdish rebels and fought Hostile_encounter several actions Conquering against the Iraqi Army to secure Getting the northern part of the country .

Other operations occurred Coming_to_be against pockets of the Iraqi Army , including the capture Conquering and occupation Control of Kirkuk on 10 April , and the attack Attack on and capture Control of Tikrit on 15 April .

As Iraqi government forces fled Escaping south on 13 June , the Kurdish forces took Conquering control Control of the oil hub of Kirkuk , part of the disputed Quarreling territories of Northern Iraq .

In the northern city of Kirkuk a car parked Placing in the parking lot of a local security office exploded Attack , killing Killing 13 and leaving almost 60 wounded Bodily_harm .

The 2007 Kirkuk bombings Terrorism were a series of 3 suicide and car bomb attacks that occurred Coming_to_be on July 16 , 2007 , in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk .

The 2007 Kirkuk bombings Terrorism were a series of 3 suicide and car bomb attacks that occurred Coming_to_be on July 16 , 2007 , in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk .

Several hours later , a car bomb exploded Attack in southern Kirkuk , killing Killing a police officer and wounding Bodily_harm six others .