Trouble brews in Iraq over control of Kirkuk oil city

摘要

Kirkuk, Iraq—The northern Iraqi oil city of Kiruk is a prize the Sunni Muslims once held, the Kurds covet and the Shi'ites will defend to the death. While the world is engrossed in the events unfolding in the southern city of Basra and in Baghdad, the city's ethnic brew is threatening to explode into civil war at any time.